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Youngsters should be offered two doses when they are aged 12 months and 18 months, scientists have said.

Vaccine has been given in other countries, including US and Australia, for years

There's now an FDA-approved vaccine for chikungunya, a mosquito-spread virus that can cause fever, severe joint pain, and rarely, death.

JSS Hospital in Mysuru conducted an awareness rally to promote adult immunisation for high-risk individuals. Vaccines are being administered to public, inpatients, outpatients, geriatric population, medical and dental students, high-risk category patients, alcoholics, etc. at a concessional rate to prevent infections like pneumonia, chicken pox and meningitis.

About 40 million children born every year in malaria areas in Africa would benefit from a vaccine.

Australia is now into its next COVID wave. We’ve seen hints of this for a while. Case numbers and indicators of severe disease began rising in Victoria in August. But it has taken several months for a consistent pattern to emerge across Australia.

Ninety-three percent of children received state-required vaccinations for school in 2022.

The RSPCA will stop accepting unvaccinated cats at their shelters in South Australia because of a nationwide supply shortage of vital inoculations.

It creates a herd immunity to help eradicate the virus more quickly as well as increase personal immunity.