Global measles deaths fall to record low Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 Dec 2017 7:01 PM ISTAnnual deaths from measles dropped below 100,000 worldwide last year for the first time, to 90,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other...
WHO prequalifies breakthrough vaccine for typhoid Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 Jan 2018 8:30 PM ISTAt the end of December 2017, WHO prequalified the first conjugate vaccine for typhoid, Bharat Biotech’s Typbar-TCV. Typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs)...
First vaccine in the world developed against grass pollen allergy Ruby khatun khatun19 Jan 2018 8:00 PM ISTAround 400 million people worldwide suffer in some form or other from a grass pollen allergy (rhinitis) -- with the usual symptoms such as a runny...
Fresh approach to TB vaccine shows promise Ruby khatun khatun21 Jan 2018 7:20 PM IST A new vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) made using a weakened form of a common Herpes virus, has been found highly effective in rhesus monkeys and is...
Synthetic virus may lead to more effective smallpox vaccine Ruby khatun khatun22 Jan 2018 7:10 PM ISTToronto: Scientists have created a synthetic horsepox virus that could lead to the development of a more effective vaccine against smallpox.The...
Indian Doctors stress for women to get cervical cancer vaccine Medical Dialogues Bureau26 Jan 2018 7:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Every eight minutes, one woman in India succumbs to cervical cancer. Around 1.2 lakh women are affected by cervical cancer in India and the...
Birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine may not be necessary: study Ruby khatun khatun28 Jan 2018 8:20 PM ISTA new study by a group of Indian Pediatricians shows that many newborns are protected from Hepatitis B infection by antibodies they receive from the...
What's new in Flu after Tamiflu? Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli24 Feb 2018 8:30 PM ISTAccording to Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 2018 flu season has been the worst one since 2014.It could be due to the fact that it’s been a...
Heat stable Pill is future of vaccination Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli13 March 2018 8:30 PM ISTA team of Scientists in Cairns (Australia) and Cardiff (Wales) have developed the world’s first synthetic, thermostable, the non-biologic vaccine that...
A single-dose oral vaccine for cholera control : Lancet Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli23 March 2018 8:00 PM ISTDiarrhoeal diseases are a major source of preventable morbidity and mortality, and in 2015 claimed the lives of more than 1·3 million people, of whom...
Small-molecule drug effective against all strains of Flu Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 March 2018 7:20 PM ISTThe flu season this year has been unexpectedly aggressive and the flu vaccine also could not reduce the number of people who contracted the virus...
Mumps vaccine losing efficacy - Third booster at 18 years advised Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 March 2018 8:30 PM ISTAfter the mumps vaccine was introduced in the mid-1960s, mumps incidence in the U.S. and other developed countries declined for decades. After...
