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PIL challenges Centre’s HPV vaccination drive, seeks Supreme Court intervention over consent, safety and accountabilityA petition challenges the HPV vaccination program's implementation. It alleges violations of constitutional rights regarding informed conse...
Develop mechanism for compensation in accidents due to stray animals: Supreme Court to Centre, statesThe Supreme Court has mandated compensation mechanisms for stray animal road accidents. Animal owners must now be held responsible for thei...
Street dogs, state liability and the bite questionThe Supreme Court is considering compensation for dog-bite victims. States may be held liable for failing to protect residents. Experts emp...
RFK Jr. says he's resigned from anti-vaccine nonprofit as he seeks US' top health official jobRobert F. Kennedy Jr. is distancing himself from his anti-vaccine activities while seeking to lead the nation's health agency under Trump. ...
‘Doctors knew Covid vaccine’s side-effects killed my daughter. But they didn’t tell us’Dr Snehal Lunawat was the first case in which the AEFI committee accepted there was a direct correlation between vaccination and death. Man...
Good shot, bad shot: What you need to know about Covishield issueCovishield Side Effects: Controversies surrounding vaccine side-effects persist despite Covid-19 waning. Covishield, developed by AstraZene...
Covishield side effects: Doctors' group urges govt to review all Covid vaccinesAstraZeneca acknowledges Covid vaccine risk. Doctors express Covishield concerns. Emphasis on active surveillance. Urgency for investigatio...
Covishield Vaccine: Bereaved parents to take Serum Institute of India to Court following AstraZeneca's rare side effect admissionCovishield Vaccine Case: The parents of a woman allegedly deceased after receiving the Covishield vaccine plan to file a case against the S...
AstraZeneca acknowledges its covid vaccine, Covishield, can lead to rare blood clot side effects; Here's what we knowCovishield Covid Vaccine: The Covishield COVID-19 vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca in partnership with the University of Oxford, has been ...
Eminent heart doctor flags issues with Covishield, says 'worse than mRNA vaccines' in terms of cardiovascular effectsDr Malhotra is National Health Service (NHS) trained medic and he has had two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. He is in India this week to de...
Covid-19: How to get compensated if your vaccination goes wrongAlthough the government has stated in Parliament that there is no provision of compensation for any side-effects or medical complications d...
View: Making the case for compensation due to fallout of medical interventionCompensation itself has a dodgy history in this country. It took more than a decade to settle the Bhopal gas tragedy of December 2-3, 1984....
Close to commit over $1-bn to Moderna for COVID-19 booster vaccine; Provide price capping waiver, indemnity: Cipla to GovtCommending the government for its efforts to increase the vaccine availability in the country for achieving effective protection against CO...
How to get around the indemnification issue that's keeping some top vaccines out of India's reachThe dilemma involves whether to refuse manufacturers protection against liability and go without Covid-19 vaccines, or to extend liability ...
WHO agrees compensation fund for serious COVAX vaccine side effectsQuestions of how compensation claims would be handled in the event of any serious COVID-19 vaccine side effects, which are likely to be ver...
View: For an effective vaccination plan with private sector involvement, GoI needs a regulatory frameworkThe 2020 Economic Survey states that India’s manufacturing and services sectors employ 27.5 crore. Of these, about 6.4 crore work in the or...
Healthcare NGO raises concerns over CovaxinA day before India begins the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination drive, a group of healthcare-focused NGOs has sought clarifications from...
Covid vaccine makers to be liable for adverse effects of jabsIndian vaccine makers will be held liable for any complications or adverse effects that arise from the administration of their jabs. The go...
Stop Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine trial in Bhopal, plead NGOs working for gas victimsIn the letters addressed to the PM and Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, these NGOs have also sought punishment for the "responsible par...
Vaccine carrots or sticks? U.S. businesses grapple with getting employees inoculatedWorkplace programs could come following U.S. approval of the first vaccine this week. But the array of choices reflects huge hurdles. A Pew...