HPV vaccine not dangerous, says Andhra Health Minister
Allaying fears over the vaccine, Andhra Pradesh Health Minister D Nagender Thursday said that the human pappiloma virus (HPV) vaccine being administered for prevention of cervical cancer in Khammam district was safe.

China says probing report on deadly faulty vaccines
China`s Health Ministry is probing a report in a domestic newspaper that faulty vaccines in northern Shanxi province were responsible for killing four children and making dozens of others sick.

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

TMH begins new vaccine trial against cervical cancer
As part of a countrywide trial, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) here has begun its first vaccination clinic at Kanjurmarg in Mumbai to immunise 3000 girls against cervical cancer across the city.

Four infants die after anti-measles vaccine; nurse arrested
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.

US court rules again against vaccine-autism claims
Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special US court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame vaccines for their children`s illness.

New herpes vaccine shows promise
Worried that your partner has genital herpes? Well, a new approach to a herpes vaccine might rid you of any such troubles.

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.

Japanese scientist develop `painless` vaccine needle
A Japanese scientist has developed a new injection system that can deliver drug into human skin without causing any pain.

Everyone in US should get flu vaccine: experts
Everyone in the United States over the age of six months should get seasonal influenza vaccines every year, federal vaccine advisers said on Wednesday.