New Delhi: Injectable vaccine to prevent re-emergence of polio launched savita thakur thakur1 Dec 2015 10:46 AM ISTShri J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare launched the injectable Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) in India as part of its...
WHO, UNICEF support Myanmar's polio vaccination campaign savita thakur thakur1 Dec 2015 10:37 AM ISTThe World Health (WHO) Organisation and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) support Myanmar's Ministry of Health to conduct a polio...
HIV infection surged to record numbers in Europe in 2014: WHO savita thakur thakur28 Nov 2015 3:39 PM ISTCOPENHAGEN: A record number of people - over 142,000 - were diagnosed with HIV in Europe in 2014, the World Health Organisation, WHO announced on...
Three new ebola cases detected in Liberia Meghna A Singhania22 Nov 2015 3:09 PM ISTMonrovia (Liberia): Two months after Liberia was declared free of Ebola, three confirmed cases of the deadly disease have emerged in the West African...
Chicken resistant to avian flu will emerge: WHO expert savita thakur thakur19 Nov 2015 2:32 PM ISTGenetic engineering in the near future will create hens which are resistant to avian flu, eminent American virologist Robert G. Webster, a WHO expert...
New Ebola Vaccine Safe, Stimulates Strong Immune Response savita thakur thakur19 Nov 2015 12:42 PM ISTA fresh clinical trial of a new Ebola vaccine has found that it is well tolerated, safe and stimulates strong immune responses in adults in Mali, West...
Aravind Eye care to set up Rs 100 cr eye hospital in Tirupati Meghna A Singhania28 Oct 2015 12:26 PM ISTTIRUPATI: The administration of the famous Lord Venkateswara hill shrine today announced it would allot 7 acres of land owned by it in a prime...
World's first malaria vaccine delayed as WHO experts urge caution Meghna A Singhania26 Oct 2015 1:12 PM ISTThe world's first malaria vaccine is promising but should be used on a pilot basis before any wide-scale use, given its limited efficacy, World Health...
WHO calls for action to reduce heart diseases in women Pooja Bhatia Bhatia29 Sept 2015 1:00 PM ISTOn the occasion of the World Heart Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed strong concerns over heart diseases among Indian women...
WHO efforts to comprehend vaccine hesitancy Pooja Bhatia Bhatia22 Aug 2015 10:00 AM ISTIn a special issue of the journal Vaccine published by the WHO recently, the health organisation makes an effort to understand the statistics and the...
