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Tamil Nadu starts Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine inoculation for infants
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 24 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu government has started inoculation of infants with Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian said on Saturday.
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Jharkhand launches Pneumonia vaccine drive for children
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 17 (ANI): Jharkhand health department on Thursday launched Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) vaccination drive.
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Kerala govt comes up with new guidelines for COVID treatment in newborns,
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 3 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Thursday said the health department has prepared a COVID surge management plan and a COVID-19 treatment guideline for newborns and children in the state.
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Brain's memory center stays active during 'infantile amnesia': Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 22 (ANI): A new brain imaging study led by researchers at Yale University shows that infants as young as three months are already enlisting the hippocampus to recognize and learn patterns.
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Researchers find benefits of deworming for expectant mothers to their infa
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 4 (ANI): Researchers from Syracuse University, the World Health Organization, and SUNY Upstate (The State University of New York Upstate Medical University) measured the impact of deworming medicine during pregnancy on the subsequent risk of neonatal mortality and low bi
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Breakthrough study finds clues to eliminate HIV infections in infants
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 2 (ANI): Why the transmission of HIV infection from mother to baby in womb occurs in some cases but not others has long been a mystery, but now a team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and Duke University has found an important clue about the same which also giv
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Researchers detect new clues to eliminate infant HIV infections
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 27 (ANI): Each year over 150,000 infants worldwide are infected with HIV in the womb, at birth, or through breastfeeding. Why transmission occurs in some cases but not others has long been a mystery, but now a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine and Duke University scie
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Study links changes to infant gut bacteria with method of childbirth
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], April 25 (ANI): A causal link between caesarean section birth, low intestinal microbiota and peanut sensitivity in infants has been discovered by a team of researchers.
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Study finds strong link between changes to infant gut bacteria with method
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], April 21 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry have found a causal link between caesarean section birth, low intestinal microbiota and peanut sensitivity in infants, and they report the effect is more pronounced in children of Asia
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Study explores link between infant antibiotic exposure, future immune resp
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 11 (ANI): An irreversible loss of regulatory T-cells in the colon is found in infants who were exposed to antibiotics in utero and infancy. T cells are a valuable component of the immune system's response toward allergens in later life, after only six months.
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Masculine traits linked to better parenting for some fathers: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 10 (ANI): In some men, having traditional masculine characteristics such as competitiveness and adventurousness was linked to being better fathers to infants, a new study suggested.
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Study reveals gut microbiota in cesarean-born babies catches up
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], April 2 (ANI): While it's known that the infants born by cesarean section have a relatively inadequate array of bacteria in the gut, a novel study has found that by the age of three to five years, they are broadly in line with their peers. The study also showed that it t
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