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भारत ने इस साल ऐतिहासिक सफलता पाई, जहां अब तक की सबसे बड़ी टीकाकरण परियोजनाओं में से एक में भारत भर में 150 मिलियन बच्चों को पोलियो के खिलाफ प्रतिरक्षित किया गया. बता दें कि भारत ने विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन वैश्विक पोलियो उन्‍मूलन प्रयास के परिणामस्‍वरूप 1995 में पल्‍स पोलियो टीकाकरण कार्यक्रम आरंभ किया, इस कार्यक्रम के तहत 5 वर्ष से कम आयु के सभी बच्‍चों को पोलियो समाप्‍त होने तक हर वर्ष दिसम्‍बर और जनवरी माह में ओरल पोलियो टीके की दो खुराकें दी गई, ये अभियान सफल सिद्ध हुआ और भारत में पोलियोमाइलिटिस की दर में काफी कमी आई

Full-strength Pfizer shots are being administered to anyone 12 or older. A Pfizer study tracked 2,268 kids in the age group of 5 to 11. The study found low-dose shots proved safe, with similar or fewer temporary side effects in kids.

CDC describes monkeypox as a rare but potentially serious viral illness that typically begins with flu-like illness and swelling of the lymph nodes and progresses to a widespread rash on the face and body. The last monkeypox outbreak in the US was in 2003 and over 47 people were affected by the virus.

India has reported more than 11,700 Black Fungus cases After Black Fingus cases of white and yellow fungus and Aspergillosis have been reported

The Education Department has not issued new guidance to schools at this point On Saturday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended the continued use of masks and social distancing in schools

The CDC announced that people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need their masks indoors and outdoors. For those people who have not been vaccinated, the US President said that they still need to wear a mask. "The safest thing for the country is for everyone to get vaccinated," Biden said.

Placing the baby on his or her side or stomach to sleep are uncomfortable sleeping positions.

Among the 1,300 children who die each year from firearm- related injuries, 53 per cent are homicides, 38 per cent are suicides and 6 per cent are unintentional. Children who are in their teens, male or black are most likely to be victims.

The report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the first to include official numbers from the territory of Puerto Rico, which on Monday declared that its Zika epidemic had ended, based on data showing the number of new cases has fallen.

The death rate for homicide among blacks has remained unchanged from 1999 to 2015, the study showed.  

The woman, who died in Nevada in September, had been hospitalised in India with for a femur fracture and hip problems.

More than one million people die from fungal infections around the world each year, but, there are no vaccines yet.

Like Zika virus, Dengue is transmitted by the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Dengue, called break bone fever, is notable for causing severe bone and muscle pain, headache and pain behind the eyes.

Importantly, for the first time, researchers can use urine specimens for one-step screening and diagnosing of HCV infection.

Apart from being more effective, the shots also reduce risk of hospitalization.