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Japan's health ministry has approved the use of a smallpox vaccine believed to be effective against monkeypox. The smallpox vaccine approved by the ministry is thought to be 85 per cent effective against monkeypox, health officials said. The move came after...

The chief veterinary officer (CVO) Dimapur, Dr. Kelesekho Tsükrü, Saturday said that since there was no vaccine available for treating African Swine Fever (ASF), the only way to contain the disease was containment, sanitization and creating awareness.CVO Dimapur Dr....

Seoul: South Korea on Wednesday approved the use of SKYCovione, the country's first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine developed by SK Bioscience Co., taking a major step toward achieving vaccine sovereignty in the fight against the pandemic. The Ministry of Food and...

Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday authorised emergency use of the Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the prevention of Covid-19 in children down to 6 months of age. For the Moderna Covid vaccine,...

A two-day training on Drugs and Vaccine Distribution Management System (DVDMS) and Equipment Maintenance and Management System (EMMS) was organised for Pharmacists, LDAs, Nurses and Block Extension Educator (BEE) got underway on June 15 at the Conference Hall of...

New Delhi: Nearly 30,000 people have died daily from Covid since the World Trade Organization (WTO) initiated talks on relaxing Covid-19 vaccine intellectual property (IP) to make the shots more accessible, particularly in poor countries, according to a report...

Those travelling abroad for jobs, education and business purposes can take the precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine anytime after three months from the second dose as required by the destination country, the Centre said on Friday, a day after...

Two days after the Centre announced that precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines will be available to all aged above 18 years at private vaccination centres from April 10, the state health and family welfare (H&FW) department has informed that...

A 16-month-old boy died three days after he was administered regular immunisation vaccines for infants in the tribal-dominated Palghar district of Maharashtra. However, the exact cause behind his death is under investigation, a medical officer said on Wednesday.Medical Officer...

India has started vaccinating children aged 12 to 14 years from Wednesday as it expands its COVID-19 vaccination coverage.Starting Wednesday the condition of co-morbidity for people aged 60 and above to get a precautionary dose has also been removed,...