Robin Morgan, poet and feminist whose allies included Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem, dies at 85Robin Morgan, the former child star who became a pioneering poet, writer and second-wave feminist activist, has died in New York at 85, her...
06 Sep, 2026, 08.26 AM IST
Pennsylvania's MMR vaccination rate fell below 95%. Now two residents have died from measlesPennsylvania is facing its first measles fatalities in thirty-five years due to a rise in cases statewide, primarily affecting unvaccinated...
25 Aug, 2026, 08.57 PM IST
What Trump’s push for fewer vaccines could mean for US childrenThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public comments on vaccine recommendations. This review follows President Donal...
21 Aug, 2026, 09.37 PM IST
Trump’s vaccine overhaul could bring more shots, higher costs for US familiesPresident Donald Trump's vaccine plan faces significant financial and logistical hurdles. Drugmakers must develop new manufacturing process...
13 Aug, 2026, 07.22 PM IST
US President Donald Trump's childhood vaccine order: What it does and what doctors sayPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order reducing routine childhood vaccinations. The order also directs the Justice Department to ...
12 Aug, 2026, 11.50 AM IST
Longevity science: Once considered useless in adults, this tiny organ can determine how long you liveScientists are rethinking the role of the thymus, a tiny organ behind the breastbone that was long considered largely useless in adults. A ...
08 Aug, 2026, 08.11 PM IST
Comprehensive health insurance: Navigating childhood illnesses, vaccination support, and kidney function careHealth insurance covers childhood illnesses and their treatments effectively. Vaccination support is a key preventive care strategy for fam...
03 Aug, 2026, 04.11 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
India is one of the countries with highest vaccine confidence: UNICEF reportUNICEF's global flagship report "The State of the World's Children 2023: For Every Child, Vaccination" emphasizes the significance of child...
20 Apr, 2023, 12.34 PM IST
Smallpox vax protection against monkeypox may not be lasting: LancetAlthough the smallpox jab has shown to reduce the chance of symptomatic infection and severe illness from monkeypox, protection may decline...
16 Aug, 2022, 07.17 PM IST
Around 25 mn kids around the world missed routine vaccinations because of Covid pandemicData showed the vast majority of the children who failed to get immunized were living in developing countries.
15 Jul, 2022, 01.03 PM IST
In the future, scientists feel Covid will resemble the common cold-causing virusHow fast this shift comes will depend on how fast the virus spreads.
13 Jan, 2021, 05.10 PM IST
Can social distancing weaken the immune system?Even when we're spending most of our time at home, our bodies are continuously responding to plenty of bacteria.
19 Nov, 2020, 06.13 PM IST
- Vitamin D-deficient kids likely to develop asthma, allergies
Sydney, Nov 1 (IANS) Australian researchers have found that children with vitamin D deficiency were more likely to develop asthma and other...
01 Nov, 2016, 03.20 PM IST
Taking Vitamin D during pregnancy helps reduce childhood allergy rateThis is the first study to show that correcting poor vitamin D status during pregnancy and infancy might prevent childhood asthma.
18 Apr, 2016, 06.12 PM IST
Eight ways to protect your children from cancerChildhood cancer can be prevented to a great extent if a healthy lifestyle is followed. Here's what you need to do.
30 Dec, 2015, 09.40 AM IST
Adults only catch flu about twice a decade: StudyResearchers found that while children get flu on average every other year, flu infections become less frequent as people progress through c...
04 Mar, 2015, 04.55 PM IST