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WHO calls for increased surveillance, sharing of data, vaccines to combat
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A day after Sweden confirmed the first case of more contagious monkeypox variant outside Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged affected countries to work together to tackle the monkeypox outbreak and called on all nations to address
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"Bond between India-Vietnam will grow enduringly," says Vietnam PM Pham Mi
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Vietnamese PM said that India also played an important role in the fight against Covid-19 with four types of vaccines, from which Vietnam also benefited.
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Israel facilitating vaccinations after polio found in Gaza sewage
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Israel Defence Forces added that in cooperation with international aid organizations, approximately 300,000 polio vaccines -- enough for more than one million Gaza residents -- have been brought to the Strip.
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"PM CARES only for vanity": Kharge attacks BJP for "not vaccinating" child
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Terming it a "cardinal sin," the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha claimed that 16 lakh children were not provided key vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP) and measles shots in 2023.
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Immunization coverage in India for DPT1 and DPT 2 vaccines better than lis
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) reported on Monday that India had 16 lakh unvaccinated children in 2023, which is the second-highest number worldwide. Nigeria has the highest number.
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Pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister: Health experts urge govt to incr
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
During the pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi on Thursday, health experts emphasized the need to increase the availability of hospital beds in the country. They pointed out that the current bed availability is significantly below World Health Organization
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Researchers discover potential target for cancer immunotherapy
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Researchers have discovered a possible target for cancer immunotherapy. The research, directed by Professor Massimiliano Mazzone, discovered that the CDA gene is one of the most elevated metabolic genes in immunotherapy-resistant cancer. Inhibiting this gene through pharmacological or geneti
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iBRIC organises second THSTI Advance Course in Vaccinology (TiVaC)
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The course has started from May 27 and will continue till June 1, 2024, at the iBRIC-THSTI, Faridabad campus.
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Serum Institute of India ships its first batch of Malaria vaccines to Afri
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In a major feat, the Serum Institute of India (SII) has shipped its first set of R21/Matrix-M Malaria vaccine doses to the Africa region, which has a sizable disease burden.
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Serum Institute of India stopped manufacture, supply of additional Covishi
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"With India achieving high vaccination rates in 2021 and 2022, coupled with the emergence of new mutant variant strains, the demand for previous vaccines diminished significantly. Consequently, since December 2021, we have stopped the manufacturing and supply of additional doses of Covishiel
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"Modi-Yogi khap rahe hain aapke baccho ke liye...," PM Modi
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked the Samajwadi Party and the Congress saying they are contesting elections to benefit their families and their vote banks but "Modi and Yogi are tirelessly working for the future of your children".
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"Healthy youngsters who had taken vaccines are getting heart attacks," Pri
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday attacked the Central government on the issue of the COVID vaccine and claimed that many healthy youngsters who had taken the vaccines are getting heart attacks.
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