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Covid vaccination for 12-14 age group may start by MarchEven as 3.31 crore children in the age bracket of 15-17 years have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccination, Dr NK Arora, chairman...
Covaxin safe and immunogenic in 2-18 age group, says Bharat BiotechThe Hyderabad-based company had conducted phase-2/3, open-label, and multi-centre studies to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity, and immun...
Insacog proposes booster for all above 40 yearsThe advisory group will contemplate the need for a booster dose to the eligible population and will form guidelines on paediatric immunisat...
In no hurry, government seeks more opinion on Covaxin for kidsNo country is administering a Covid vaccine to children as young as 2 years. US and UK have introduced vaccines for adolescents between 16 ...
Recruitment for Covovax trials among children startsIndigenously developed Zydus Cadila's needle-free Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D has received emergency use authorisation from the drug regulator...
Short Covid-19 child care course in works for doctorsThe plan, which has been cleared by the Empowered Group responsible for augmenting workforce for a third wave, also makes it clear that the...
34, 606 people within the age group of 0 to 18 years found infected by COVID-19 in AssamNational health mission (NHM) stated that he total number of COVID Infected persons in Assam has been 2, 80,504. Out of this, 34,606 within...
Karnataka task force to advise on Covid third wave, to meet CM today“We have come up with some data on the vulnerable population including children that are at higher risk during the third wave and we will p...
10,000 minors tested Covid positive in Maharashtra district in MaySachin Solat, a member of the district paediatric task force, said the figures were not at all alarming as far as children and teenagers ge...
No reason to believe Covid will disproportionately affect children in next wave: NTAGI chief N K AroraIn an interview, Dr N K Arora, Chairman of India's COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI),...
Flu shots to kids before monsoon will curb Covid cases: Maharashtra panelWhile the influenza shot that contains two subtypes of influenza A and two lineages of influenza B is widely available in market, it is not...
Covid-19 guidelines for children, home isolation announcedWith a surge in cases overwhelming the healthcare system, the health ministry issued two separate documents – revised guidelines for home i...
Oxford University to test COVID-19 vaccine response among children for first timeThe new mid-stage trial will determine whether the vaccine is effective on people between the ages of 6 and 17, according to an emailed sta...
A child or young person newly infected with HIV every 100 seconds last year: UNICEFWarning that children are being left behind in the fight against HIV, it said that prevention efforts and treatment for children remain som...
Good Samaritan: Now kids with cancer won't miss studiesIn 2009, Sandhya founded Samiksha Foundation as a non-clinical mission. Her two-year discussions helped prepare the framework for her inter...
At big risk: Girl child losing out on cancer treatmentGender bias among families of paediatric cancer patients worrying, say doctors.
- NRI Doc offers free heart surgery to needy Filipino children
In a charitable initiative, an NRI doctor has offered free paediatric cardiac services for 50 needy Filipino children in the next two years