With the misinformation campaign affecting the ambitious Measles-Rubella vaccination programme, the Punjab Government on Thursday took the help of the experts from the World Health Organization (WH

Vaccination has successfully reduced the burden of infectious diseases worldwide, but stagnating immunization coverage and lack of effective vaccines for many endemic and newly emerging pathogens pose a threat to sustainable global health. In light of World Immunization Week 2018, which highlights the importance of high vaccination coverage, Nature Communications is taking stock of current advances and barriers in vaccine development and distribution. (Editorial)

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Dehradun: According to the recently published National Family Health Survey (NFHS) IV, as many as 72.5% of children surveyed in the age group of 12 to 23 months, considered a crucial period in a ch

PATNA: The state government will launch measles rubella (MR) vaccination campaign in September this year. The central government had launched it in August last year.

Clerics in Patna signing vaccination pledges, camps after sunset for children of migrant workers in Maharashtra, boat clinics in Assam taking the booster shot to remote locations

Ludhiana: Health took a backseat for the Ludhianvis in 2017. Six major outbreaks had been reported this year.

DEHRADUN: Dehradun and Haridwar have administered measles rubella (MR) vaccination to 61% and 30% children respectively between 0 and 15 years.

Bauchi — No fewer than 507 suspected cases of measles have been recorded in Bauchi State from January to October 2017.

To launch eight-day-long campaign from tomorrow as part of measles-rubella vaccination drive

NAINITAL: Around 21 students of Vijaypur Inter College, a government-aided school in Kanda village of Kumaon’s Bageshwar district were admitted to the district hospital late on Tuesday after compla

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