Narendra Modi to launch nationwide HPV vaccination drive, Rs 16,680-crore projects in AjmerPrime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a nationwide HPV vaccination campaign on Saturday. This initiative aims to prevent cervical cancer...
28 Feb, 2026, 10.53 AM IST
Government to target 1.15 crore HPV vaccinations yearly: Health ministryThe vaccine will be provided free of cost at designated government health facilities. Vaccination will be conducted at Ayushman Arogya Mand...
27 Feb, 2026, 09.54 PM IST
CDC updates childhood vaccine schedule: 5 Key things parents need to knowThe CDC has updated the childhood vaccination schedule, reducing the number of universally recommended vaccines from 18 to 11. Rotavirus, h...
08 Jan, 2026, 01.00 AM IST
CDC cuts childhood vaccine list to match Denmark model, sparks public health concernsThe CDC has changed the US childhood vaccine schedule and now recommends fewer routine shots, closer to Denmark’s model. Health officials s...
06 Jan, 2026, 04.35 AM IST
Why is cancer becoming shockingly common among Indians in their 20s and 30s? Oncologists blame this virusCancer doctors in India are raising concerns about rising HPV-related cancers among young adults. Cases of cervical, oral, and throat cance...
29 Jun, 2025, 11.26 AM IST
Healthcare Industry seeks tax cuts on insurance premiums & increased budgetary allocation in Budget 2025Industry experts expect the 2025 Union Budget to include reforms for the healthcare sector. They seek increased government spending, focus ...
14 Jan, 2025, 12.16 PM IST
14.1 lakh new cancer cases, 9.1 lakh deaths in India: WHOCancers of lip, oral cavity and lung were the most common ones in men, accounting for 15.6 and 8.5 per cent of the new cases, respectively,...
02 Feb, 2024, 02.48 PM IST
Budget 2024: Sitharaman announces slew of measures to propel India’s ‘nari-shakti’Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the Modi government will increase the target of women beneficiaries under the Lakhpati D...
01 Feb, 2024, 04.27 PM IST
India registered 9.3 lakh cancer deaths, second highest in Asia: Lancet StudyA study published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia journal found that India, along with China and Japan, were the three leading...
03 Jan, 2024, 01.37 PM IST
ET MSME Talks: Industry experts spotlight why healthcare is critical for ensuring MSME growth and building resilient MSMEsIndustry experts elaborate on how we can address the issue of alarmingly low numbers of employee healthcare coverage in terms of group heal...
31 Mar, 2023, 04.19 PM IST
India has the most cervical cancer patients in Asia: LancetThe Lancet revealed that Africa followed Asia (20%), Europe (10%) and Latin America (10%) and more than half of deaths were estimated in As...
15 Dec, 2022, 06.01 AM IST
Freshworks partners with plan8 to develop vaccine management solutionThe partnership’s first vertical solution, vaxyn8, leverages Freshworks Neo platform’s capabilities to bring to market an easily configurab...
06 May, 2021, 04.32 PM IST
Global vaccine push to save 50 million lives by 2030: WHO"If we're to avoid multiple outbreaks of life-threatening diseases like measles, yellow fever and diphtheria, we must ensure routine vaccin...
26 Apr, 2021, 08.50 PM IST
Sikkim to go slow on multimillion cervical cancer vaccine projectThe state has decided to go slow on it putting the already troubled multimillion vaccine deal further deep under uncertainty.
10 May, 2013, 06.09 PM IST
How to usher in vaccinnovation in IndiaThe challenge is to build on India's recent successes in vaccine research to reach the global cutting edge in producing vaccines for killer...
30 Jan, 2012, 02.22 AM IST
- Our aim is to bring affordable vaccines to different regions: Harish Iyer, Shantha Biotech
Barely two months into his new job after walking away as Biocon’s research head, Iyer echoes the language of a seasoned vaccine maker.
16 Aug, 2011, 04.06 AM IST