Vaccination alone unlikely to end Gorakhpur deaths
Access to medical hubs, better staff and awareness drive must to solve issue The Centre’s committee that visited BRD stated the hospital had filled only four of 12 vacancies for senior residents and
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Russian Ebola vaccine trials to continue in 2018
Vaccination and clinical testing of the Russian vaccine Gam Evac Combi against the deadly Ebola virus, launched in Guinea on August 9, will continue until the end of 2018, the Russian Foreign Ministry
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Plants 'hijacked' to make polio vaccine
Plants have been "hijacked" to make polio vaccine in a breakthrough with the potential to transform vaccine manufacture, say scientists. The team at the John Innes Centre, in Norfolk, says the process
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UN declares Somalia free of polio
The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said it had not recorded any case of polio disease in Somalia in the last three years, declaring the country polio free. The WHO said the country recorded the
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Nigeria: Polio Vaccine- Kano State Govt Immunises 3 Million Children
Kano — Kano State government has concluded the July round of poliomyelitis vaccination of over three million children below five years. In a chat with LEADERSHIP , the executive Secretary, Kano State
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Doctors fight swine flu without vaccine armour
Chandigarh: Even though three PGI doctors have contracted swine flu (H1N1 virus) recently, most doctors still shy away from taking the preventive vaccine. Doctors of the Sector-16 Government Multi-Specialty
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Swine flu: H1N1 virus kills 600 in first half of 2017; symptoms, prevention
About 12,460 people have been affected by swine flu till July 9, 2017, and 600 people have died due to the H1N1 virus. India is witnessing a spurt in the number of deaths and infections caused by swine
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Encephalitis claims 131 lives in Assam
Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday disclosed that while Japanese Encephalitis has claimed 44 lives, 87 persons have died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in the State this
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No vaccine shield against Michigan strain
HYDERABAD: Though two cases of swine flu in Hyderabad have already tested positive for the mutated Michigan strain of the virus, the state health authorities do not have a single vial of the new vaccine
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Gurugram: 3.34 lakh children to be vaccinated for polio
GURUGRAM: A three-day long intensified pulse polio immunisation drive was launched in the district on Sunday, under which 3,34,065 children are expected to be vaccinated. The immunization day will be conducted