Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan
Journalist, Writer, and Podcaster
Reports & writes on science, health, environment, technology and the sociology of all these both in print & online platforms with multimedia and data graphics whenever possible. Founder of BookPodia.
knowablemagazine.org
The challenge of conducting clinical research during a pandemic
The global health community is working at unprecedented speed to find ways to treat and prevent Covid-19. One of the largest efforts, a multinational clinical mega-trial called Solidarity, was launched by the World Health Organization to test several regimens: the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine; an experimental antiviral drug, remdesivir; and a combination of two anti-HIV drugs, lopinavir and ritonavir, with or without the immune-system modulator interferon-beta-1a. Read more...
South China Morning Post
How China became malaria-free, going from 30 million cases a year in the early 1950s to zero today
My longform article on how China beat malaria for South China Morning Post Magazine
doi.org
Antibacterials get $1 billion injection
A new public–private fund will invest $1 billion to tackle the global problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). My piece for Nature Biotechnology (non-bylined).
ddn-news.com
Drug Discovery News - Horizon Podcast
Walter Kolch, co-founder and director of Systems Biology Ireland discusses the merits of a network approach to target validation and why probing clinical samples early is critical to increasing drug development success. Host: Randy Willis, DDN || Producer: Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan
The Lancet
COVID-19: Playing away the pandemic
A reported review of selected board/online games themed around covid19
The Lancet
A personal crusade against the anti-vaccination movement
Review of the book, "Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism: My Journey As a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad" by Peter Hotez. Buy: https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/vaccines-did-not-cause-rachels-autism
The Lancet
From boat racing to the love of leprosy elimination
Review of the book, "No Matter Where the Journey Takes Me: One Man’s Quest for a Leprosy-Free World" by Yohei Sasakawa. Buy: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/no-matter-where-the-journey-takes-me/
The Lancet
Increasing accessibility in COVID-19 clinical trials
Addressing accessibility issues of drugs and care around COVID-19
knowablemagazine.org
The unmet promise of Big Data in policing
It’s hard to imagine a nation without an organized police force, but in truth, it’s a fairly modern invention. Crime was once handled locally, often by volunteers and by the will of the ruling power, and it was only in 1829 that the first large-scale, professional force came to be — London’s Metropolitan Police Service, created by Parliamentarian Sir Robert Peel.
These police, nicknamed “peelers” or “bobbies” after their creator, wore uniforms selected to make them look more like citizens tha...
YouTube
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