<p>The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for 3,500 deaths daily, according to this report by the World Health Organization (WHO).</p>
A new global plan aims to end most cases of polio by late next year, and essentially eradicate the paralyzing disease by 2018 if authorities can raise the $5.5 billion needed to do the work, health officials
Scientists have tracked the earliest days of a man’s robust immune response to HIV which may lead to a potential new vaccine for the deadly virus. The research team, led by Barton F Haynes from Duke Human
Measles outbreak in a nomad family has claimed five lives including a teenage girl and four minor girls in Adda Bhoondi area near Rahim Yar Khan. Six more children are said to have been suffering high
London: The world’s most advanced potential malaria vaccine, which looked effective enough to hit the market by 2015, has failed to live up to its promise. Scientists from Oxford University who tested
INDORE: Madhya Pradesh government is all set to introduce a 'controversial' vaccine whose efficacy is still being debated in the country and elsewhere as some deaths of children were reported after they were administered the vaccine. Much against caution by experts', Madhya Pradesh is mulling to launch pentavalent vaccine in National Immunisation Programme that targets five infections including diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis-B and HiB (haemophilius influenzae type B).
Apart from major seasonal diseases like malaria, dengue and chikungunya, H1N1 or commonly known as swine flu poses a new challenge to the government with the evolution of its virus changing every year,
As of the end of February, 151 cases of Measles had been confirmed in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, with two deaths caused by the highly contagious disease, Yunnan.cn, an official news portal in
The Coimbatore district has achieved a total coverage of 98.36 per cent during the second phase of the pulse polio programme on Sunday. According to Deputy Director of Health Services R. Damodharan, of the targeted 3,31,450 children in the age group of 0 to 5 years, oral polio vaccine was administered to 3,26,001 children. Giving a break-up, he said that 1,84,950 children in rural areas and 1,41,051 children in urban areas (Mettupalayam, Pollachi and Corporation areas) took part in the campaign.
New Delhi: Two more people have died of swine flu in the city on Friday, taking the H1N1 toll to seven this year. The Delhi health department said the victims, both middle-aged, were hospitalized last week and died due to severe complications caused by the viral infection. Another death was reported from Safdarjung Hospital but the officials did not confirm it. A nodal officer said 58 new cases of swine flu or H1N1 influenza have been identified in the capital, taking the total number of cases this season to 302. A senior doctor at Safdarjung Hospital said delay in treatment was one of the main reasons for the death of swine flu patients. Simple steps can prevent swine flu
NEW DELHI: A 15-year-old girl from Patel Nagar, west Delhi has become the latest victim of swine flu in the capital. The teenager, who was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on February 3, died due to
