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...
27 Mar, 2026, 08.13 AM IST
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...
15 Jul, 2025, 08.04 PM IST
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...
21 Mar, 2025, 11.19 PM IST
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 ...
16 Jun, 2024, 01.58 PM IST
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...
24 Nov, 2022, 01.02 PM IST
Covid-19 vaccine for children and the many unanswered questions: What parents need to knowNobody knows what may follow omicron, so why not protect against the relatively slim chance of tragic consequences?
04 Apr, 2022, 04.46 PM IST
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...
31 Jan, 2022, 08.39 AM IST
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...
22 Jan, 2022, 09.34 AM IST
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...
23 Nov, 2021, 01.38 PM IST
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...
02 Nov, 2021, 10.56 AM 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
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 ...
02 Jun, 2021, 07.42 AM IST
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...
01 Jun, 2021, 09.24 AM IST
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 ...
23 Nov, 2020, 01.55 PM IST
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 ...
15 Sep, 2015, 11.56 AM IST
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.
03 Feb, 2015, 10.19 PM IST
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 ...
12 Jan, 2015, 06.01 PM IST