India bets on mobiles in battle on maternal, child deaths

NEW DELHI, March 17 (Reuters) - India is betting on cheap mobile phones to cut some of the world's highest rates of maternal and child deaths, as it rolls out a campaign of...

Swine flu: Is city facing shortage of vaccines?

City-based chemists and druggists associations are finding it difficult to meet its rising demand

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Zuckerberg Joins Vaccination Debate With New Book

Following in the footsteps of Bill Gates, whose foundation has funded millions of vaccinations, Facebook’s Zuckerberg has loudly come out in support of vaccination wi...

Longtime Enemies Art and Science Unite to Promote Vaccination

Louis Pasteur, the father of the germ theory, probably didn’t pick up a paint brush in his spare time. And its unlikely Andy Warhol was very concerned about potential...

Free vaccinations to protect babies against deadly bug

New Zealand babies will be entitled to free vaccinations against a highly infectious and potentially deadly gastric bug from tomorrow. The new oral rotavirus vaccine is one...

Senior citizens need vaccination, say doctors

In elderly with pneumococcal bacteraemia (blood infected with bacteria), the death rate is high, according to CDC surveillance. Another city-based pulmonologist Anil Kanche...

UN agency warns of Somalia hunger deaths

UNICEF says 200,000 children under the age of five could die by the end of the year unless emergency funds are received. About 200,000 children under the age of five could ...

Four reasons why you should get your child vaccinated!

Raising a child is a huge challenge. As parents, protecting your child’s health and safety is the most important thing to you. One of the best ways to protect your ch...

Polio Continues To Be A Major Threat For Millions Of Children

While great strides have been taken in ridding the world of polio there are four countries where the disease continues to endanger the lives of children. The countries wher...