Potential Measles outbreak scare in California after over 100 children exposed at Sacramento program, all you need to know about the disease and symptomsHealth officials in Sacramento County are on alert for a measles outbreak. Over 100 children may have been exposed to the virus at an enric...
09 Mar, 2026, 12.09 PM IST
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
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
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
Serum Institute on lookout for partners to develop Monkeypox vaccineSII's CEO Adar Poonawalla told ET he was talking with partners who have the potential to develop the vaccine. He, however, said there was n...
27 Jul, 2022, 12.57 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
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
1,433 people died of infectious disease in China: ReportLast month, 1,172 people living with HIV/AIDS died, according to a statement by the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
11 Oct, 2015, 12.52 PM IST
- US FDA warns Merck to clean up violations at plant
The Food and Drug Administration has ordered Merck & Co to correct numerous manufacturing deficiencies at its main vaccine plant, the lates...
01 May, 2008, 02.46 AM IST