Immunization

One of the greatest boons that medical science has given to mankind, vaccines help in preventing and eliminating many life-threatening diseases and infections. They have had an enormous contribution to healthcare worldwide and have enabled medical science in the eradication of diseases like smallpox and pushed others like polio to the verge of extinction. As per statistics from the WHO, vaccination is estimated to avert two to three million deaths every year with its targeted strategies and proven mechanism.   The fight against diseases can be a slow as reinforced by the most recent health pandemic-- coronavirus. It is true that despite vaccination, there may still be outbreaks of certain diseases given the fact that complete eradication requires long, sustained, and rigorous efforts. However, a reduction in occurrence can gradually lead to a decrease in incidence and an overall improved health status. For a country like India with a not-so-strong healthcare system and lack ...

Category: Bollywood Posted by Syed Qayam Ali Published: May 11, 2019, 11:38 am IST Updated: May 11, 2019, 11:38 am IST New Delhi: Ahead of Mother’s Day, Kareena Kapoor Khan, urged mothers across the nation to get their children immunized. As a UNICEF Celebrity Advocate, she pledged to keep every child alive at an event. The 38-year old actor also shared her experience of becoming a mother to enlighten all the young mothers. She said “When I delivered Taimur, the first thing I asked the doctor was that how do I protect him from Pneumonia, how do I protect him from the hundreds of diseases that I have been hearing of and when he presented me with the immunization chart, I held on to it. I knew this is what it is going to take for my child to be alive.” During the event, Kareena Kapoor Khan honored radio jockeys for spreading awareness against child sexual abuse and routine immunization. “It is great to see how so many radio jockeys across the nation worked tirelessly to e...

Credit: Creative Commons Causation is one of the hardest things in science to prove. Just because there’s always traffic when you’re late doesn’t mean being late causes traffic. But when Laraine Conte’s son got his measles, mumps and rubella shot at 17 months, and four hours later his fever spiked to 105 and he began foaming at the mouth and having seizures, she says she is certain the reaction was caused by the vaccine. “From a mother's standpoint, I could just absolutely tell you that from the moment he began to seize and foam at the mouth, I knew that my child had just been injected with toxins and hazardous materials in his body, and that this is what was happening,” Conte said. Her son, now 16, was diagnosed as autistic at three and has continued to have developmental delays that she also attributes to the shot. Prior to the inoculation, he was a normal, happy baby, making eye contact, hitting all his developmental milestones, she said. “He never had these issues prior...