As of September 2022, Karnataka has the fifth highest number of swine flu cases in India. The high price of the swine flu vaccine is causing people to avoid getting vaccinated, even as the number of cases is rising every day. Swine flu is a communicable viral disease which causes upper and lower respiratory tract […]
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The National Centre for Biological Science (NCBS) will soon enter its non-human testing phase for the dengue vaccine being developed by their team. The National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control (NCVBDC) says that Karnataka has highest number of dengue cases in 2022 in India, with 5392 cases along with seven deaths till August 31, […]
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Doctors say the vaccine might not necessarily be beneficial on an individual level but taken across a community it helps to reduce overall mortality. In Karnataka, there was a drastic fall in the number of children being vaccinated for the second and third doses of the Rotavirus vaccine (RVV). The diarrhoea causing virus is a […]
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The process of administering vaccine on a priority basis is still too slow and not uniform, say bank employees DELHI: Many bank employees feel dissatisfied with the government’s efforts to vaccinate them on a priority basis since they have been working every day through the lockdown. Rituparna Mohapatra works at the Rourkela branch of Canara […]
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As Karnataka recorded its highest number of KFD cases in three years with the death of ten victims, Bangaloreans have no clue what Kyasanur Forest Disease is. Surbhi Shah What happens in Kyasanur, stays in Kyasanur—is what Bangalore thinks when it comes to awareness of the deadly zoonotic disease. Survey conducted by ‘The Softcopy’ shows […]
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Karnataka ranks second in terms of rabies in India. Surbhi Shah The shortage of rabies vaccine is contributing to the increasing number of rabies cases in Karnataka. Data released by the National Health Profile 2019 shows that in India, out of 110 cases of reported rabies, there are 110 deaths, making it a 100 per […]
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Number of factors is risking the process of fully immunizing babies in the city By Ayanti Bera Bengaluru, April 8, 2019. The National Family Health Survey 4 (NFHS 4) published in 2015-16 states that the percentage of fully immunized children in the district of Bangalore Urban is 62.1%. That leaves around 38% who are not […]
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