US health official calls for separating measles combination shots, pulls broad COVID vaccine supportA top U.S. health official called for breaking up the combined MMR vaccine, a move quickly opposed by Merck, which cited a lack of scientif...
MMRV Vaccine CDC update: Large-scale Covid, hepatitis B vaccination drive in U.S. on the cards. What to know?Under U.S. Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.'s leadership, the Department of Health and Human Services has made several sweeping change...
Travelling to US? Get vaccinated to be safeRich Indians travelling to the US are now advised to get vaccinated for diseases like measles. Measles cases in America have reached a 33-y...
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...
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...
India bags prestigious award for efforts to combat measles, rubellaIndia has been honored with the Measles and Rubella Champion Award for its relentless efforts to combat these infectious diseases. The awar...
IIL gets regulatory nod for measles-rubella vaccineThe MR vaccine was developed by Hyderabad-based IIL in exclusive partnership with Vietnam's state owned Center for Research and Production ...
National Vaccination Day: Date, History and Significance of the dayIndia annually celebrates National Immunization Day on 16 March to raise awareness of the value of immunisation.
Mumbai sees seven fresh cases of measles, 15 hospitalisationsWith this, the city has recorded 527 cases and nine deaths due to the viral disease so far this year. As per a release issued by the civic ...
MMR vaccine may protect against Covid-19, says studyThe measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine may provide protection against Covid-19, according to a study that could also explain why children ...
Common childhood vaccine might prevent severe complications of Covid-19, says studyThe scientists suggested that adults working in high-risk settings who are not immuno-compromised, pregnant, or allergic to vaccinations, g...
MMR vaccine might offer protection against worst COVID-19 complications, scientists sayResearchers said live attenuated vaccines, which are made using weakened strains of a disease-causing pathogen, provide nonspecific protect...
India first responder to fight emergency health crisis in MaldivesWhile Measles has been eliminated from the Maldives, four cases have tested positive in the last one week. Government suspects an outbreak ...
100s of madrassas reject vaccinationThis is because of wrong information being spread mainly over WhatsApp that the vaccine can make a child impotent.
GSK launches free preventive healthcare services for staff and their dependentThe company said that the purpose of the programme is to especially reach out to employees in countries where publicly funded preventive he...
GSK to launch free healthcare plan for employees on World Health DayGSK is launching a programme which will provide up to 40 preventive healthcare services for free to its 20,000 employees and their dependen...
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...