Pneumonia Vaccine

The first indigenous vaccine against pneumonia, developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII), is slated to be launched by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and made available in the domestic market early next week, official sources said.

The country's first fully indigenously developed vaccine against pneumonia has got approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), the Union health ministry said on Wednesday.

The virus has so far mainly battered China, causing nearly 80,000 infections and almost 2,800 deaths, according official Chinese figures. It has spread to another 46 countries, where about 3,700 cases and 57 deaths have been reported, according to the WHO. There is no cure for the coronavirus, which can lead to pneumonia, and a vaccine may take up ...

Air pollution and pneumonia: Pneumonia is an acute respiratory infection that causes inflammation or fluid accumulation in the lungs. In 2017, it was responsible for 1.4 lakh under-five child deaths in India, roughly one in every seven deaths in that age group.

Pneumonia Day: Pneumonia is contagious, which means it can spread from person to person. Both viral and bacterial pneumonia can spread from person to person through inhalation of airborne droplets from sneezing or coughing. Read here to know how to spot first signs of pneumonia.

Influenza leads to serious and potentially life-threatening complications such as pneumonia, sepsis and heart disease, the study noted.

World Pneumonia Day 2018: Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of deaths in children under five years of age. Although vaccines and other preventative efforts are decreasing the burden of the disease, but still much more efforts are required to eradicate the disease.

India's vaccination coverage to prevent rotavirus infection, a leading cause of severe diarrhoea in young children, was the lowest among the 15 countries which introduced it last year, a new report said Friday. It also pointed out that India lost over 2.6 lakh children under five years from pneumonia and diarrhoea in 2016.

Pneumonia is essentially inflammation of lungs caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi.

Pneumonia kills one child under five years of age in every 2 minutes. Though the rate is alarming, the disease can be prevented with simple measures like cleanliness and vaccination.

Indian patent office grants Pfizer a patent for their pneumonia vaccine Prevnar 13. Though Mdecins Sans Frontires (MSF), a non-profit health group had filed the patent opposition to prevent Pfizer from getting its pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV 13) patented.

It's a big victory for the US drugmaker in a market that has the world's largest number of pneumonia cases.

New Delhi: Under an oxygen hood, four-month-old Yogesh struggles to breathe. He has pneumonia and has been admitted to the small emergency ward at Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital in Delhi. In the same ward, another baby, Pavitra, has been diagnosed with pneumonia. “She’s malnourished and was not breastfed by her mother,” said Dr Naveen Kumar,...

New Delhi: As part of India’s immunisation programme, a new vaccine has been introduced last week. The newly-launched vaccine protects children against pneumonia – a disease that is a cause of death for more children under five years of age than any other infectious diseases in India. India accounts for nearly 20 per cent of global pneumonia de...

New Delhi: The Union government will launch pneumonia vaccine, under its universal immunisation programme, in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on May 13. The vaccine, which gives protection against 13 types of pneumococcal bacteria, will be launched by Union Health Minister J P Nadda. In the first phase, the vaccine will be administered under rou...

The first indigenous vaccine against pneumonia, developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII), is slated to be launched by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and made available in the domestic market early next week, official sources said.

The country's first fully indigenously developed vaccine against pneumonia has got approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), the Union health ministry said on Wednesday.

The virus has so far mainly battered China, causing nearly 80,000 infections and almost 2,800 deaths, according official Chinese figures. It has spread to another 46 countries, where about 3,700 cases and 57 deaths have been reported, according to the WHO. There is no cure for the coronavirus, which can lead to pneumonia, and a vaccine may take up ...

Air pollution and pneumonia: Pneumonia is an acute respiratory infection that causes inflammation or fluid accumulation in the lungs. In 2017, it was responsible for 1.4 lakh under-five child deaths in India, roughly one in every seven deaths in that age group.

Pneumonia Day: Pneumonia is contagious, which means it can spread from person to person. Both viral and bacterial pneumonia can spread from person to person through inhalation of airborne droplets from sneezing or coughing. Read here to know how to spot first signs of pneumonia.

Influenza leads to serious and potentially life-threatening complications such as pneumonia, sepsis and heart disease, the study noted.

World Pneumonia Day 2018: Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of deaths in children under five years of age. Although vaccines and other preventative efforts are decreasing the burden of the disease, but still much more efforts are required to eradicate the disease.

India's vaccination coverage to prevent rotavirus infection, a leading cause of severe diarrhoea in young children, was the lowest among the 15 countries which introduced it last year, a new report said Friday. It also pointed out that India lost over 2.6 lakh children under five years from pneumonia and diarrhoea in 2016.

Pneumonia is essentially inflammation of lungs caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi.

Pneumonia kills one child under five years of age in every 2 minutes. Though the rate is alarming, the disease can be prevented with simple measures like cleanliness and vaccination.

Indian patent office grants Pfizer a patent for their pneumonia vaccine Prevnar 13. Though Mdecins Sans Frontires (MSF), a non-profit health group had filed the patent opposition to prevent Pfizer from getting its pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV 13) patented.

It's a big victory for the US drugmaker in a market that has the world's largest number of pneumonia cases.

New Delhi: Under an oxygen hood, four-month-old Yogesh struggles to breathe. He has pneumonia and has been admitted to the small emergency ward at Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital in Delhi. In the same ward, another baby, Pavitra, has been diagnosed with pneumonia. “She’s malnourished and was not breastfed by her mother,” said Dr Naveen Kumar,...

New Delhi: As part of India’s immunisation programme, a new vaccine has been introduced last week. The newly-launched vaccine protects children against pneumonia – a disease that is a cause of death for more children under five years of age than any other infectious diseases in India. India accounts for nearly 20 per cent of global pneumonia de...

New Delhi: The Union government will launch pneumonia vaccine, under its universal immunisation programme, in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on May 13. The vaccine, which gives protection against 13 types of pneumococcal bacteria, will be launched by Union Health Minister J P Nadda. In the first phase, the vaccine will be administered under rou...