The Latest Breaking News from Vaccine

JCVI says vaccine should be offered to all children in two doses at 12 and 18 months of age

The ban applies to all private businesses, including health care facilities like hospitals, which can jeopardize the health of those with compromised immune systems or other underlying conditions.

Karnataka's Health Dept. stops daily COVID-19 bulletins; data to be updated on IHIP daily. Reports on infectious diseases, respiratory infections, vector borne diseases, water borne diseases, bites, vaccine preventable diseases & zoonotic diseases to be collated from 3,049 govt & 832 private reporting units.

The pathogens are expected to kill more than 15,000 annually by 2050—even if they don’t make an evolutionary leap that allows them to ravage the globe.

There's now an FDA-approved vaccine for chikungunya, a mosquito-spread virus that can cause fever, severe joint pain, and rarely, death.

JSS Hospital in Mysuru conducted an awareness rally to promote adult immunisation for high-risk individuals. Vaccines are being administered to public, inpatients, outpatients, geriatric population, medical and dental students, high-risk category patients, alcoholics, etc. at a concessional rate to prevent infections like pneumonia, chicken pox and meningitis.

About 40 million children born every year in malaria areas in Africa would benefit from a vaccine.

Australia is now into its next COVID wave. We’ve seen hints of this for a while. Case numbers and indicators of severe disease began rising in Victoria in August. But it has taken several months for a consistent pattern to emerge across Australia.

Ninety-three percent of children received state-required vaccinations for school in 2022.

The RSPCA will stop accepting unvaccinated cats at their shelters in South Australia because of a nationwide supply shortage of vital inoculations.

It creates a herd immunity to help eradicate the virus more quickly as well as increase personal immunity.