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The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, imperfect vaccine, missteps aided its comebackThe global polio eradication program faces setbacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Mismanagement, falsified records, and unqualified staff pl...
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...
Rahul Gandhi and Kharge pay tribute to former PM Rajiv Gandhi on his 34th death anniversary.Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, and other Congress leaders commemorated Rajiv Gandhi's 34th death anniversary at Veer Bhumi, Delhi, payin...
PM Modi pays tribute to former PM Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversaryPrime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 34th death anniversary, acknowledging his contributi...
Rajiv Gandhi's stellar performance as PM earned him place among top world leaders: CongressThe Congress on Sunday remembered former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary, saying he was a "true patriot" and "great so...
CoWin to be repurposed into platform for universal immunisation, blood donation: R S Sharma"CoWin is now repurposed to become a platform for universal immunization, for blood donation and probably a little later for organ donation...
Covishield offers longer immunity than mRNA jabs, says Adar PoonawallaPoonawalla, ET's Business Leader Of the Year for 2021, was optimistic that final approvals for administering Covovax to children would come...
Delhi preparing for Covid's third wave, more vaccines needed: KejriwalThe Chief Minister, during a visit to the makeshift COVID care center near the GTB hospital, said, "A 500 ICU beds have been set up near GT...
Australia probes if blood clot case linked to AstraZeneca vaccineAustralia launched mass vaccinations for its 25 million people in February, with most expected to receive the University of Oxford/AstraZen...
COVID-19: Johns Hopkins, IIHMR University to offer online courses on 'vaccine economics'According to IIHMR University, the courses have already received 400 applications, out of which 230 participants from the field of immunisa...
India to prioritise Covid vaccine for front line health workersWhile some experts have raised concerns about India’s capability to safely store and transport a potential vaccine, a Niti Aayog member sai...
COVID-19 vaccine will under distributed under special immunization programme: OfficialsThe existing digital platform and processes used for the Universal Immunisation Programme are being enhanced to track COVID-19 vaccine admi...
Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network to track COVID-19 vaccineA national expert group on COVID-19 vaccine has been constituted to guide the government on prioritisation of population groups for vaccina...
Several Covid vaccines likely by the end of this year: Kiran Mazumdar ShawLockdown should not be extreme once economic activity resumes, says the Biocon Managing Director.
2016: A busy year for health ministryThe year also saw conduct of a single and uniform entrance examination for admissions to virtually all government and private medical colle...
India has highest number of pneumonia & diarrhoea deaths among children: ReportThe Health Ministry recently announced that the PCV that can combat pneumonia, will be rolled out as part of the Universal Immunisation Pro...
Pfizer may leverage European approval to pneumonia vaccine in Indian marketNew York-headquartered pharmaceutical giant is likely to leverage its latest European approval for multi-dose vials of pneumococcal vaccine...
Universal Immunisation Programme one of the largest world health projects : Nagaland minister P Longon"With the introduction of IPV and Pentavalent vaccine a child will be provided added protection against poliovirus and haemophilus influenz...
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.