vaccination

All Delhi-NCR Stray Dogs To Be Moved In Shelters Within 8 Weeks: Supreme Court's BIG Decision

The Supreme Court of India on Monday ordered that all stray dogs in Delhi-NCR must be picked from the streets within eight weeks and kept in shelters. The court has directed municipal bodies and other agencies to work together to set up enough shelter facilities in this period. The aim is to ensure that stray dogs are safely housed and not left in public spaces, thus reducing the dog bite cases. 

Aug 11, 2025, 13:51 PM IST

World Hepatitis Day 2024: Viral Hepatitis; Separating Facts, Myths, And Stigma

Investment in research is equally crucial. Continued development of more effective treatments and potential cures, along with innovative prevention strategies, will propel us closer to the goal of eliminating viral hepatitis.
 

Jul 28, 2024, 10:32 AM IST

Scared Of Injections? Soon You Could Get Vaccines Via Skin Patches

A novel mobile vaccine printer, developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US, may one day help people get vaccinated via skin patches, eliminating the need of needles. Here are details about the revolutionary idea, read on.

Apr 26, 2023, 13:38 PM IST

Baby Immunization: Vaccination For Your Infant Child- Expert Shares These Do's And Don'ts To Follow

Vaccinations are necessary for all age groups, but newborns and small children require them the most. Here are some vaccination dos and don'ts to follow for your baby's immunization.

 

Mar 29, 2023, 15:52 PM IST

World Pneumonia Day: Maintain your respiratory health this winter with these tips

As the winter seaosn gets underway, you may become prone to respiratory diseases like pneumonia. Here's how you maintain your respiratory health this winter season.

Nov 12, 2022, 13:19 PM IST

The country got great success in covid vaccination

The country got great success in covid vaccination. There were 200 crore plus vaccine doses in the country. India has got great success against Corona.

Jul 17, 2022, 15:12 PM IST

WHO's BIG warning: 'Covid-19 cases rising fast again, millions still unvaccinated'

WHO chief said while more than 1.2 billion COVID-19 vaccines have been administered globally, the average immunization rate in poor countries is about 13 per cent.

Jun 30, 2022, 19:44 PM IST

Covid-19 fourth wave scare: Ensure people joining festivities are vaccinated, Centre urges states, UTs

Amid the growing possibility of the Covid-19 fourth wave in the country, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday wrote a letter cautioning the states and Union Territories to keep an eye on people taking part in festivities and mass gatherings and ensure that they are asymptomatic and fully vaccinated against coronavirus. In a letter to states and UTs, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan stated that many festivals and yatras are likely to be organised in different regions of the country in the coming months and that may result in the transmission of Covid-19.

Jun 29, 2022, 00:03 AM IST

Chandigarh govt's BIG announcement, vaccination not mandatory for kids to attend offline classes

Chandigarh administration abeyance its order of restricting unvaccinated children in the age group of 12 to 18 years from attending the classes in physical mode from May 4. That means,vaccination not mandatory for kids to attend offline classes in Chandigarh. 

May 03, 2022, 18:52 PM IST

Covid-19 fourth wave scare: Patna detects first case of new Omicron variant BA.2.12

There were five cases of BA.2.12 detected in Delhi and now one case has been detected in Patna.

Apr 28, 2022, 13:59 PM IST

Covid-19 fourth wave scare: Karnataka announces vaccination campaign for 6 to 12-year-old kids in schools

Over 50,000 beds have been arranged in government hospitals. Over 1 lakh beds are available in private hospitals. We have adequate stock of Oxygen. We are prepared to tackle the COVID challenge, Bommai said, as per ANI.

Apr 27, 2022, 22:22 PM IST

Has Covid-19 fourth wave started in India? New survey finds out what Indians think

The survey was conducted by the community social media platform LocalCircles, according to which at least 55 percent of respondents appeared confident that health experts in the country can very well manage the Covid-19 situation and there was no need to panic.

Apr 27, 2022, 16:43 PM IST

DNA: Vaccination for Kids -- Which vaccines your child needs?

Now children above the age of 5 years in India will also have COVID vaccination. Till now, children above the age of 12 were getting the protection of the vaccine.

Apr 27, 2022, 00:32 AM IST

'Take all Covid-19 vaccine doses': Karnataka Health Minister urges people amid XE variant fear

"Please ensure that all your vaccination doses are completed at the earliest," urged Sudhakar after a meeting with the Covid-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) amid a rise in cases of the XE variant Covid-19 in some foreign countries.

Apr 12, 2022, 07:16 AM IST

Covid-19 booster dose for all Indians: Same jab to be taken, service charge up to Rs 150 at pvt centres

The Centre announced on Friday (April 8) that the precautionary dose of Covid vaccines will be available to everyone aged above 18 years at the private vaccination centres from April 10.

Apr 09, 2022, 14:34 PM IST

Covid-19 cases rising in THESE states; Centre calls for strict watch, pre-emptive action

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written a letter to Delhi, Haryana, Kerala, Maharashtra and Mizoram over the increase in Covid-19 cases in these states last week, asking them to maintain a strict watch and take pre-emptive action if required.

 

Apr 08, 2022, 20:03 PM IST

'Covid is not a cold': Germany takes U-turn on ending mandatory isolation

German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has said that he had made a mistake by suggesting an end to mandatory quarantine.

Apr 06, 2022, 17:33 PM IST

Fourth wave of Covid-19: Threat of Omicron has not gone away from India, warns govt

India`s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 181.52 crore (1,81,52,45,644) on Monday evening.

Mar 22, 2022, 08:15 AM IST

Corona Vaccination Update: 100% vaccination done in the adopted village of Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Subhash Chandra.

Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Subhash Chandra adopted Adampur village of Haryana under Sansad Adarsh ​​Gram Yojana and has achieved 100% target of second dose of corona vaccine in the civil hospital of that village.

Mar 19, 2022, 23:36 PM IST