Health

Combining vaccines may help eradicate polio

Combining two types of polio vaccine, including one that is injected rather than given orally, appears to give better immunity and could speed efforts to eradicate the crippli...

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Debunking dangerous myths about vaccines

Measles is making a comeback, with a 20-year high in reported infections, due mostly to folks who are opting out of the vaccination, according to the Centers for Disease Contr...

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It’s time to bring HIV prevention drugs out of the closet

May 14 should have been PrEP’s big coming out moment. That’s when the federal government issued new guidelines urging doctors to adopt the use of PrEP – a po...

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Poverty, child, maternal deaths high in India: UN report

India continues to battle poverty, child and maternal deaths, according to a United Nations report on the Millennium Development Goals that said while several key global targe...

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Child Lives: The Pulitzer Center’s Interactive Map on Childhood Mortality

It’s the nature of journalism to focus on what’s wrong and in a world that’s full of violence and suffering there’s no shortage of subjects. A new Puli...

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Government Gives Green Light To HIV Home Testing Kits

New national HIV strategy launched today in Melbourne CHECKING for HIV infection could soon become as easy as testing for pregnancy with the Federal Government announcing plan...

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The Price of Prevention: Vaccine Costs Are Soaring

There is little that Dr. Lindsay Irvin has not done for the children’s vaccines in her office refrigerator: She remortgaged her home to afford their rising prices. She p...

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India to provide four free vaccines, including rotavirus

India will provide four new vaccines free of cost as part of a programme to reduce child mortality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. They include one for rotavirus, whic...

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Goal of Preventing Maternal, Child Deaths Near: Harsh Vardhan

Asserting that the goal of ending preventable child and maternal deaths by 2035 is well within reach, India has outlined six key actions, including gender equality, to acceler...

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Funded gastroenteritis vaccine is here

As of today, babies born in Hawke’s Bay will be eligible for funded vaccination against rotavirus gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus infection. PHARMAC has funded ROTAT...

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SAFAR MEIN SHAHAR: CITY AS CHARACTER

Film critic Utpal Datta explores Mazhar Q. Kamran’s Safar Mein Shahar, examining h...

March 7 2026

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE HUMAN FACTOR

Writer Ranjan Das Gupta reflects on emotional intelligence as a human, ethical and socia...

March 6 2026

A LAST CALL FOR THE PLANET

In this in-depth conversation with Vinta Nanda, Fr. Kureethadam Joshtrom reflects on eco...

March 5 2026