Diagnosis and Management of Measles: CDC Guideline Hina Zahid18 Jan 2020 3:57 PM ISTMeasles is a highly contagious acute respiratory illness that can cause complications in multiple organ systems. Measles was declared eliminated in...
6,000 succumbed to measles in DR Congo: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau12 Jan 2020 9:05 AM ISTNew Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that 6,000 people have lost their lives to a measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic...
Measles cases rise up by 300 percent consecutively for past two years Globally: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau17 April 2019 9:15 AM ISTPreliminary global data shows that reported cases rose by 300 per cent in the first three months of 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. This...
Madagascar measles epidemic kills more than 1,200 people Medical Dialogues Bureau15 April 2019 9:52 AM ISTAMBALAVAO, Madagascar: Babies wail as a nurse tries to reassure mothers who have come to vaccinate their children. They fear a measles epidemic that...
MR Vaccination Drive in schools: HC asks government seek consent of parents Medical Dialogues Bureau27 Jan 2019 11:10 AM IST"there can be nothing like opt-out consent. There has to be express consent. It is a matter of bodily integrity. You cannot touch someone's body...
New Year Resolutions: Ten health issues WHO will tackle this year Medical Dialogues Bureau15 Jan 2019 5:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: The New Year is in and it seems that the premier international Health Body has set down its resolutions for the times to come in as it...
Measles, Rubella Vaccination Completely SAFE: Meghalaya Health Secretary Medical Dialogues Bureau10 Sept 2018 10:00 AM ISTShillong: Health authorities in Meghalaya recently stated that measles and rubella vaccinations are completely safe and essential to save children...
Measles-rubella vaccination drive launched in Gujarat Medical Dialogues Bureau18 July 2018 9:15 AM ISTOver 4 lakh children would be vaccinated across 1,827 schools as well as anganwadis and hospitals across Vadodara district, said Collector Shalini...
Centre to advance Universal Health Coverage savita14 Dec 2017 9:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: Union Health Minister JP Nadda said that the Government is committed to advancing the agenda of Universal Health Coverage in the country...
More than 18 Lakh childrens to be vaccinated against measles, rubella in HP savita22 Aug 2017 1:32 PM ISTShimla: Nearly 18.6 lakh children, up to the age of 15 years, would be vaccinated against Measles and Rubella (MR) under an immunisation programme to...
Will carry forward PM's Vision on Generic Medicines: Nadda savita11 May 2017 12:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: Days after the Centre barred a Delhi-based health NGO from receiving foreign funding, Health Minister J P Nadda said his ministry was...
Health ministry to launch pneumonia vaccine on May 13 savita5 May 2017 10:52 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Union government will launch pneumonia vaccine, under its universal immunisation programme, in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on...
