India's polio-free status a cruel joke

The definition of polio has been changed repeatedly since the programme was launched, thus automatically leading to a drastic fall in the number …

Vaccine woes continue

Patent issues delaying Ebola cure

Canada's exclusive licensing rights of its Ebola patent to a US firm are holding up global development of a vaccine

Harmful Vaccines

Public Health Activist Anand Rai explains how harmful chemicals are being used in children's vaccines. ENGLISH TRANSLATION I got to know …

WHO adopts plan to make vaccines cheaper and more accessible

Calls for transparency around vaccine pricing and procurement

Human trials of Ebola vaccines start in Liberia

Trials are being done at an undisclosed location under tight security

Are some states under-reporting pentavalent vaccine deaths?

RTI reponse of Union health ministry shows states with better health track record have reported higher number of vaccine deaths

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

Indian swine flu vaccines hit market

Maharashtra doctors refuse vaccination even as toll rises

HPV vaccine deaths: Parliament panel indicts PATH, health officials

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded agency bypassed ethics and rules while conducting clinical trials for vaccine which was administered to …

Five-in-one vaccine now available for free in Delhi healthcare facilities

Activists concerned about deaths caused by pentavalent vaccine

Polio vaccine compulsory for those travelling to select countries

India is in no mood to risk the polio free status it achieved earlier this year

Ebola turns ‘catastrophic’, international fears rise

While Nigeria recorded first death last week, the US announced its plans to bring home two affected patients

Injected polio vaccine in addition to oral drops improves immunity, says study

Indian doctors warn it may be a move to bring in more expensive IPV

On WHO agenda: a global vaccine action plan

Health activists say new policy may not address the weaknesses in ongoing routine immunisation programmes and would flood poor countries with new …

Ebola emergency: WHO spotlight on experimental drugs

On Friday, it was disclosed that three persons in New Delhi are being kept under watch for possible Ebola symptoms

What ails Pakistan’s polio eradication drive

Pakistan is striving for a polio-free status like India which has been removed from the list of countries where the disease is endemic. Recently, …

Ethical concerns eclipse world’s race to develop Ebola vaccine

World Health Organization and international community have been repeatedly slammed for delayed intervention

Ebola vaccine closer after scientists discover key protein

Presently, there are no authorised treatments to cure the disease

Government to introduce four new vaccines as part of UIP

These include those against rotavirus, rubella and polio (injectable) along with Japanese encephalitis; is it a move to favour private companies?

Researchers develop single dose Ebola vaccine, call it ‘Trojan Horse’

To address any possible safety concerns associated with this vaccine, the team developed two next generation candidate vaccines

Efforts to increase access to vaccines delayed

Developed countries question the move of developing countries to introduce amendments in the Global Vaccine Action Plan

Next gen malaria vaccines likely to be available by 2030

Changing malaria epidemiology leads to WHO’s renewed focus on malaria eradication

Policy draft backs new, expensive vaccines

Health experts say they are not essential enough to be part of national immunisation programme

SAARC ministers adopt Delhi declaration on public health

Supra-national laboratory for TB and HIV/AIDS to come up in Kathmandu with India bearing the major cost of the project