Florida plans to become first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandatesFlorida intends to eliminate vaccine mandates. Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo calls current requirements immoral. This move departs from est...
04 Sep, 2025, 09.29 AM IST
Will Florida’s plan to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates put the lives of schoolchildren at 'greater' risk? Here’s what expert saysFlorida plans to eliminate vaccine mandates. It will be the first American state to do so. State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo calls cu...
04 Sep, 2025, 03.57 AM IST
Fears of US public health crises grow amid falling vaccination ratesUS experts are warning of a potential public health crisis due to declining vaccination rates and outbreaks of previously controlled childh...
25 Feb, 2025, 07.26 AM IST
Measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico: Nearly 100 cases reported — How declining immunisation rates are to blameNearly 100 cases of measles have been reported across Texas and New Mexico. Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000,...
24 Feb, 2025, 06.53 PM IST
How Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s unlikely partnership took shapeRobert F. Kennedy Jr. considered joining forces with Donald Trump after an assassination attempt on Trump. Initially uninterested, Kennedy ...
04 Sep, 2024, 10.50 AM IST
Budget: What middle class taxpayers got from Interim Budget and what they didn'tUnion Budget: The interim budget tabled by FM Nirmala Sitharaman ahead of the 2024 general elections did not have any significant announcem...
19 Jul, 2024, 05.19 PM IST
Budget Highlights: No change in tax rates, better trains, higher spending and lower fiscal deficitBudget Key Highlights: The Modi government is striving for consistent economic growth despite geopolitical uncertainties, with ongoing init...
01 Feb, 2024, 05.53 PM IST
Interim Budget 2024: Check full text of FM Nirmala Sitharaman's speech hereThe Finance Minister presented the Interim Budget 2024 in a speech that lasted for 48 minutes. The budget focuses on four main areas: women...
01 Feb, 2024, 04.39 PM IST
Time to remove Covid-19 vaccine mandates?Government employment mandates involve governments requiring workers in specific industries to be vaccinated. Businesses and organisations ...
13 Apr, 2022, 10.22 AM IST
Pop superstar Beyonce, Billie Eilish to perform at the 94th Academy AwardsMusician Van Morrison is reportedly skipping Hollywood's biggest night.
23 Mar, 2022, 07.50 AM IST
A billion doses done, India races to vaccinate all adults by end of this yearSeveral events are lined up for the day as the Centre celebrates this feat. A song is to be released along with an audiovisual film which w...
21 Oct, 2021, 04.57 PM IST
No, we can't treat COVID-19 like the flu. We have to consider the lasting health problems it causesBut death and hospitalisation aren't the only outcomes of COVID-19 we need to prevent. New research shows even young people can be left wit...
14 Jul, 2021, 01.47 PM IST
Joe Biden charts new US direction, promises many Donald Trump reversalsPresident-elect Joe Biden is pledging a new path for the nation after Donald Trump's four years in office. That starts with confronting a p...
20 Jan, 2021, 11.41 AM IST
Will introduce immigration bill 'immediately' after taking office, says Joe BidenRestricting immigration has been a focus of the Trump administration since its first days when it issued the travel ban on seven Muslim-maj...
11 Jan, 2021, 09.00 AM IST
Expect a lot more of the same if Trump wins a second termTrump has repeatedly pushed for the end of the Obama-era health law but has yet to deliver a plan to replace it. And he has spent most of t...
31 Oct, 2020, 05.37 PM IST
Mission Indradhanush: Modi government's plan to ensure children may liveStarted in 1985, UIP has been playing a critical part in India’s quest to achieve health Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 by 2015.
28 Apr, 2015, 12.09 PM IST
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As per the Human Development Reports (HDRs) published annually by the UNDP since 1991, India has consistently improved on the human develop...
26 Feb, 2005, 12.28 AM IST