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1.23 Million Lives Lost To World's Deadliest Infectious Disease Last Year: WHO
An estimated 10.7 million people worldwide fell ill with TB in 2024: 5.8 million men, 3.7 million women, and 1.2 million children.
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Australia Approves First Vaccine To Protect Koalas From Chlamydia
A vaccine to protect Australia's koalas against chlamydia has been approved for the first time, a move that scientists believe could stop the spread of the deadly disease that has ravaged populations of the beloved endangered marsupial.
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US Health Department Pulls Back $500 Million In Funding mRNA Vaccines
The US Department of Health and Human Services is ending contracts to develop vaccines using messenger RNA technology, another step in the agency's changing practices toward vaccines under Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.
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Global Vaccine Reserves Helped Prevent 327,000 Deaths Since 2000: Study
Global stockpiles of vaccines under programmes supported by 'Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance,' helped prevent more than 5.8 million cases and 327,000 deaths from outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries since 2000, according to a new study.
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Opinion | RFK Jr Is Playing With Babies' Lives
Robert F Kennedy Jr's decision to withdraw US funding from the global vaccine alliance GAVI, may kill far more children than anything he has so far tried at home.
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Trump Cancels More Than $700 Million Funding For Moderna Bird Flu Vaccine
The Trump administration has cancelled a contract awarded to Moderna for the late-stage development of its bird flu vaccine for humans, as well as the right to purchase shots, according to the drugmaker.
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US Funding Cut Could Cause 'Over A Million Deaths': Vaccine Alliance CEO
The Gavi vaccine alliance's chief said on Thursday that any cut in US funding risks causing more than a million deaths, following a report that Washington is set to back out.
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Trump Administration To Cut Vaccine Support To Developing Countries: Report
President Donald Trump's administration is set to cut funding to Gavi, the global health organization that provides vaccines across the developing world, a report said.
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Baby Paralysed In Gaza's First Case Of Type 2 Polio For 25 Years: WHO
A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health Organization said on Friday, with U.N. agencies appealing for urgent vaccinations of every baby
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Samsung Wallet Updated With Support for Digital IDs, Flight Boarding Passes, FASTag and More for Indian Users
Samsung Wallet users will now be able to store their PAN cards, Aadhaar cards, driving licences, vehicle registration details, as well as the CoWIN vaccination certificates on the Samsung Wallet app. Users of the company's all-in-one app will be able to benefit from a combination of Samsung’s Pay and Pass functions, according to the company.
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Bill Gates Takes Dig At Elon Musk, Says He'd Rather Fund Vaccines Than Travel To Mars
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said that he is not interested in travelling to Mars and would rather spend his money helping people on Earth and paying for vaccines.
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Russia May Launch Sputnik Light Covid Vaccine In India By Next Month
The Russian Direct Investment Fund today informed that Sputnik light COVID-19 vaccine will likely be launched in India by December this year.
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US To Finance India's Biological E In $50 Million Covid Vaccine Deal
The United States and India's Biological E. Ltd said on Monday they had finalised a financing arrangement for $50 million to expand the vaccine maker's capacity to produce COVID-19 shots.
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Gita Gopinath To Leave IMF, Return To Harvard University In January
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Gita Gopinath will leave her post and return to Harvard University's economics department in January, the Fund announced Tuesday.
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India Has 50% Vaccinated, But 3rd Wave Risk Remains: IMF's Gita Gopinath
Gita Gopinath, International Monetary Fund's Chief Economist, told NDTV today that with 50 per cent vaccination, India is high in confidence, especially in the backdrop of many nations failing to meet the 40 per cent target.
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1.23 Million Lives Lost To World's Deadliest Infectious Disease Last Year: WHO
An estimated 10.7 million people worldwide fell ill with TB in 2024: 5.8 million men, 3.7 million women, and 1.2 million children.
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Australia Approves First Vaccine To Protect Koalas From Chlamydia
A vaccine to protect Australia's koalas against chlamydia has been approved for the first time, a move that scientists believe could stop the spread of the deadly disease that has ravaged populations of the beloved endangered marsupial.
-
US Health Department Pulls Back $500 Million In Funding mRNA Vaccines
The US Department of Health and Human Services is ending contracts to develop vaccines using messenger RNA technology, another step in the agency's changing practices toward vaccines under Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.
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Global Vaccine Reserves Helped Prevent 327,000 Deaths Since 2000: Study
Global stockpiles of vaccines under programmes supported by 'Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance,' helped prevent more than 5.8 million cases and 327,000 deaths from outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries since 2000, according to a new study.
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Opinion | RFK Jr Is Playing With Babies' Lives
Robert F Kennedy Jr's decision to withdraw US funding from the global vaccine alliance GAVI, may kill far more children than anything he has so far tried at home.
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Trump Cancels More Than $700 Million Funding For Moderna Bird Flu Vaccine
The Trump administration has cancelled a contract awarded to Moderna for the late-stage development of its bird flu vaccine for humans, as well as the right to purchase shots, according to the drugmaker.
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US Funding Cut Could Cause 'Over A Million Deaths': Vaccine Alliance CEO
The Gavi vaccine alliance's chief said on Thursday that any cut in US funding risks causing more than a million deaths, following a report that Washington is set to back out.
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Trump Administration To Cut Vaccine Support To Developing Countries: Report
President Donald Trump's administration is set to cut funding to Gavi, the global health organization that provides vaccines across the developing world, a report said.
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Baby Paralysed In Gaza's First Case Of Type 2 Polio For 25 Years: WHO
A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health Organization said on Friday, with U.N. agencies appealing for urgent vaccinations of every baby
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Samsung Wallet Updated With Support for Digital IDs, Flight Boarding Passes, FASTag and More for Indian Users
Samsung Wallet users will now be able to store their PAN cards, Aadhaar cards, driving licences, vehicle registration details, as well as the CoWIN vaccination certificates on the Samsung Wallet app. Users of the company's all-in-one app will be able to benefit from a combination of Samsung’s Pay and Pass functions, according to the company.
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Bill Gates Takes Dig At Elon Musk, Says He'd Rather Fund Vaccines Than Travel To Mars
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said that he is not interested in travelling to Mars and would rather spend his money helping people on Earth and paying for vaccines.
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Russia May Launch Sputnik Light Covid Vaccine In India By Next Month
The Russian Direct Investment Fund today informed that Sputnik light COVID-19 vaccine will likely be launched in India by December this year.
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US To Finance India's Biological E In $50 Million Covid Vaccine Deal
The United States and India's Biological E. Ltd said on Monday they had finalised a financing arrangement for $50 million to expand the vaccine maker's capacity to produce COVID-19 shots.
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Gita Gopinath To Leave IMF, Return To Harvard University In January
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Gita Gopinath will leave her post and return to Harvard University's economics department in January, the Fund announced Tuesday.
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India Has 50% Vaccinated, But 3rd Wave Risk Remains: IMF's Gita Gopinath
Gita Gopinath, International Monetary Fund's Chief Economist, told NDTV today that with 50 per cent vaccination, India is high in confidence, especially in the backdrop of many nations failing to meet the 40 per cent target.
