Vaccination

India approves its first nasal vaccine for COVID-19

India approved a locally developed, needle-free and nasally administered COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use on Tuesday, in a boost to the country's homegrown pharmaceutical industry.

Pediatrics

India, Pakistan fight child vaccination backslide

India and other South Asian countries must deal with a dangerous backslide in routine infant vaccinations during 2019–2021 brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions imposed to counter its spread, say UNICEF officials.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

India slams WHO over report claiming 4 million COVID deaths

India has sharply criticised a forthcoming World Health Organization study which reportedly claims coronavirus killed four million people nationally, the latest analysis suggesting a significant undercount of the pandemic's ...

Vaccination

India to offer Covid booster shots to all adults

India will make Covid-19 booster shots available to all adults for a fee from Sunday, officials said, as the number of new virus cases in the country drops sharply.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

After COVID, India tries to get on top of tuberculosis

When COVID-19 ripped through India in 2020-21, several million people are thought to have died. Desperate efforts to stem the pandemic hurt the battle against another huge killer: tuberculosis.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

India starts booster shots for vulnerable amid omicron surge

Healthcare and front-line workers along with people above age 60 with health problems lined up Monday at vaccination centers across India to receive a third dose as infections linked to the omicron variant surge.

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