Straight jabs

Vaccines are causing autism in UK, say some doctors

Measles cases double in 1st 2 months of 2022: What does this warn us of

Conditions ripe for serious outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses: WHO, UNICEF 

Measles is back: cases reported in countries that had eradicated the disease

With outbreaks reported from across the world, measles' eradication by 2020 seems difficult

COVID-19 vaccine update: How much is the world lagging behind in vaccination

COVAX expects to reach its target of two billion doses in the first quarter of 2022

Fatal dose

Vitamin A supplements claim the lives of 17 children in Assam

Vaccine shortage to continue

Government denies it; its own data tells a different story

Billions of dollars, 50 years later

Small pox vaccine might have countered HIV  

How the DRC’s Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles

Community mistrust towards the outbreak response team; high levels of insecurity due to battles between army and armed groups

Measles campaigns suspended in most countries; 140 million lives at stake, mostly children

In many countries the regular measles vaccine campaigns are delayed by over a year due to the pandemic disruptions  

Experts contest new vaccine policy document

Say they were not consulted

Genes and dreams

Scientists are on the breakthrough of better malaria drugs

Frontier guards

Invaded and ravaged by germs and pathogens every moment of its existence, the human body has developed its own lines of defence. Among the lesser …

Left to quacks

Unauthorized medical practitioners find business where Bihar’s health machinery deserts polio victims

Follow Up

UNICEF to procure controversial pentavalent vaccine at lowest-ever prices

This step will significantly increase the distribution of pentavalent vaccine, which has been blamed for adverse health effects

COVID-19 vaccines for all: Why COVAX is not working

The initiative to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the poorest countries has not succeeded in its goal so far due to over-dependence on a few …

COVID-19 Vaccine Watch: COVAX has 2 billion doses to supply to 190 countries

End of COVID-19 pandemic in sight with arrival of these vaccines, says WHO

A jab back

Global vaccination target ‘off-track’, says WHO

The health agency has called for renewed efforts to get immunisation back on track in view of the World Immunization Week, beginning April 24

Measles accounted for most excess deaths as a result of COVID-19 related vaccine disruptions

Excess deaths due to vaccine breaks amounted to 967,000 deaths, catch-up shots could avert 79% of them, finds Lancet study

Endgame begins

Experts say India needs to move beyond oral vaccine to battle vaccine-generated polio

Vaccine woes continue

Prickly issue

Will the inclusion of Hepatitis B vaccination in the Universal Immunisation Programme help?

Low public funding in health exacerbates poverty, says Nigerian health minister

Nigeria's Minister of Health Isaac Adewole talks to Bennett Oghifo about the country's commitment to provide universal health coverage by 2030

Only 2 cases of poliovirus in 2021 so far: WHO

At least 129 cases reported from January-October 2020; the disease will continue to be classified as a public health emergency of international …