France has identified its first case of coronavirus infection, a virus akin to SARS, the health ministry announced on Wednesday. ‘This is the first and the only case confirmed in France to date’, with an infection by a new …
Babies are protected against some diseases because they receive the antibodies from their mother; however, this protection does not last very long. Therefore, it is vital to immunize babies in order to protect them from infection …
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that a 73-year-old man from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has died in Germany from infection of a novel disease coronavirus. In its latest disease outbreak update, WHO said that the man …
A patient suffering from a new form of SARS-like virus died in the UK on Sunday leading to some worry among health officials. The patient was the fourth person in the UK and the third member of a family who’ve been identified …
Public health officials around the world are worried about a new virus - that belongs to the same family as the deadly SARS virus - which plagued 37 countries in in 2002-03 might be resurfacing. The United Kingdom’s Health …
With WHO taking India of the 'polio-endemic list', Indian Olympians have appealed to all parents to get their children vaccinated on time. A nation needs to remain polio-free for three consecutive years before WHO declares …
Vaccines now don’t need to be refrigerated. Anew research has developed a new silk-based stabiliser that kept some vaccines and antibiotics stable up to temperatures of 60 degrees Celsius. The breakthrough could free vaccines …
In our earlier posts, we discussed about vaccines and why we need them, the ones recommended by the Government and the other optional ones. Now we discuss some of the things you should bear in mind when you are taking your child …
The discovery of how a vital immune cell recognises dead and damaged body cells could open the way to next-gen vaccines that are more effective and have fewer side-effects. Scientists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute …
