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...
19 Sep, 2025, 05.39 PM IST
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...
31 Jul, 2025, 11.19 PM IST
The US is having its worst year for measles in more than three decadesThe U.S. is grappling with its worst measles outbreak in over three decades, with over 1,288 cases reported this year. Public health offici...
10 Jul, 2025, 07.02 AM IST
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, 09.23 PM IST
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
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...
08 Mar, 2024, 03.42 PM IST
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 ...
27 Mar, 2023, 06.28 PM 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
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.
16 Mar, 2023, 12.07 PM IST
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 ...
27 Dec, 2022, 09.15 PM IST
Greater efforts needed to get routine immunization back to pre-COVID-19 times: WHO"Commendably the Region has administered 3 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to date, since January 2021 when the first dose of vaccine wa...
16 Jul, 2022, 12.48 PM IST
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 ...
23 Nov, 2020, 01.55 PM IST
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...
27 Jun, 2020, 06.02 PM IST
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...
19 Jun, 2020, 06.32 PM IST
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 ...
23 Jan, 2020, 10.09 PM IST
100s of madrassas reject vaccinationThis is because of wrong information being spread mainly over WhatsApp that the vaccine can make a child impotent.
21 Dec, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
- Indo-Dutch collaboration for cost-effective vaccine delivery
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Vaccine maker Serum Institute of India and Netherland-based research and development organisation for vaccine tech...
01 Jun, 2018, 04.27 PM IST