Zero-dose children in India declined from 0.11% in 2023 to 0.06% in 2024: Union Health MinistryIndia has significantly reduced the percentage of zero-dose children and achieved remarkable progress in maternal and child health. This su...
28 Jun, 2025, 04.19 PM IST
Panacea Biotec gets $20 million loan from US government for hexavalent vaccine capacity expansionPanacea Biotec has secured a $20 million long-term loan from the US International Development Finance Corporation to expand its hexavalent ...
12 Sep, 2024, 06.09 PM IST
Polio Immunization Program extends support to Myanmarese children in Manipur relief campsThe National Immunization Day, Intensified Pulse Polio Immunization Program 2024 was initiated in Manipur's Kamjong district to provide hea...
04 Mar, 2024, 12.46 AM IST
World Vaccination Day: How to register your newborn for free government vaccinesAs the world celebrates World Vaccination Day, India's Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) continues to play a vital role in protecting ...
16 Mar, 2023, 02.46 PM IST
Will the world reach herd immunity against Covid-19?Nature isn’t going to solve the problem, either. It’s unclear how long natural immunity gained from surviving Covid-19 will last, and wheth...
16 Aug, 2021, 01.42 PM IST
Vaccination won't resume in Gujarat for next two daysThe state government had halted the anti-coronavirus vaccination on Wednesday due to `Mamata Diwas', a day observed as part of the ongoing ...
07 Jul, 2021, 10.31 PM IST
What side effects might I expect from the COVID-19 vaccines?All three are capable of stimulating robust immune responses, complete with sufficient danger signaling, to prevent severe COVID-19 in grea...
01 Apr, 2021, 06.37 PM IST
View: How past vaccine races can help win against CovidHistory tells us that the best vaccination efforts are built on collaboration and coordination. We know that the U.S. and Soviet Union work...
28 Feb, 2021, 12.37 PM IST
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar suggests 9-point formula to decisively defeat covid globallyAddressing the UN Security Council, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar outlined nine points for consideration of the international comm...
17 Feb, 2021, 11.57 PM IST
Bahrain approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for useThe Sinopharm vaccine has been approved for emergency use in a few countries and the company is still conducting late-stage clinical trials...
13 Dec, 2020, 03.37 PM IST
UAE says Chinese vaccine 86% effective, offers few detailsThe UAE, home to Dubai and Abu Dhabi, conducted a trial beginning in September of the vaccine by Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical giant S...
09 Dec, 2020, 07.28 PM IST
Morocco to kick off mass vaccination plan with Chinese drugThe first injections could come within days, a Health Ministry official told The Associated Press. Facing a public skeptical about the vacc...
08 Dec, 2020, 05.37 PM IST
Pandemic halts vaccination for nearly 80 million childrenUNICEF reported a significant delay in planned vaccine deliveries due to lockdown measures and a dramatic reduction in the number of availa...
22 May, 2020, 09.09 PM IST
Fight against malaria could be set back 20 years, WHO warnsThe WHO said new projections indicate that in a worst-case scenario, 769,000 people could die of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa this year as...
24 Apr, 2020, 05.48 PM IST
Coronavirus could erode global fight against other diseasesAs the world focuses on the pandemic, experts fear losing ground in the long fight against other infectious diseases like AIDS, tuberculosi...
16 Apr, 2020, 11.25 AM IST
Rotavirus vaccine launched as part of Universal Immunization ProgrammeThe government launched the vaccine for Rotavirus vaccine today as part of the country's Universal Immunization Programme to reduce child m...
26 Mar, 2016, 05.38 PM IST
- Bill Gates meets Akhilesh Yadav; offered help in health and development areas
Bill Gates meets CM Akhilesh Yadav. UP government and Gates Foundation to sign an MoU to work in health and agriculture sector of UP.
30 May, 2012, 08.06 PM IST