Top
Home ยป Chandrakant Lahariya
Chandrakant Lahariya
About the AuthorChandrakant Lahariya
Dr Chandrakant Lahariya is a general physician, infectious diseases specialist and vaccines expert. He can be reached at c.lahariya@gmail.com
    Hungarian biochemist Katalin Kariko. (AP/PTI, File)Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Nobel Boost: New Malaria Vaccine; TB Vaccine...

    Vaccines are proven and life-saving interventions, every year vaccines save millions of lives and prevent severe disease...

    6 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Health workers bury the body of a 12-year-old Nipah virus victim, at Kannamparambu cemetery in Kozhikode. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Nipah outbreak in Kerala: Why a One Health'...

    Lately, Kerala & other states in South India have reported more new viruses than in North Indian states. Partly due to...

    15 Sept 2023 12:08 AM IST

    File photo of a medic conducting COVID-19 test. (Representational Image/PTI)Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Prepare India for endemic Covid: Surge no big...

    The SARS CoV2 is now present in all settings and such rise and fall in cases at regular but unpredictable intervals...

    10 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

    An isolation ward for COVID-19 patients is prepared in view of rising cases of coronavirus in some countries, in Kanpur, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. (PTI Photo)(Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | In 2023, let's try to make India a healthier...

    This is India's opportunity to bring health issues to the fore globally.

    2 Jan 2023 12:17 AM IST

    A health worker takes a swab sample from a resident to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus in Jiayuguan, in Chinas northwestern Gansu province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUTOpinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Lesson from China's surge: Don't drop guard on...

    The surge in China has not changed anything in India and there is no need to change people-related approaches in the...

    24 Dec 2022 8:57 AM IST

    among all childhood vaccines, measles is one of the most effective vaccines and two shots of the measles vaccine to a child reduces the risk of disease that is close to negligible. (Representational Image/AP)Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Amid surge in measles cases, it's time to step...

    A measles vaccine has been available since 1963 and used in India's universal immunisation programme since 1985

    9 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

    A healthworker prepares an oxygen triage facility for COVID-19 patients as coronavirus cases surge, at Omandurar Government hospital in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Covid virus hasn't gone, but risk now is very...

    A key question remains whether Covid-19 is still a cause of worry or not? The short answer is no

    11 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Tomato fever is not the official name of any disease. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | As tomato fever' emerges, misinformation...

    It has become clear that what has been reported is not a new virus but rather a form of the hand, foot and mouth...

    8 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

    A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Covid-19 preventive vaccine to a student in the age group of 12 to 14 years, at a vaccination centre, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | At 75, time to focus on a healthier India@100

    While health has got a lot of attention in the pandemic period there is a need for health to continue to be a sustained...

    16 Aug 2022 12:15 AM IST

    Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease that spreads from animals to humans. It belongs to the family of smallpox viruses. (Photo: AP file photo)Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Monkeypox's challenge: It's also an opportunity

    As of now, the Central and state governments in India appear to be prepared for responding to the monkeypox emergence

    28 July 2022 2:20 AM IST

    Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease that spreads from animals to humans. It belongs to the family of smallpox viruses. (Photo: AP file photo)Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Can monkeypox' disease develop into a pandemic?

    In the ongoing monkeypox outbreak, it will not be surprising if one or more cases are reported from India as well

    17 Jun 2022 1:21 AM IST

    A health worker collects swab samples of residents for Covid-19 testing, in Gurugram. (PTI)Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Don't worry too much as Covid cases surge again

    Most of those tested positive are asymptomatic or mild symptomatic & had got themselves tested voluntarily, for travel...

    20 April 2022 12:38 AM IST

    X