[SaneVax: Is the United States trading chicken pox, generally a mild disease in healthy children, for a much more serious condition, shingles, which can often lead to permanent damage? Is it wise to use vaccines to prevent, or postpone relatively mild diseases? Has anyone thought to consider the potential consequences, or do medical consumers simply vaccinate […]
Armed forces to administer vaccines for 2 diseases
Posted by PRESS TRUST OF INDIA New Delhi, Feb 5: Indian Armed Forces will start a vaccination programme among their new recruits to prevent spread of two diseases, including one affecting the brain. Immunisation shots against meningococal meningitis and chicken pox will be administered to the recruits as a preventive measure, Lieutenant General Mandeep Singh, Director General Hospital […]