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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) (Representational image)

BMC's mission to immunise deprived kids

The BMC has identified 175,877 kids of which, 90,550 are partially immunised while 964 are entirely without...

6 Oct 2017 5:57 AM IST

Industries that profit from treating diseases shun prevention, which has proved to be the most inexpensive .

Prevention better than cure if not for profits

Prevention is not better than cure when your profits depend upon people getting sick.

4 Nov 2018 12:44 AM IST

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Modern medicine infected by the virus of mistrust

Most damaging are a series of scandals involving inadequately vetted drugs, poor oversight by health officials, and...

26 Jan 2018 2:54 PM IST

It is crucial that the vaccine reaches 95 per cent of Indias children

On World Immunisation Week, let's spread facts... not disease

India has committed to eliminating measles and significantly reducing cases of rubella by 2020, and 32 states have...

29 April 2019 12:39 AM IST

Social media both easy, challenging for tweens parents. (Photo: Pixabay)

Social media as battleground

Social media platforms have supercharged battles over scientific evidence on a range of issues.

20 April 2019 11:59 AM IST

The US embassy has decided to start an intensive two months of interviews starting July 1. (AA file photo)

US resumes visas for students

Parents will not be allowed to accompany the students to the US to help them settle as tourist (B1/B2) visas are still...

14 Jun 2021 8:34 AM IST

A health worker prepares to inoculates a man with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo: AFP)

Plodding pace, supply glitches hit India's drive to vaccinate all

What is curious about these figures is that of vaccines in the pipeline and vaccines available

5 Aug 2021 1:02 AM IST

Experts urge parents to talk with their pediatrician if they have concerns about vaccine safety. (Photo: Pixabay)

Multiple vaccines don't make kids prone to infection: study

This new study suggests the theory of overloading an infant's immune system is highly unlikely.

7 March 2018 12:21 PM IST

Some 28,000 people were infected with Ebola in the outbreak which began in late 2013 and continued through last year, killing more than 11,000 people mainly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. (Photo: AFP)

14 confirmed Ebola cases in Congo as WHO holds emergency meeting

The World Health Organization held an emergency meeting on Friday and called the risk to the public in Congo "very...

18 May 2018 1:39 PM IST

The World Health Organization is planning to try out an experimental Ebola vaccine to fight the outbreak of the virus. (Photo: AP)

Congo receives first doses of Ebola vaccine amid outbreak

Health Ministry said vaccinations would start at weekend, first time vaccine would come into use since it was developed...

17 May 2018 8:19 AM IST

If superspreading had been completely under control about two-thirds of Ebola cases could have been avoided (Photo: AFP)

Congo, UN deploy specialists to tackle Ebola epidemic

World Health Organisation obtained 4,000 doses of experimental Ebola vaccine and was preparing for deployment in Congo.

15 May 2018 10:08 AM IST

The World Health Organization is planning to try out an experimental Ebola vaccine to fight the outbreak of the virus. (Photo: AP)

WHO says 19 dead, 39 infected so far in Congo Ebola outbreak

It said 393 people who identified as contacts of Ebola patients were being followed up.

15 May 2018 9:38 AM IST