vaccines

As flu cases rise across India, here’s essential information on flu and pneumonia vaccines in the country.

While the World Health Organisation (WHO), Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and the Indian Health Ministry may have differing views about the wait period between COVID-19 vaccine doses, here's what the experts have to say.

In the Union Budget for the financial year (FY) 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a sum of Rs 35,000 crore for the COVID-19 vaccine drive, among a slew of other announcements.

B Medical Systems, a Luxembourg-based firm, is gearing up to produce storage and transportation facilities for the COVID-19 vaccines by setting up a manufacturing unit in Gujarat and partnering with a Mumba-based firm.

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For his extraordinary work in manufacturing and distributing vaccinations, Cyrus Poonawalla is known as one of the 'seven vaccine heroes of the world.'

India is among the 23 countries to completely get rid of MNT. It is a big achievement as the infection was responsible for about 15 per cent of the total number of neonatal deaths in the country at one point.