After 1,288 measles cases, plague detected in US. What you must know to stay safe during health crisisAt a time when US is reporting a surge in measles cases despite the disease being eliminated two decades back, the country is now grappling...
11 Jul, 2025, 08.58 PM IST
Measles cases hit 33-year high in U.S.: How did it spread? Symptoms and risks explainedMeasles outbreak: In the first seven months of 2025, health officials have confirmed 1,288 measles cases nationwide, the highest count reco...
10 Jul, 2025, 12.28 AM IST
Measles cases in US reach all-time high after disease was declared 'eliminated': Check symptoms and prevention tipsMeasles in US: US is seeing a surge in number of measles cases since the disease was declared "eliminated" in 2000. The US is seeing a wors...
08 Jul, 2025, 07.44 PM IST
Canada measles crisis: Alberta in panic over worst outbreak in 45 years, memories of pre-vaccine times backAlberta is facing a severe measles outbreak, with 868 confirmed cases since March 2025, levels unseen since 1979. Northern Alberta communit...
14 Jun, 2025, 09.49 AM IST
North America's measles crisis deepens as outbreaks surge in Canada, MexicoCanada and Mexico are battling significant measles outbreaks amid a broader resurgence across North America. Canada has reported over 730 c...
19 Apr, 2025, 12.13 AM IST
Eliminated 25 years ago, this highly contagious viral illness is on the rise in US: Check its symptomsMeasles outbreak in US: A measles outbreak in West Texas and a neighboring county in New Mexico has led to 222 cases and two deaths, mainly...
11 Mar, 2025, 08.10 PM IST
Texas child dies in measles outbreak, first US fatality in yearsIn Texas, a child has died from measles amidst an outbreak affecting over 130 people, mostly children, with 18 hospitalizations. The US has...
28 Feb, 2025, 07.08 PM IST
Measles Outbreak in US: Texas reports first death in a decade as unvaccinated child diesA child in West Texas has died from measles, the first U.S. fatality from the virus since 2015. The outbreak, centred in the Mennonite comm...
27 Feb, 2025, 09.51 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
Rx, world can't afford a relapseThe Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for global cooperation to address future pandemics. A study by AirAffinity reveals that dise...
15 Sep, 2024, 11.47 PM IST
People gave up on measures during 1918 influenza pandemic and paid a priceThe pandemic wore on, stretching into a third deadly wave that lasted through the spring of 1919.
20 Jul, 2021, 06.24 PM IST
India records greatest increase in number of children not receiving first dose of DTP-1 vaccine in 2020: UNData from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN children's agency UNICEF showed that 23 million children missed out on basic child...
17 Jul, 2021, 10.28 AM IST
PM Modi pledges USD 15 million to global vaccines alliance GAVIThe summit, held virtually given the coronavirus pandemic lockdown around the world, was opened by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ...
04 Jun, 2020, 08.39 PM IST
Pandemic halts vaccination for nearly 80 million childrenUNICEF reported a significant delay in planned vaccine deliveries due to lockdown measures and a dramatic reduction in the number of availa...
22 May, 2020, 09.09 PM IST
Fight against malaria could be set back 20 years, WHO warnsThe WHO said new projections indicate that in a worst-case scenario, 769,000 people could die of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa this year as...
24 Apr, 2020, 05.48 PM IST
View: The ‘Covid-19 vaccine’ buzz should silence the anti-vaccination lobbiesThe western societies which had led the smear campaign are those turning most fervently to the same labs for deliverance. Hope has taken th...
12 Apr, 2020, 11.16 PM IST