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