Serum found to curb lung cancer
Tests on mice show that a hormonal antibody inhibits the growth of turnours, giving rise to hopes for a vaccine to treat lung cancer.
Polio - alive and kicking
The polio virus is possibly the most innocuous virus that affects humans. The improvement of sanitation standards across the world has meant …
India has fourth highest number of measles cases in the world: WHO
The country’s disease incidence rate per million is 29.68, the lowest in the top 10 countries
How do you vaccinate a honeybee? 6 questions answered about a new tool for protecting pollinators
Honeybees face many urgent threats, including Varroa mites, climate change and poor nutrition, which makes this vaccine an exciting new development
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&…
Lateral thoughts: The price of vaccine
One more reason to improve public health system: the private health sector is not equipped to vaccinate rural India
Norway reports deaths related to COVID-19 vaccination
Situation not alarming, only ‘small exception’ affected by Pfizer mRNA vaccine: Medical director of Norwegian Medicines Agency
Global measles outbreak could mar eradication by 2020
While Europe saw the highest spike this decade, India reported the maximum cases between July 2017 and June 2018
New pneumonia vaccine to be introduced in five states
Pneumonia is the largest infectious cause of death in children worldwide, as per WHO
Big bite
As the malaria parasite and its mosquito carrier become increasingly immune to pesticides and drugs, a recourse to vaccines seems to be the only …
Mode matters
A proposed injectable polio vaccine may cut down the risk of contracting the paralysing disease
Lessons from a community-driven rabies vaccination campaign in Kenya
Mass vaccination of domestic dogs grew from a local campaign to a county-wide rabies elimination effort in Kenya as national governments …
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
Who let the dogs out?
There is only one solution to dealing with the problem of India’s stray dog populations, dog bites and rabies: Implementation of WHO …
A shot in the arm for abandoned vaccine trials
With HIV spreading fast in some Third World nations, these countries have decided to end months of uncertainity by opting for vaccine trials …
New cholera strain strikes India
A cholera epidemic in the Indian subcontinent is nothing unusual. But now, another bacterial strain that can cause the disease has surfaced.
Hook in the gut
Scientists are striving to develop a vaccine against hookworm that is rampant in the Third World
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 …
COVID-19: New data on South Africa hospitalisations reveals how omicron dodges vaccines
Some 22.6% of those hospitalised currently in South Africa are fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Why population immunity is not a realistic goal in Africa’s bid to control COVID-19
The threshold for reaching population immunity depends on many factors. One is the effectiveness of the vaccine. Another is how many people get …
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 …
Developing countries trust vaccines more: UK survey
Almost all Bangladeshis and Rwandans feel vaccines are safe and important; most French disagree
Most of us support mandatory vaccines for schoolkids, but is it good policy?
Overwhelming scientific evidence proves the safety and efficacy of vaccination to control, yet Canada is not meeting its childhood-vaccination targets
Over 7.7 million people vaccinated in DRC against yellow fever
In neighbouring Angola, an estimated 3 million people have been vaccinated since mid-August.
Hepatitis C: India has failed to tackle the deadly disease
Chronic HCV infection accounts for 12-32 per cent of liver cancer and 10-20 per cent of cirrhosis cases in India. Most people with chronic …