Vaccination for pregnant women in India
COVID-19: Why vaccinating those aged 18-44 is an uphill task for Bihar
The state has less than 1% of the required number of vaccine doses
Bihar residents ‘getting COVID-19 second dose’ — months after their death
Residents of Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, Sheikhpura districts received text messages saying their kin — who died of COVID-19 months ago&…
Timely COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant women important: WHO
Pregnant women not at a higher risk of being infected with novel coronavirus, but are more susceptible to severe disease, flags WHO
Ghana faces hurdles to achieve targets set for COVID-19 vaccine rollout
At least 60% of Ghana’s 31 million residents will need to be vaccinated for the population to attain herd immunity. But a timeline for this …
A new study says COVID-19 vaccination is not associated with a heart attack risk
About 1,002 patients who experienced a heart attack had been vaccinated with Covishield and the rest of the 84 with Covaxin
COVID-19: Activists slam Centre’s affidavit washing hands off compensation for vaccine mortality
There was a huge lack of transparency about vaccine-related complications in the government’s awareness campaigns, activists said
How COVID-19 vaccination figures from Assam highlight India’s digital divide
The right to health and well-being should not be restricted to an individual’s access to digital devices and faster internet services
COVID-19: Only 17% of Africans will now be vaccinated by year-end
Africa faces a shortfall of 470 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, says WHO
COVID-19 second wave throws up unique problems in Arunachal Pradesh
The sparsely populated state of various tribal lineage across a challenging topography stretches administration even as …
COVID-19: Naveen calls for centralised vaccine procurement, decentralised vaccination
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik writes to all state chief ministers a day after his health minister wrote to the Centre for vaccine procurement
COVID-19 vaccines for all: Confusion bedeviling vaccination efforts
Lack of proper channeling of available stock in the right places at the right time leading to vaccine shortage
How Rwanda reached first global COVID-19 vaccination target
Rwanda defined a vaccination plan prior to getting the vaccines
Hostile terrain, hesitancy, Maoists: Bastar has its own COVID-19 vaccination challenges
Door-to-door campaigns, mitanins (health volunteers) have helped ward off rumours
Simply Put: COVID-19 vaccination drive
COVID-19: Calcutta High Court passes judgment to protect rights of para teachers
Para teachers collective had filed a petition seeking deadline relaxation for an activity amid COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 vaccination drive hits a pause in Odisha’s 11 districts
After administering 0.3 million doses June 21, the state has run out of vaccines; the drive expected to resume July 2
Hesitancy, rumours afflict COVID-19 vaccination drive in Odisha’s tribal villages
Healthcare workers have to trek miles and cross springs to reach the villages
Nearly 60% of global population to be infected with omicron by March: IHME
Daily COVID-19 cases set to hit 5 million by January, despite a major drop in the infection-detection ratio, says IHME
Where are the vaccines for UP’s May 1 COVID-19 vaccination drive
There is extreme shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in India’s largest state and its government is facing problems in procuring them
WHO: Global health systems have started showing signs of post-pandemic recovery
Most countries have made strides in incorporating COVID-19 services into routine health service delivery
COVID-19 will place India’s biomedical waste management under terrible strain
Under-reporting, poor segregation and lack of awareness ail India’s COVID-19 waste management. The pressure is set to further increase with …
Governments discuss over 300 proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations
This is the 2nd meeting where countries worldwide came together to strengthen the mechanism in place to mitigate public health threats
India needs to revise COVID-19 response strategy, flag experts
Let-ups in vaccination campaigns, COVID-19 protocol implementation observed
Coronavirus variants: why being more transmissible rather than more deadly isn’t good news
At the heart of this assertion lies an old foe that has plagued us right from the start of this pandemic: exponential growth