Preventive measure

Vaccine troubles

WHO accedes to paediatricians' concern over Hepatitis B

Number of children vaccinated last year is unimpressive

Despite an intensified immunisation scheme, children in the country are not fully immunised

NITI Aayog’s Health Index: Kerala on top; Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh among worst performers

However, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are among the states that have shown progress in overall health outcomes

No wild poliovirus case in South-East Asia in five years: WHO

The last reported case of wild poliovirus in the region was in West Bengal in 2011

Cheaper vaccine to check hepatitis B

WHO's immunisation programme is expected to receive a tremendous boost thanks to the low-cost vaccine developed through genetic engineering

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Scourge stamped out

Effective immunisation campaigns help Europe purge its 51 member-nations of polio

Polio panic

Shadow over eradication drive

Shared interests

Unputdownable

COVID-19: We will write to states to resume immunisation, says Centre

NCDC says 9 coronavirus disease hotspots in country, ministry says there are many

Nine in every 10 children do not get adequate diet in Jharkhand, Bihar: NFHS data

Almost 69.9 per cent of children under five years in Jharkhand are acutely suffering from anaemia

Beauty in chemical

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Chimp's aid

Chimps are not victimised by AIDS because a lethal sickness has made their immune system resistant to the disease

'UP is core area'

Frontier guards

Invaded and ravaged by germs and pathogens every moment of its existence, the human body has developed its own lines of defence. Among the …

Polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea after 18 years; experts say it was avoidable

They put the blame on poor vaccination coverage and unsanitary living conditions

Measles is back: cases reported in countries that had eradicated the disease

With outbreaks reported from across the world, measles' eradication by 2020 seems difficult

Straight jabs

Vaccines are causing autism in UK, say some doctors

Fatal dose

Vitamin A supplements claim the lives of 17 children in Assam

How the DRC’s Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles

Community mistrust towards the outbreak response team; high levels of insecurity due to battles between army and armed groups

Vaccine shortage to continue

Government denies it; its own data tells a different story

Billions of dollars, 50 years later

Small pox vaccine might have countered HIV