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Biological E receives WHOs Pre-qualification for their Novel Oral Polio Vaccine

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Biological E receives WHO's Pre-qualification for their Novel Oral...

nOPV2 is a next-generation oral vaccine developed to combat cVDPV2 outbreaks

30 July 2024 11:45 AM

GMC tackles stray dog population with vaccination, sterilisation in Guntur

GMC tackles stray dog population with vaccination, sterilisation in...

Vijayawada: The Guntur Municipal Corporation (GMC) has unveiled a comprehensive plan to manage the city's stray dog...

21 July 2024 7:40 AM

HIV breakthrough: Drug trial shows twice-yearly injection 100 pc effective against infection

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HIV breakthrough: Drug trial shows twice-yearly injection 100 pc...

Cape Town: A large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has shown that a twice-yearly injection of a new...

7 July 2024 5:56 AM

Concerns Over vaccination Refusals by Parents of Autistic Children

Concerns Over vaccination Refusals by Parents of Autistic Children

Hyderabad: Doctors have raised concern over the alarming trend where up to 40 per cent of parents with autistic children...

21 March 2024 3:14 PM

Special ward being prepared at a Govt hospital as preparedness amid concern over new COVID-19 variant JN. 1, in Jammu (PTI Photo)

India Records 514 New COVID-19 Cases, Active Cases Drop

Decline continues as health officials monitor JN.1 sub-variant impact.

11 Jan 2024 10:26 AM

Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO South-East Asia Regional Director, calls for enhanced vigilance and public health measures in response to the evolving COVID-19 situation and the emergence of the JN.1 variant.

As COVID-19 cases rise, WHO asks countries to strengthen surveillance

WHO emphasizes the need for strengthened surveillance as COVID-19 and its new sub-variant pose challenges in the region.

25 Dec 2023 5:12 AM

A healthcare worker shows the collected swab samples for Covid-19 test, in Gurugram (PTI)

India Reports 148 New COVID-19 Cases in a Day; Active Cases Rise to...

Union Health Ministry's updated data reveals a slight uptick in infections, bringing the total active cases to 808

9 Dec 2023 9:42 AM

: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the review of the Mega Gatishakti Master Plan, in New Delhi. (PTI)

PM Modi to review vaccine drive in 40 low-coverage districts

The meeting will include districts with less than 50 per cent coverage of the first dose and low coverage of the second...

1 Nov 2021 2:00 AM

Even as government health advisories tell ordinary people to observe social distancing, avoid big crowds and wear masks at all times, there is ample evidence of many politicians on the campaign trail doing just the opposite. (Representational Photo: AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | As Covid-19 spikes, the season of fear is back

We got here because of complacency, by ignoring early alerts by health experts

7 April 2021 10:48 PM

About 400 million Indians have no access to the Internet. Far fewer women have access to cellphones and Internet services. (Photo: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | All must get vaccine: Say no to class, digital...

The euphoria about getting the jab seems to be confined so far to the better-off sections of society

11 March 2021 6:43 PM

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Kishwar Desai | Darcy zest adds zing to V-week; Suella's baby may lead...

Darcy, in the novel, turned out to be a perfect lover and so perhaps we can hope for warmer days as the sun now is...

14 Feb 2021 11:21 PM

The deniers of vaccination who pose a puzzle are those who have no such complete theory of the universe. What they have instead is the Internet through which the most abject nonsense is spread.

Farrukh Dhondy | Time for all to get Covid jabs; donâ€™t listen to...

There are millions of idiots around the world who are anti-vaccers

15 Jan 2021 6:30 PM