The global polio eradication program faces setbacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Mismanagement, falsified records, and unqualified staff pl...

Rich Indians travelling to the US are now advised to get vaccinated for diseases like measles. Measles cases in America have reached a 33-y...

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has come under intense pressure after the killing of six captives, with US President Biden criticising his...

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani was expected to attend. Months of on-off talks have so far failed to produce...

The assets under management and NAV of the fund house are at lifetime highs and it has been able to generate alpha for over 80 lakh investo...

Now, in a surprising twist in the decades-long effort to eradicate the virus, authorities in Jerusalem, New York and London have discovered...

The presence of the poliovirus in the city's wastewater suggests likely local circulation of the virus, the city and New York state health ...

Pakistan is one of the two polio-endemic countries in the world along with its neighbour Afghanistan. The new case - a 21-month-old boy who...

History tells us that the best vaccination efforts are built on collaboration and coordination. We know that the U.S. and Soviet Union work...

The summit, held virtually given the coronavirus pandemic lockdown around the world, was opened by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ...

UNICEF reported a significant delay in planned vaccine deliveries due to lockdown measures and a dramatic reduction in the number of availa...

Over 17 crore children below five years across the country will be given polio drops as part of the Government of India's drive.

In 2016, global deaths from measles dropped over 80% to an estimated 90,000 people from more than 550,000 deaths in 2000, according to WHO,...

Immunization has been recognised as most effective tool to prevent spread of a host of communicable diseases & save millions of lives.

CDC with an annual budget of about USD 7 billion has some of the best expertise in controlling epidemics.

Referring to the eradication of polio from the country, Nadda said, it was important "To do polio to TB".

This year, the challenge set by Bill Clinton, former US President and head of the Clinton Global Initiative, was about addressing the probl...