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Mar 09, 2019
Facebook to combat anti-vaccination content, vaccine misinformation on its platform
Facebook is also exploring options to share educational and informational content on vaccines. -
Nov 27, 2018
Maharashtra govt to launch six-week vaccination campaign against measles, rubella diseases starting today
Mumbai: A six-week Measles-Rubella vaccination drive for children between the ages of nine months and 15 years will begin Tuesday in Maharashtra, state Health Minister Deepak Sawant said. -
Aug 28, 2018
India, EU to develop new influenza research programme named Horizon 2020; pay €15 million each to fund project
While the influenza project requires three applicants from both three European member states and India respectively, the call which will remain open until 16 April, 2019, also allows applicants from other countries to join the EU-India consortia. -
Aug 08, 2018
New vaccine shows promise against Zika virus in mice, clinical trials awaited
It is particularly promising since it triggered an immune response with just a single dose -
Aug 01, 2018
India bans import of rabies vaccine from tainted Chinese biotech company after product safety scare
A report last week alleged that Changchun Changsheng Biotechnology had fabricated records and was ordered to cease production of the rabies vaccine. -
Jul 30, 2018
Chinese parents stage rare public protest over vaccine scare, demand action over safety of domestically produced drugs
China is regularly hit by scandals involving unsafe food and drugs, despite repeated official promises to root out corruption and shoddy manufacturing. -
Mar 28, 2018
New vaccine for malaria works on mice but could take years to develop for human use
Malaria parasite, though a tiny single-celled organism, has highly complex life cycle. It has 15 different stages and they occur in different cellular environments. -
Jan 27, 2018
President Ram Nath Kovind launches pulse polio programme for 2018 on eve of National Immunisation Day
President Ram Nath Kovind launched the Pulse Polio programme for 2018 by administering polio drops to children below five years at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi -
Dec 01, 2017
'Won't take Modi-RSS vaccine': Myths, quacks derail Malappuram vaccination drive putting lakhs of children at risk
In the Malappuram district of Kerala, health workers are threatened, abused and even physically assaulted for attempting to give a vaccine to children. -
Oct 30, 2017
War on dengue gets new edge: Scientists develop antiviral to tackle all four types of disease
Scientists at the New Delhi-based ICGEB are in the final stages of developing a new antiviral that promises to tackle all the four types of dengue virus.
