Whooping cough vaccine safe for pregnant women

Pregnant women in their third trimester can safely receive the whooping cough vaccine to prevent infections in newborns, a recent study from the UK suggests. Whooping cough...

AMC Plans Free Hepatitis-B Vaccination for School Children

Around one lakh people from India and China die every year of Hepatitis-B. There is a need to create awareness on the disease, which is more infectious and communicable tha...

Malaria vaccine shows continued protection during 18 months of follow-up

A vaccine previously shown to reduce malaria in young infants and children reduces larger numbers of malaria cases in areas of higher malaria transmission, according to res...

Rs.8, 632 crore for AIDS control programme

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved budgetary support of Rs.8, 632.77 crore for the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) Phase-IV which ...

33,000 girls vaccinated against cervical cancer

More than 33,000 girls aged nine to 13 have been vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) to protect them from cervical cancer in the country. The beneficiaries w...

Key High-Risk HIV Groups Threaten AIDS Progress, Warns The WHO

Five key groups, including gay men, prostitutes and prisoners, have stubbornly high rates of HIV that are threatening progress in the global AIDS battle, the World Health O...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Critics Rating: 4 STARS*

Cast: Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Keri Russell, Gary Oldman, Toby Kebbell.

Direction: Matt...