Why we must celebrate India’s indigenous HPV vaccine
Widespread and timely uptake of the new vaccine will save the lives of many Indian women by targeting a highly preventable and treatable disease
WHO allows self-collected samples for HPV testing
The revised guidelines also suggested DNA-based tests for HPV infection is better than pap smear
Did Punjab introduce cancer vaccine based on faulty research by PGI Chandigarh?
Claims made by the professors at PGIMER have been challenged by a member of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation
HPV vaccine deaths: Parliament panel indicts PATH, health officials
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded agency bypassed ethics and rules while conducting clinical trials for vaccine which was administered to …
Most of us support mandatory vaccines for schoolkids, but is it good policy?
Overwhelming scientific evidence proves the safety and efficacy of vaccination to control, yet Canada is not meeting its childhood-vaccination targets
HPV vaccines effective in reducing infections, precancerous warts: WHO
Widespread vaccination programmes can help achieve WHO's global call to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem
Missed vaccine shots: Go for innovative strategies to address zero-dose, say experts
Beyond being at risk, children who have not received a vaccine of any kind also become a population that harbours diseases and can transmit …
What are these ‘cancer vaccines’ I’m hearing about? And what similarities do they share with COVID vaccines?
Rather than preventing disease, these vaccines are a personalised treatment for cancer, to combat disease
Kenya’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has got off to a slow start: The gaps, and how to fix them
Kenya is currently accessing vaccines exclusively through the COVAX facility, and yet supply to this initiative has been dogged by vaccine …
Cervical cancer: 90% deaths in low and middle income countries with least access to HPV vaccine, screening
These countries also have low rates of vaccination against HPV
HPV vaccination crucial to reducing cervical cancer, says study
States in the US which have a higher rate of HPV vaccination have a lower rate of cervical cancer
Time to wake up to threat of NCDs
As the UN begins its meeting to devise strategies to tackle NCDs, Indian public health activists say it was a wake-up call for the health …
Non-communicable diseases: The unrecognised public health threat
Health is rarely the topic of discussion at the UN general assembly. But starting September 19, the UN began a high-level meeting to debate a …
Vaccine hesitancy on the rise across the globe, reveals cross-country survey
India bucks the trend; Afghanistan, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea major concerns
Henrietta Lacks, whose cells led to path-breaking medical advances, receives posthumous WHO award
The scientific community hid her race and story for years
First ‘Made in India’ cervical cancer vaccine in offing
Vaccine to be launched after adequate doses manufactured for distribution
The 'vaccinegate' of Italy
A study in Italy has found major contaminants in vaccines that are used the world over
Call to make healthy choices available and affordable
Health experts lash out at food industry for putting public health at risk
DTE Reportage
'Lifestyle' diseases spur UN to act