US health official calls for separating measles combination shots, pulls broad COVID vaccine supportA top U.S. health official called for breaking up the combined MMR vaccine, a move quickly opposed by Merck, which cited a lack of scientif...
07 Oct, 2025, 06.44 AM IST
Trump says the new wonder drug leucovorin is the answer to Autism treatment - here's how it will help children with ASDThe Trump administration has highlighted leucovorin, a drug usually used in cancer treatment, as a possible therapy for autism, with previo...
22 Sep, 2025, 10.18 PM IST
MMRV Vaccine CDC update: Large-scale Covid, hepatitis B vaccination drive in U.S. on the cards. What to know?Under U.S. Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.'s leadership, the Department of Health and Human Services has made several sweeping change...
19 Sep, 2025, 05.39 PM IST
Travelling to US? Get vaccinated to be safeRich Indians travelling to the US are now advised to get vaccinated for diseases like measles. Measles cases in America have reached a 33-y...
31 Jul, 2025, 11.19 PM IST
The US is having its worst year for measles in more than three decadesThe U.S. is grappling with its worst measles outbreak in over three decades, with over 1,288 cases reported this year. Public health offici...
10 Jul, 2025, 07.02 AM IST
Measles returns to Alabama after 23 years, sparks urgent vaccination efforts amid nationwide surgeAlabama health officials are investigating a possible measles case in Lee County, potentially the state's first in many years. The individu...
09 Jun, 2025, 10.57 AM IST
Manitoba becomes ground zero in Canada's measles crisis; Symptoms and treatmentManitoba faces a significant measles outbreak. Sixty cases are confirmed. The disease spreads rapidly. Canada reports over a thousand cases...
22 May, 2025, 07.13 AM IST
Measles alert in Auckland: Risks, symptoms, and preventionAuckland is on high alert after a new measles case. Health New Zealand issued urgent warnings. The infected person visited public places, i...
12 May, 2025, 12.17 PM IST
US records over 800 confirmed cases of measles in 2025The United States is facing a measles surge. The country has recorded 884 confirmed cases this year. This is a big jump from last year's 28...
26 Apr, 2025, 01.56 PM IST
After warning others, now US is at the receiving end: This country just advised its citizens to be cautious when visiting America; here’s whyA country has now issued a warning to citizens about traveling to the United States in the current situation, and has cited some details ab...
05 Mar, 2025, 12.13 AM IST
IIL gets regulatory nod for measles-rubella vaccineThe MR vaccine was developed by Hyderabad-based IIL in exclusive partnership with Vietnam's state owned Center for Research and Production ...
27 Mar, 2023, 06.28 PM 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
Common childhood vaccine might prevent severe complications of Covid-19, says studyThe scientists suggested that adults working in high-risk settings who are not immuno-compromised, pregnant, or allergic to vaccinations, g...
27 Jun, 2020, 06.02 PM IST
MMR vaccine might offer protection against worst COVID-19 complications, scientists sayResearchers said live attenuated vaccines, which are made using weakened strains of a disease-causing pathogen, provide nonspecific protect...
19 Jun, 2020, 06.32 PM IST
Ten common vaccine-related myths bustedImmunization has been recognised as most effective tool to prevent spread of a host of communicable diseases & save millions of lives.
29 Apr, 2016, 12.46 PM IST
GSK launches free preventive healthcare services for staff and their dependentThe company said that the purpose of the programme is to especially reach out to employees in countries where publicly funded preventive he...
08 Apr, 2016, 05.13 AM IST
GSK to launch free healthcare plan for employees on World Health DayGSK is launching a programme which will provide up to 40 preventive healthcare services for free to its 20,000 employees and their dependen...
06 Apr, 2016, 12.02 PM IST