By Christina England Early this week news began to break of an outbreak of smallpox in Jharkhand India. Three people in Gumla were reported to have died of the infectious disease and another five people were reported to be ill. The local health department have immediately rushed in to see if the deaths were from […]
Action against FDA officials for being lax
LUCKNOW: Three food and drug administration (FDA) officials were issued suspension notices on Saturday for negligence of duty. Besides, nearly 20 drug and food inspectors have been issued warning notifications to shape up or ship out. A senior UP government official said: “We have made it very clear that the government has adopted a no-tolerance […]
Rise in sleep illness cases linked to swine-flu jab
By JEROME REILLY EXCLUSIVE EIGHT Irish people who received the swine-flu vaccine have developed narcolepsy — the potentially devastating ailment that causes sudden daytime sleep attacks, the Sunday Independent has learnt. It means that the number of suspected cases of the debilitating sleeping disorder linked with one particular swine-flu vaccine in Ireland has doubled since […]
PIMA’s convention starts with stress on immunisation of every child
By M. Waqar Bhatti More than half a million children die every year in Pakistan due to various health conditions, of which half of them can be saved by proper immunisation that is freely available for each and every child through Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI). This was the consensus by renowned paediatricians and child […]
Rwanda: Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer Soon to Begin
Rwanda is scheduled to begin mass vaccination of young women against what they say is cervical cancer despite the fact that HPV vaccines have not been proven to prevent cancer; despite the fact that post-vaccination women will still need the same recommended cancer screening that is recommended before vaccination. Is adequate gynecological care available to […]
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