Health

SEOUL, July 26 (Xinhua/APP): South Korea reported 99,327 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Monday compared to 24 hours ago, bringing the total number of infections to 19,346,764, the health authorities said on Tuesday. The daily caseload was sharply up from 35,883 in the prior […]

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP): World Hepatitis Day will be marked on July 28 (Thursday) across the globe including Pakistan to promote awareness of hepatitis, a disease that affects the liver. One way of preventing hepatitis is to get a vaccine against the disease before travelling. […]

ISLAMABAD, July 23 (ONLINE): The retina is composed of tissues in the back of the eye that process light signals and send them to the brain. Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells make up part of this important structure for vision. A recent animal study by […]

ISLAMABAD, July 23 (Online): 693 persons were infected and 2 fatalities occurred due to corona virus in last 24 hours in the country. The latest data from the National Institute of Health (NIH) disclosed 23423 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which […]

ISLAMABAD, 22 July (Online): Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) in its quarterly bottled water quality monitoring report issued on Friday declared 26 brands as unsafe for human consumption. For the last quarter (April to June, 2022), 174 samples of Mineral/Bottled water brands […]

ISLAMABAD, July 22 (Online): World Brain Day was observed today to increase awareness regarding brain health. This year the Day was observed under the theme: ‘Brain Health for all’ in the context of pandemics, wars, climate change and massive disparities in health equity that are […]

ISLAMABAD, July 22 (Online): Everyone may feel anxious or sad at times. However, some people may experience life-disrupting levels of these emotions on a regular basis, developing into a mental health disorder that requires treatment. Researchers at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom […]

ISLAMABAD, July 22 (Online): As many as 679 people were reported to have been infected while 7 succumbed to COVID-19 during the last 24 hours in the country. According to the NIH latest statistics 23035 diagnostic tests were carried out of which 679 returned positive. […]

ISLAMABAD – July 18 (ONLINE) Federal Minister for National Health Services Abdul Qadir Patel on Monday stressed for greater awareness amongst the masses about family planning in order to check the population growth. According to a report by the state-run Radio Pakistan, Patel was addressing […]

London, July 18 (AFP/APP):Haleon, the consumer healthcare unit spun off by British drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline, was worth around £31 billion ($36 billion) when it began trading in London on Monday. The new company — which owns brands including Sensodyne toothpaste, pain relief drug Panadol and […]