Health

Islamabad, July 6 (Online): The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), presented four mobile laboratories valued at $4.6 million to Pakistan’s National Institute of Health to strengthen Pakistan’s capacity to diagnose COVID-19 and other communicable diseases. The state-of-the-art facilities will improve […]

SINGAPORE, July 6 (Xinhua) APP):Singapore reported 9,989 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total tally to 1,495,953. Of the new cases, 837 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 9,152 through ART (antigen rapid test) tests, according to statistics released […]

SHANGHAI, July 6 (Xinhua/APP): China’s Shanghai reported nine confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 15 local asymptomatic carriers on Tuesday, the municipal health commission said Wednesday. All new infections were found from people under quarantine, the commission said in a statement. SHANGHAI, July 6 (Xinhua/APP): […]

GABORONE, July 6 (Xinhua) APP):Botswana is now offering COVID-19 booster shots for children aged between 12 and 17 years, the health ministry has announced. “These children become eligible for booster doses at least six months after completing their primary vaccination series,” health ministry spokesman Christopher […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 05 (APP): Nearly a third of all women in developing countries start having children at the age of 19 or younger, and nearly half of first births to adolescents, are to children or girls aged 17 or under, a new research released […]

ISLAMABAD, July 04 (Online): 2 fatalities took place while 675 tested positive due to corona virus during the last 24 hours in the country. As many as 14632 corona tests were conducted during the last 24 hours of which 675 retruned positive. The positivity ratio […]

ISLAMABAD, July 04 (Online): As highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks lower the risk of viral infection by reducing the spread of respiratory droplets. FDA spokesperson Audra Harrison told Medical News Today that, to date, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-approved N95 […]

RAWALPINDI, Jul 03 (APP): As many as 45,413 COVID-19 patients had been discharged after getting treatment from the district’s health facilities, out of which 41,895 were Rawalpindi’s residents while 3,518 were from other districts. According to data shared by the district health authority here on […]

ISLAMABAD, June 10 (Online): A new study has found that walking can ward off knee pain for people with osteoarthritis. This condition affects more than 32 million adults in the United States. As a form of exercise, walking traditionally has been promoted as benefitting your […]

ISLAMABAD, June 10 (Online): You’ve added fish to your diet to eat healthy, but now a new study delivers some bad news: Fish lovers may have a slightly increased risk of melanoma. Researchers followed over 490,000 older Americans and found the 20% with the highest […]