Centre plans free HPV vaccine for girls under national immunisation programmeIndia is launching a nationwide HPV vaccination program for 14-year-old girls, offering the free and voluntary Gardasil vaccine to combat c...
24 Feb, 2026, 02.47 PM IST
HPV vaccine must be added to Universal Immunisation Programme to cut cervical cancer risk: Parl panelA Parliamentary panel urges swift HPV vaccine inclusion in India's Universal Immunisation Programme to combat cervical cancer, prevalent am...
21 Aug, 2025, 03.03 PM IST
India faces a silent cervical cancer crisis: Every 8 minutes, a woman dies, but HPV vaccine and early screening could prevent itThe National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) has recommended categorising cancer as a notifiable disease to improve prevention and treat...
22 Apr, 2025, 02.20 PM IST
Govt plans capacity building activities for frontline workers of HPV vaccinationThe Union Health Ministry plans to initiate capacity-building activities for frontline workers administering the HPV vaccine to girls aged ...
06 Apr, 2025, 01.39 PM IST
Actively considering HPV vaccination drive: Health ministerHealth Minister J P Nadda stated that the government was evaluating the launch of the HPV vaccination programme as suggested by the Nationa...
09 Aug, 2024, 11.45 PM IST
HPV vaccines may protect men as well as women from cancer claims new studyVaccinated women had a lower risk of developing cervical cancer within at least five years of getting the shots. For men, there were benefi...
24 May, 2024, 08.43 AM IST
Poonam Pandey: Every 2 minutes one woman dies of cervical cancer. Vaccine cost, symptoms and treatmentActress and model Poonam Pandey, known for her debut film 'Nasha' and participation in Kangana Ranaut's reality show 'Lock Upp', allegedly ...
03 Feb, 2024, 05.28 PM IST
Budget 2024: Govt actively considering rolling out of HPV vaccine for cervical cancer, says FMBudget 2024: During her Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government will encourage vaccination for girls in...
01 Feb, 2024, 01.07 PM IST
Govt says yet to take decision on roll-out of HPV vaccination against cervical cancerThe Union Health Ministry in India clarified that it has not yet made a decision regarding the rollout of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) va...
13 Jan, 2024, 05.15 PM IST
Drug regulator approves country's first indigenously developed HPV by Serum Institute"For the first time there will be an Indian HPV vaccine to treat cervical cancer in women that is both affordable and accessible," Adar Poo...
12 Jul, 2022, 09.45 PM IST
DCGI recommends allowing SII to manufacture, stockpile qHPV vaccine against cervical cancer: SourcePrakash Kumar Singh, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at SII, had written to the Health Ministry on February 4 seeking approval ...
06 Jul, 2022, 07.05 PM IST
NTAGI to review trial data on SII's qHPV vaccine against cervical cancerSerum Institute of India Director for Government and Regulatory Affairs Prakash Kumar Singh applied to the Drugs Controller General of Indi...
26 Jun, 2022, 06.07 PM IST
SII’s cervical cancer vaccine: SEC to review HPV jab trial data todayThe subject expert committee (SEC) under the drug regulator will review the trial data of the vaccine that has been developed by Serum Inst...
15 Jun, 2022, 12.25 AM IST
Home-made vaccine for cervical cancer may be rolled out this yearSerum Institute of India (SII) will launch the country’s first indigenous HPV vaccine, people in the know told ET.
08 Jun, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
RSS-affiliate writes to PM Modi not to introduce HPV vaccineAttempts were being made to introduce the HPV vaccine in the country, SJM Ashwani Mahajan co-convener said in a letter to the prime ministe...
05 Dec, 2017, 08.22 PM IST
- HPV vaccine could reduce Pap tests in a lifetime
London, Nov 12 (IANS) Women vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV) can be effectively protected from cervical cancer with merely...
12 Nov, 2017, 12.02 PM IST
- MSD India launches vaccine for cervical cancer
MSD Pharmaceuticals (India), the local affiliate of Merck & Co, Inc, US, today announced the launch of GARDASIL, India’s first vaccine to h...
14 Oct, 2008, 07.02 PM IST