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India makes gains in child, maternal health but nutrition challenges persist: SBI reportIndia's latest health survey reveals significant improvements in maternal care and child vaccination rates. Stunting among children has see...
In 1992, a tanker crash in Australia's Blue Mountains was doused with PFAS foam; 33 years on, tap water tested 300 times above the safe limitA 1992 petrol tanker crash in Australia's Blue Mountains caused PFAS contamination. Firefighters used foam containing these chemicals. Deca...
Kissing disease: Mononucleosis linked to increased risk of multiple sclerosis, study findsA US study suggests a link between infectious mononucleosis and a higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis. The research indicates that...
What is Super-K flu? Doctors issue warning as 60 people die due to highly mutated strain ahead of flu season; all you need to knowAustralia is grappling with a severe flu outbreak, with over 20,000 cases and 60 potential deaths attributed to the highly mutated 'Super-K...
India accounts for 6.4% of global zero-dose children in 2024: UNA UN report reveals that India accounts for 6.4% of the world's zero-dose children in 2024, representing nearly half of South Asia's unvacc...
Texas measles outbreak: 309 cases reported; here’s what CDC has advised parentsThe measles outbreak in Texas has reached 309 cases, surpassing last year’s count of total cases in the United States. New Mexico has repor...
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...
Bharat Bio's Rotavirus vaccine Rotavac may be unsafe for children: StudyA study found that Bharat Biotech's Rotavac vaccine used in the government's immunization program increases the risk of intussusception in ...
Record number of children miss measles vaccine: Global reportWHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted the irony in the fact that while vaccines against Covid were developed and deployed in record ti...
Britain expands Covid jabs to kids aged 5-11NHS England said children in the cohort who were in a clinical risk group or who live with someone who is immunosuppressed would be able to...
How vaccine misinformation left children vulnerable to Omicron in the United StatesThe chances of young people dying from Covid-19 remain low. The shots greatly reduce the odds of severe illness, and vaccinated mothers may...
Israel begins administering COVID vaccine to children aged 5 to 11Israeli media reported low demand for the shots on the first day they were available to this age group. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Benn...
How often do COVID vaccines cause heart problems in kids?Myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, has worried advisers to federal agencies in deliberations regarding use of the Pfizer-Bio...
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...
Districts with less than 5% weekly test positivity rate to gradually unlockAs per health ministry statistics, there are 350 districts that have less than 5% test positivity, 145 districts with 5-10% positivity and ...
Covid: Noida starts special vaccine drive from June 1 for parents with kids aged below 12"The campaign has been started on instructions of District Magistrate Suhas L Y so that common people can benefit from the programmes run b...
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 ...
Rural children in India have better immunization rates: ReportSaid to be first of its kind of study, the report released by University of Michigan compares vaccination rates across religious groups in ...
India reported 18,668 cases of measles in 2012WHO and other some scientific communities have blamed the anti-vaccine movement for the spiralling of measles cases in the US and EU.
Short film from India in global vaccination awareness campaignMehra says, "The Girl Who Kicked the Ball," is a metaphorical portrayal of polio virus as aliens & human spirit that defeat it by creating ...