Health

ISLAMABAD, Mar 27 (APP): The change in weather is causing flu, cough and fever and other respiratory diseases among people especially children in the twin cities. Talking to a private news channel, Dr Zia Hassan said instructions were being issued to people including to protect […]

ISLAMABAD, 26 Mar (Online): Just do a simple Google search and you’ll find multiple articles highlighting the health benefits of dark chocolate. Headlines from media outlets — both obscure and mainstream — expound upon how healthy the delicious treat can be. But just how much […]

ISLAMABAD 23 Mar (Online): In last 24-hour one death reported due to Covid-19, whereas 23 patients are in critical and 168 new corona cases reported, National Health Authority (NHA) said on Thursday. According to the issued statistics, 5557people went under corona testing from which 168 […]

HANOI, March 21 (Xinhua/APP): Vietnam has raised concerns over the spread of dengue fever after the health ministry saw a jump in the number of cases, local media reported on Tuesday. The number of dengue fever cases in Vietnam in the first two months this […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 19 (APP): French Development Agency (AFD) has pledged $55 million to help support Pakistan’s Polio Programme operations, in efforts to interrupt poliovirus transmission. With this the French Development Agency (AFD) has become part of global polio eradication partners with its commitment to filling […]

FAISALABAD, Mar 18 (APP): As many as 1,484,734 children up the age of five years have been administered polio drops in Faisalabad during first five days of the anti-polio drive. Chairing a review meeting of Health Department here on Saturday, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ali Annan […]

MULTAN, Mar 08 (APP):Nishtar Medical University (NMU) and Wahun Landing Intelligence Medical Hi-Tech Company will jointly launch a programme for cervical screening through Artificial Intelligence (AI). The agreement was signed by Dr. Ahmed Waqas, representative of Wuhan Landing Intelligence Medical Hi-Tech Company Limited, and Nishtar […]

ISLAMABD, 05 Mar (Online): After studying thousands of people’s symptoms post-COVID-19, researchers have found that getting vaccinated could potentially reduce the risk of long COVID. The new study – which looked at patients 3 months after their COVID-19 infections across pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron variants […]

WASHINGTON 02 Mar (Online): International Polio Plus committee of Rotary International has acknowledged the Pakistan success on polio eradication and said no case surfaced in last five months. Chairman international polio plus committee Michael McGovern met Pakistan ambassador to America Masood Khan on Wednesday. During […]

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 (APP): A global surge of cholera cases has put one billion people in 43 countries, including Pakistan, at risk, the World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, has warned. Three countries, this week alone, have reported outbreaks, WHO cholera team […]