Polio eradication: Africa to vaccinate 21 million children
This would be the continent’s largest polio vaccination campaign since 2020
Pale and yellow
Shortage of vaccines has pushed many African countries to the brink of a yellow fever epidemic
COVID-19 vaccines: India needs to rise
India has to work hard to defend its position as the global hub of vaccine production
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
Nasal vaccines promise to stop the COVID-19 virus before it gets to the lungs – an immunologist explains how they work
While the exact mechanisms by which nasal vaccines work in people have not been thoroughly studied, researchers believe they work analogously to …
Why we must celebrate India’s indigenous HPV vaccine
Widespread and timely uptake of the new vaccine will save the lives of many Indian women by targeting a highly preventable and treatable disease
Monkeypox: demand for vaccines is outstripping supply – this is what’s causing the shortages
Vaccines currently being administered are from emergency stockpiles for accidental or deliberate release of smallpox
COVID-19 vaccines work well with all body weights BUT underweight, obesity remain risk factors
A group of UK researchers compare how those vaccinated from across various categories fared against the novel coronavirus
‘169 million children missed the first dose of measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017’
UNICEF reveals shocking data and cites it to be behind the recent spurt in measles cases
UK, South African, Brazilian: A virologist explains each COVID-19 variant, what they mean for the pandemic
The take-home message is that variants will emerge, and we need to closely monitor their spread
India can exert itself as one of the largest vaccine manufacturers during COVID-19: Vaccinologist Peter Hotez
Hotez talked to DTE on India’s role in global vaccination, its challenges on the home turf, anti-vax movement and vaccine diplomacy
Polio eradication: ‘Need to invest in polio vaccines now to prevent resurgence’
Oral vaccine key defence against polio but also behind detection of vaccine-derived poliovirus in wastewater samples
India in talks with Russia on ‘unverified’ COVID-19 vaccine
Indian serostudies do not talk about neutralising antibodies, says ICMR DG
WHO report flags spike in cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus
At least 149 immunodeficiency vaccine-derived poliovirus cases were reported to WHO between 1961 and 2019
Telangana COVID-19 vaccine recipient dies; govt says no link to immunisation
All three deaths following immunisation in India attributed to heart attack with no disease history
WHO nod to first emergency use vaccine can tackle rising vaccine-derived poliovirus cases
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus occurs if a population is poorly vaccinated and there are enough susceptible children for excreted …
Pentavalent vaccine deaths prompt doctors, activists to appeal to health secretary
Five-in-one vaccine introduced in Haryana without evaluating what happened in Tamil Nadu, Kerala
COVID-19 herd immunity? It’s not going to happen, so what next?
The only sustainable solution is to learn to live with the virus.
COVID-19: Can India vaccinate all adults in 4 months?
Omicron update: ‘UK’s current 80,000 tally would have been 1.4 million at India’s population level’
India already has 101 patients infected with the latest Variant of Concern in 11 states
COVID-19 vaccine: 74% scheduled health workers didn't get second shot
Less than half the scheduled workers have received the first shot
CSIR scientists working on new vaccine for malaria
The aim is to make a vaccine that can be conditionally attenuated when given to humans
Indian swine flu vaccines hit market
Maharashtra doctors refuse vaccination even as toll rises
Why vaccine doses differ for babies, kids, teens and adults: An immunologist explains
As time passes, your immune system matures through different stages, much the way you advanced from crawling to standing, walking and running
Rich countries must share their vaccines with poor ones quickly: WHO panel
Vaccine distribution to low-income countries falls short of 1 billion target, former panel leaders, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark, said