What’s behind the worldwide shortage of cholera vaccines? For starters, they’re only made by one company

Oral cholera vaccine stockpiles ran dry at the beginning of 2024

Omicron’s BA.5 sub-variant is 4 times more vaccine-resistant

Study finds sub-lineage behind rise in COVID-19 cases in Europe, US

Simply Put: COVID-19 vaccination drive

How Rwanda reached first global COVID-19 vaccination target

Rwanda defined a vaccination plan prior to getting the vaccines

COVID-19: Why are cases rising in Kerala?

Measures that would keep the virus away are still not clear  

Hostile terrain, hesitancy, Maoists: Bastar has its own COVID-19 vaccination challenges

Door-to-door campaigns, mitanins (health volunteers) have helped ward off rumours 

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Who flew?

Is influenza afflicting government?

Vaccine shortage to continue

Government denies it; its own data tells a different story

In a first, WHO commits to eliminate cervical cancer globally

The global health body aims to reduce more than 40% new cases by 2050 through vaccination, screening and treatment

India sees 1.75 million dog bites every year, yet we face up to 80% shortage of anti-rabies vaccines

The government is dragging its feet over controlling dog population, vaccinating them or even making enough shots available for victims

Old vaccines for new infections: What we discovered

Studies have showed that several vaccines, including that for polio and tuberculosis, have several non-specific effects

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

Measles cases triple in a year: WHO

More than 180 countries reported 364,808 measles cases between January 1 and July 31 2019. In the same period last year, 129,239 cases were …

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

‘We aim to provide immunisation to 90 per cent children in India by 2020’

As the seven-day World Immunization Week (April 24-30) ended on Thursday, WHO representative to India, Nata Menabde, told Down To Earth the …

Troubled by breath

Those who have had fewer respiratory diseases when young are the ones who are more susceptible to asthma

Warned over vaccine advice

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India develops PPR vaccine

Against sheep and goat plague

South Asia

COVID-19: Virus and vaccine lessons from 2021 for better 2022

Inoculation, restrictions, infrastructure and memory are effective tools in mitigating COVID-19 infection and easing restrictions on …

Africa needs to vaccinate 33 million children within 2 years to be on global immunisation track: WHO

Decreased vaccination levels due to the pandemic have led to a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, meningitis, …

Disease eradication targets: will they be met?

The Finance Minister announced that government has action plans to eliminate kala-azar by 2017 and tuberculosis by 2025, among others

Scientists announce final trial results of world’s most advanced malaria vaccine

Vaccine can prevent a substantial number of cases of clinical malaria, especially in areas of high transmission rates