Why is WHO cagey about publishing Meghalaya polio case details?
Despite knowing the results of the case on August 12, and the follow-up results of the child’s immunological profile and
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Two months on, Meghalaya polio case shrouded in secrecy
On August 12, the ICMR-NIV Mumbai unit confirmed and reported that the polio case detected in Meghalaya was a type
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Commercialisation of health services can be a recipe for disaster: Sujatha Rao
If contract management is weak, PPPs can end up with public assets going into private hands, and the government abdicating
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Good, but not enough: On the extended coverage of the Ayushman Bharat scheme
Since its launch in 2018, the penetration of PM-JAY into smaller cities and towns has been low in most States
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Intriguing silence: On the case of polio in India, delayed official response
The long delay in confirming these crucial details is intriguing as samples from the child were sent to the ICMR-NIV
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Subclinical TB is the reason for slow drop in TB incidence: Soumya Swaminathan
The focus has been on improving case detection and diagnosis of people who come with TB symptoms and in treating
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39% TB cases found during Tamil Nadu TB survey had no symptoms
The most important finding from the survey is that 39% (94 people) of the TB cases detected had no TB
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Nipah monoclonal antibody trials may begin in India in 2025
If the Indian drug regulator greenlights it, a human clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of a novel
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Worrying increasing in the number of wild-type poliovirus type-1 cases in Pakistan, Afghanistan
The ambitious goal of eradicating wild-type poliovirus type-1 (WPV1) by 2026 appears to have become tougher; the target year was
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Rotavirus vaccine: tortured data analyses raise false safety alarm
Two other self-controlled case series studies published in July 2020 and January 2021 also did not find Bharat Biotech’s Rotavac
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ICMR study finds the drivers of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
Of the 600 participants studied, 524 (87.3%) had taken only one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while the remaining 76
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H5N1 remains infectious on milking equipment for over one hour
Even as the Atlanta-based CDC has cautioned people to avoid drinking raw milk, especially in the States where H5N1 has
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Can humans get H5N1 infection by consuming raw milk?
The Atlanta-based CDC has advised people to desist from consuming uncooked dairy food products such as raw, unpasteurised milk, or
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