COVID-19 infection vs vaccine side effects: Here’s what Lancet report on children below 18 revealsA major England study reveals children face greater heart and inflammatory risks from COVID-19 infection than vaccination. Analyzing millio...
06 Nov, 2025, 11.28 AM IST
When should you get a flu shot? Costs, timing, and CDC advice for kids, pregnant women, seniors, and health workersBest time to take a flu shot: Last year's severe flu season prompted health officials to investigate a potential link to a rare brain compl...
23 Oct, 2025, 11.31 AM IST
Hong Kong medical expert recommends annual Covid-19 and flu vaccinations for high-risk groupsProfessor David Hui of the Chinese University of Hong Kong recommends annual Covid-19 and influenza vaccinations for vulnerable populations...
21 Jun, 2025, 11.32 AM IST
USA is hit by one of the world's most contagious disease. 2 children dead, over 600 cases reported. Check measles symptoms, vaccine, treatmentMeasles symptoms, vaccine, treatment related details are here as the disease is rapidly spreading the United States.
07 Apr, 2025, 02.41 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
Measles outbreak in US: Cases rise to 48 but officials fear real number is over 200A measles outbreak in Texas has infected dozens, with health officials warning the true number could be as high as 300. The virus is spread...
20 Feb, 2025, 12.45 AM IST
Abbott launches 14-valent pneumococcal vaccine for children in IndiaAbbott India launched PneumoShield 14, a pneumonia vaccine for children aged six weeks and older. This vaccine offers broader protection th...
27 Nov, 2024, 05.40 PM IST
Record number of children miss measles vaccine: Global reportWHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted the irony in the fact that while vaccines against Covid were developed and deployed in record ti...
24 Nov, 2022, 01.02 PM IST
COVID-19: Government to expedite process of recognition of Biological E Corbevax by other countries"It is necessary to quickly initiate the process of recognition of the Corbevax vaccine and its certificate by other countries while Biolog...
29 Apr, 2022, 03.53 PM IST
Moderna seeks FDA approvals for its vaccine for kids under 6Now that kids under 6 are the only strata of population that still does not have a vaccine, this move by Moderna might just be the final pi...
28 Apr, 2022, 08.59 PM IST
Covid raises risk of heart problems more than vaccine: CDCThese findings, which were for both males and females in all age groups, supported the continued use of recommended mRNA Covid-19 vaccines ...
04 Apr, 2022, 01.05 AM IST
The dose conundrum: Parents of young children filled with confusion as fresh vaccine findings lead to new questionsChildren are less likely to experience illness, so the balance of risk and benefit was never the same as for adults.
11 Mar, 2022, 07.00 PM IST
Oxford scientists to study effects of Covid variants, complications of shots during pregnancyThe upcoming British study will enroll about 1,500 women who have tested positive for the virus at any stage of pregnancy.
15 Feb, 2022, 07.05 PM IST
Risk of measles outbreak high after 22 mn infants missed first vaccine shot amid the pandemicReported measles cases fell by more than 80% last year compared with 2019.
11 Nov, 2021, 06.44 PM IST
Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine protective, safe in young childrenModerna Inc said on Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine generated an immune response and was generally well-tolerated in children aged six to ...
25 Oct, 2021, 10.08 PM IST
View: Covid is a greater risk to young people than the vaccinesGetting young people, including children, vaccinated is also critical to reaching high levels of Covid protection, and it will help prevent...
05 Jul, 2021, 11.02 AM IST
Guidelines to be released soon for giving jabs to pregnant womenWhile it gave the go-ahead for lactating women, the health ministry currently does not recommend vaccinations for pregnant women, though th...
26 Jun, 2021, 08.11 AM IST