Ministry admits proper guidelines not followed in vaccine trial

Last Updated: Thursday, April 29, 2010, 00:42

The Union Health Ministry has admitted that proper guidelines were not adhered to while carrying out trials of HPV vaccine among young girls in Andhra Pradesh.

`Poisonous anti-measles vaccine killed 4 kids in Damoh`

Last Updated: Monday, March 15, 2010, 19:35

The anti-measles vaccine which resulted in the death of four infants in Damoh district had turned poisonous as it was used more than three hours after its powder was mixed with a solvent, a health official said on Monday.

Four infants die after anti-measles vaccine; nurse arrested

Last Updated: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 18:55

Four infants have died after anti-measles vaccine was administered to them in Madhya Pradesh, following which a nurse was arrested by police and charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Bivalent polio vaccine launched in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh

Last Updated: Sunday, February 7, 2010, 13:06

The bivalent polio vaccine campaign was on Sunday launched in two states - Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

Bhujbal asks youngsters not to get AIDS as it has no vaccine

Last Updated: Monday, January 18, 2010, 22:38

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday asked youths not to get dreaded disease of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) as there is no medicine or vaccine for the HIV positive.

India to procure flu vaccine from abroad: Azad

Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2009, 20:31

Swine flu vaccines would be procured from international companies to immunise medical and para-medical staff involved in treating and testing patients for the disease.