Dec 23, 20204 minHow to get an Indian Research Visa, Pt. 1This is one of the great mysteries of researching India as a non-Indian. Do foreign scholars wanting to conduct fieldwork in India need a...
Jun 18, 20205 minCOVID-19 Treatment and Vaccine Updates Pt. 1 mid-June 2020I have been quite busy with book writing, but here are a few updates, starting with Japan’s public health measures after lifting the...
May 17, 20208 minTreatment and Vaccine Updates: A productive workplan between patented and generic?As we get into late May and various countries are considering lifting lockdown, I’d like to post this weekend a brief overview of three...
May 13, 20201 min(Quick update) Testing in JapanIt was announced on 13 May 2020 that Fujirebio had developed a testing kit that can measure seropositivity in 30 minutes and will be used...
May 12, 20205 minTesting and Epidemiology in a Global Public Health ResponseWhich comes first: developing accurate diagnostic testing or accurate measures of death rates? Severity of COVID-19 fatality rates has...
May 10, 20203 minPt 2: Treatments Considered in JapanIn addition to fast-tracking Remdesivir[1], other treatments and vaccines are being explored in Japan. Globally, on 8 May, Japan pledged...
May 10, 20202 minCOVID-19 in Japan: Pt. 1 Osaka and JapanIn other news, Japan’s prolonged emergency state was recently announced to be reassessed on 14 May by an expert and the month will work...
May 5, 20202 minNutrition in Emergency Disease Response (Short comment)A quick post to share an alternative view of nutrition, immune strength and metabolic syndrome in the COVID-19 response, since much of...
May 3, 20204 min(Summary) Gilead’s RemdesivirThis is a brief update/summary post to follow up my first post on production capacity and Indian generics. Key to note is that...
May 1, 20204 minIndian generics, hydroxychloroquine and production capacity in global emergencyIndian generics, hydroxychloroquine and production capacity in global emergency Indian generics are currently playing an important role...
May 1, 20202 minGlobal Health: COVID-19 and HIV/AIDSAs a contemporary historian of the global AIDS response, I am interested in how societies across the world respond to epidemics. The...