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Flu Shots For Winter: Who Needs Them, When To Take Them And Why
Flu shots protect against seasonal influenza, reducing illness, hospitalisation, and serious complications. Everyone aged 6 months and older should get vaccinated annually, especially high-risk groups like children, seniors, pregnant women, and those
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'Raita' Made From Milk Of Dog-Bitten Buffalo Sparks Alert In UP Village
Nearly 200 residents of Piprauli village in UP got rabies vaccination as a precautionary measure after they discovered that the raita they consumed at the funeral was made from the milk of a buffalo that died after being bitten by a dog.
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Trump-Backed Panel Questions Safety, Efficacy Of Covid-19 Vaccine Shots
A Trump-backed health panel questioned Friday the efficacy and safety of Covid-19 vaccines -- and declined explicitly to recommend them -- in an argument some experts said center on "myths" and "anecdotes."
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US Pediatricians' New Covid-19 Shot Recommendations Differ From CDC Advice
For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from US government vaccine recommendations.
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Man Blames Covid Vaccine For Depression, Fires 180 Bullets At US Centre
The man who attacked the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday fired more than 180 shots into the campus and broke about 150 windows, with bullets piercing "blast-resistant" windows and spattering glass shards into numerous rooms.
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Madhya Pradesh Teen Dies Days After Stray Dog Bite, Despite Getting Shots
In Madhya Pradesh, a growing wave of stray dog attacks is claiming lives, injuring children, and spreading fear across urban and rural areas alike.
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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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Covid-19 In India: LF.7 and NB.1.8.1, New Covid Variants Detected; Do You Need A Booster Dose?
The JN.1 variant and its related descendants belong to the Omicron family.
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No More Covid Boosters For Healthy Children, Adult Americans Without New Trials
US regulators will no longer approve Covid booster shots for healthy adults and children without new studies, adding a costly requirement for drugmakers, though they will still be available for millions of high-risk Americans.
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US Health Advisers Back Pfizer, Merck Pneumonia Shots For Adults Over 50
A key panel of US health advisers voted in favor of lowering the age recommendation for vaccines made by Pfizer Inc and Merck & Co that protect against pneumococcal disease, clearing a path for wider use.
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Pfizer, Merck Pneumonia Shots Approved For Adults Over 50
A key panel of US health advisers voted in favor of lowering the age recommendation for vaccines made by Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. that protect against pneumococcal disease, clearing a path for wider use.
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Top Medical Body Slams Study On Covaxin Safety, Side-Effects, Wants Apology
The Indian Council of Medical Research, or ICMR, has distanced itself from a follow-up study by two Banaras Hindu University professors that said nearly a third of 926 individuals who got the India-made Covaxin shot reported serious side-effects.
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What Experts Said On Man Who Took 217 Covid Shots On Purpose
A 62-year-old man from Germany intentionally got 217 doses of COVID-19 vaccines over 29 months. The vaccinations were not part of any clinical study and were administered for what the man claims were "private reasons."
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Serum Institute Boosts Supply Of Cervical Cancer Shots Ahead Of Mass Drive
Serum Institute of India aims to significantly boost supply of its human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as it gears up to provide its shots to the government at cheaper rates for an immunisation campaign this year against the cancer-causing virus.
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"Cure Can't Be Worse...": Elon Musk Claims Covid Booster Dose Almost Sent Him To Hospital
Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday claimed that his Covid vaccine shot almost sent him to the hospital.
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Flu Shots For Winter: Who Needs Them, When To Take Them And Why
Flu shots protect against seasonal influenza, reducing illness, hospitalisation, and serious complications. Everyone aged 6 months and older should get vaccinated annually, especially high-risk groups like children, seniors, pregnant women, and those
-
'Raita' Made From Milk Of Dog-Bitten Buffalo Sparks Alert In UP Village
Nearly 200 residents of Piprauli village in UP got rabies vaccination as a precautionary measure after they discovered that the raita they consumed at the funeral was made from the milk of a buffalo that died after being bitten by a dog.
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Trump-Backed Panel Questions Safety, Efficacy Of Covid-19 Vaccine Shots
A Trump-backed health panel questioned Friday the efficacy and safety of Covid-19 vaccines -- and declined explicitly to recommend them -- in an argument some experts said center on "myths" and "anecdotes."
-
US Pediatricians' New Covid-19 Shot Recommendations Differ From CDC Advice
For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from US government vaccine recommendations.
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Man Blames Covid Vaccine For Depression, Fires 180 Bullets At US Centre
The man who attacked the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday fired more than 180 shots into the campus and broke about 150 windows, with bullets piercing "blast-resistant" windows and spattering glass shards into numerous rooms.
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Madhya Pradesh Teen Dies Days After Stray Dog Bite, Despite Getting Shots
In Madhya Pradesh, a growing wave of stray dog attacks is claiming lives, injuring children, and spreading fear across urban and rural areas alike.
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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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Covid-19 In India: LF.7 and NB.1.8.1, New Covid Variants Detected; Do You Need A Booster Dose?
The JN.1 variant and its related descendants belong to the Omicron family.
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No More Covid Boosters For Healthy Children, Adult Americans Without New Trials
US regulators will no longer approve Covid booster shots for healthy adults and children without new studies, adding a costly requirement for drugmakers, though they will still be available for millions of high-risk Americans.
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US Health Advisers Back Pfizer, Merck Pneumonia Shots For Adults Over 50
A key panel of US health advisers voted in favor of lowering the age recommendation for vaccines made by Pfizer Inc and Merck & Co that protect against pneumococcal disease, clearing a path for wider use.
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Pfizer, Merck Pneumonia Shots Approved For Adults Over 50
A key panel of US health advisers voted in favor of lowering the age recommendation for vaccines made by Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. that protect against pneumococcal disease, clearing a path for wider use.
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Top Medical Body Slams Study On Covaxin Safety, Side-Effects, Wants Apology
The Indian Council of Medical Research, or ICMR, has distanced itself from a follow-up study by two Banaras Hindu University professors that said nearly a third of 926 individuals who got the India-made Covaxin shot reported serious side-effects.
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What Experts Said On Man Who Took 217 Covid Shots On Purpose
A 62-year-old man from Germany intentionally got 217 doses of COVID-19 vaccines over 29 months. The vaccinations were not part of any clinical study and were administered for what the man claims were "private reasons."
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Serum Institute Boosts Supply Of Cervical Cancer Shots Ahead Of Mass Drive
Serum Institute of India aims to significantly boost supply of its human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as it gears up to provide its shots to the government at cheaper rates for an immunisation campaign this year against the cancer-causing virus.
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"Cure Can't Be Worse...": Elon Musk Claims Covid Booster Dose Almost Sent Him To Hospital
Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday claimed that his Covid vaccine shot almost sent him to the hospital.
