Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) Former US Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb warned that the accelerating measles outbreak in the United States is part of a broader global cycle driven by falling vaccination rates and a growing anti-vaccine backlash that has spread well beyond America.“I think this is going to get worse, unfortunately, before it resolves,” Gottlieb said on CBS’ Face the Nation, pointing to a steady rise in cases this year following what he described as d…
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New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Amid several claims of vaccination and reduced fertility, a study of nearly 60,000 women showed that the Covid vaccine played no role in a decrease in childbirth.Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, unfounded rumours have circulated, especially on social media, alleging that vaccination impairs chances of becoming pregnant. In the later stages of the pandemic, there was a decrease in the number of children born in some countries, including Sweden. This raised the…
Islamabad/New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Even after three decades of aggressive eradication campaigns, Pakistan’s polio woes continue amid public mistrust and logistical gaps, according to a media report. Pakistan first launched the anti-polio campaign in 1994. Yet, over the last 31 years, the country recorded a staggering total of 14,206 confirmed polio cases, The Express Tribune’s T-Magazine reported.It stated that the country has also created an invisible population of survivors due to a lack of…
Islamabad, Jan 18 (IANS) Poliovirus has been detected in sewage samples from 40 districts across Pakistan, according to test results from the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health.In a statement issued this week, the Pakistan Polio Eradication Program said environmental samples were collected in December 2025 from multiple locations nationwide, confirming the presence of poliovirus in several areas, reports Xinhua news agency.”A total of 127 envi…
Los Angeles, Jan 17 (IANS) The United States has recorded at least 18 million influenza illnesses, 230,000 hospitalisations and 9,300 deaths so far during the current flu season, according to the latest estimates released by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The CDC said seasonal influenza activity remains elevated nationwide, though it has decreased or remained stable for two consecutive weeks.Influenza A(H3N2) viruses have been the most commonly reported strains circulati…
Sofia, Jan 16 (IANS) One day after flu epidemic measures were introduced in Bulgaria’s Varna District for the first time this season, neighbouring Dobrich District decided to follow suit.The measures in the northeastern Bulgarian region will be in effect from January 19 to January 23, local media reported on Thursday.During the five-day period, in-person classes in all schools will be suspended. Hospital visits, planned surgeries, child immunisations, and pediatric consultations will also be hal…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) South-East Asia Region, home to a quarter of the world’s population, has marked 15 years since recording its last case of wild poliovirus, said the World Health Organization (IANS) on Tuesday.The region continues to sustain its polio-free status while harnessing innovations and lessons from the polio programme to accelerate broader public health progress, the global health body said. “This extraordinary achievement followed unparalleled efforts and demonstrates what …
Islamabad, Jan 10 (IANS) Pakistan will vaccinate more than 45 million children during its first nationwide polio eradication campaign of 2026, scheduled to run from February 2 to February 8, health authorities said on Saturday.The country’s emergency operations centre said the week-long campaign will be conducted across the country, with vaccination teams administering oral polio vaccine to children under the age of five.The campaign will be held simultaneously in Pakistan and neighbouring Afgha…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Vaccination, screening and early treatment are crucial to fight cervical cancer, which is causing the death of a woman every eight minutes in India, said health experts on Friday.January is observed globally as Cervical Cancer awareness month.Cervical cancer is caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). The virus infects the cervix, which is the mouth of the uterus. While HPV infection does not mean cancer, it requires testing or screening to see if it has caused changes i…
Ulan Bator, Jan 8 (IANS) Mongolia’s measles tally surged to 13,861 after 8 new local infections were reported in the past 24 hours, the country’s National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said on Thursday.More than half of new measles infections were among school-age children who have had only one shot of the measles vaccine, the NCCD said in a statement.In this regard, the NCCD suggested that parents protect their children from a potentially severe disease by getting them two doses of th…