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Anti-polio drive in Bannu from September 17

Peshawar, September 14 (Online): Bannu Commissioner Shaukat Ali Yousafzai has said that all available resources would be utilized to make the anti-polio campaign a success. The drive is intended to save future generations from this contagious disease. To achieve this goal, the polio campaign from […]

Vaccination campaign reaches 80 percent of Cypriots

Nicosia, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):Cyprus’ Covid-19 vaccination rollout has covered 80 per cent of the adult population with one dose, health minister Michael Hadjipantelas said Tuesday. Achieving the four-in-five milestone brings health authorities closer to their ultimate goal of reaching herd immunity against the coronavirus. Scientists […]

Virus lockdown extended for Australia’s capital

Sydney, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):Australian authorities on Tuesday extended a coronavirus lockdown of the nation’s capital Canberra to mid-October, saying the measure was necessary while vaccinations are ramped up. About 400,000 Canberra residents have been under stay-at-home orders since August 12, when a single case of […]

WHO launches mask wearing campaign in federal capital

ISLAMABAD, Sep 13 (APP):World Health Organization’s (WHO) Country Office Pakistan on Monday launched the mask wearing campaign in collaboration with district health authorities in the federal capital. During the campaign with slogan “Wear a mask-Protect Pakistan”, WHO will hand over masks to the federal and […]

New Zealand extends lockdown in virus-hit Auckland

Auckland Wellington, Sept 13 (AFP/APP):New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland will remain in strict Covid-19 lockdown for at least another week as a Delta variant outbreak “rumbles along”, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday. Ardern said the city’s two million residents needed to abide by […]

Citizens asked to strictly follow COVID-19 SOPs

ISLAMABAD, Sep 12 (APP):The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination has urged the citizens to strictly follow COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to prevent the disease in the wake of a sudden increase in the number of infections in the country. According to […]

Can the keto diet help beat the flu?

Islamabad, September 12, (ONLINE): Results of a new study in mice suggest that the body may be able to defeat the influenza virus if a person has the right sort of diet — a ketogenic, or keto, diet. Infection with the influenza virus, better known […]

Negative bias in people with depression is temporary

Islamabad, September 12, (ONLINE): The tendency to have an enhanced response to negative facial expressions is common in people with depression. The findings of a new study show that treatment can reduce this bias. People with depression can be highly sensitiveTrusted Source to negative events. […]

Do past medicines hold the answer to antibiotic resistance?

ISLAMABAD, September 12 (Online): As an increasing number of bacteria develop antibiotic resistance, scientists are looking beyond this family of medications that has served us so well up until now. As the usefulness of antibiotics begins to wane, there is an urgent need to develop […]

New coronavirus targets cells in the nose, lungs, and gut

Islamabad, SEP11(Online): A new study suggests that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is most likely to target specific cells present in the nasal passages, lungs, and small intestine. Researchers may have identified the cells that SARS-CoV-2 most likely targets in the body. A new […]

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