Measles
Vaccination deaths result of systemic failure: Ministry
The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday ruled out any defect in the measles vaccine, administration of which resulted in the death of four children at Mohanlalganj near Lucknow on Saturday. The Government attributed the casualties to systemic failure.
Anti-vaccination website poses public health risk
Centre nod to two shots of measles
Measles: nose vaccine tests on 2,000 city kids
Inhalable measles vaccine to undergo tests in India
New Delhi: The inhalable measles vaccine won’t be available in India very soon. The vaccine, that promises to immunise children through a single deep breath, will first have to undergo separate clinical trials in India to “confirm its effectiveness here” before its use is allowed in the country.
This dry-powder vaccine has been created by the University of Colorado.
Experts concerned about vaccination backlash
Public health professionals are worried about the increasingly vocal anti-vaccination lobby in the USA and other western countries and their effect on immunisations globally.
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Negligence in anti-measles vaccination caused deaths
The State Government today admitted in the Assembly that four children died and as many were taken seriously ill in Damoh district when they developed complications after being administered anti-measles vaccination and negligence of two women health workers has come to fore in the matter.
Central team to probe MP vaccine deaths
Bhopal: Union health ministry has rushed a team of vaccination experts to investigate the death of four infants in Damoh town in north Madhya Pradesh. Twenty infants below the age of two years were administered tetanus and antimeasles vaccine in two anganwadi centres on Friday.
Central team: Measles vaccine contamination may have caused deaths
The four children who were administered an anti-measles shot died due to mishandling of the vaccine by the health worker, says a four-member team sent by the Union Health Ministry to Madhya Pradesh on Monday to inquire into the deaths.
Cong blames State Govt for infant deaths after vaccination
The State Congress has alleged that the BJP State Government should be held responsible for the deaths of children in the Chhatarpur and Damoh districts after being administered measles vaccine. The party has alleged that these incidents were the outcome of bad practices of corrupt officials as they had purchased substandard medicines leading to the death of infants.
