Canadian vaccination study proves `herd immunity`
Inoculating children against flu protects more people of all ages in the larger community, probably because young people tend to spread viruses through physical play, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday.

India likely to start swine flu vaccination next week
India is "most likely" to administer imported swine flu vaccine to the high risk groups from next week, a senior health ministry official said Wednesday.

Over 85mn African kids to get polio vaccination
The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.

Government to focus on `bivalent` polio vaccination
The Union Health Minister Gulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said that the government would now focus on `bivalent` polio vaccination starting with UP and Bihar.

70 lakh children to be covered under polio campaign in TN
An estimated 70 lakh children would be covered under the Intensive Pulse Polio Immunisation (IPPI) campaign to be held in Tamil Nadu on January 10 and February 7 respectively for children aged below five.

More than 3.78 mn Chinese people vaccinated against swine flu
The Chinese health ministry said on Sunday that more than 3.78 million people in the country have been vaccinated against swine flu as of Saturday with no reports of serious adverse reaction.

US flu vaccination off to slow start
Vaccination against the H1N1 swine flu is off to a slow start in the United States, but states have ordered more than 2 million doses of mostly nasal spray for the first patients, a top health official said on Tuesday.

Aggressive vaccination program to control swine flu pandemic
Researchers at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have concluded that an aggressive vaccination program would mitigate pandemic influenza H1N1.

Fearing second wave, Oz plans massive flu vaccination
Australia Friday said a massive swine flu vaccination programme would start in October but warned of a possible "second wave" of infections in the hard-hit country.

Swine flu: Who will get vaccinated first?
Governments bracing for a second, possibly more lethal, wave of swine flu are all grappling with the same unforgiving dilemma: with not enough vaccine to go around, who is going to get jabbed first?