Health

SYDNEY, June 3 (Xinhua/APP) –: Health authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have detected the third case of monkeypox in a man who has recently returned from Europe. The man in his 50s developed mild symptoms several days after arriving in […]

MANILA, June 3 (Xinhua/APP): The Philippines has detected COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.5 from two people in the same household in a province north of the capital, an official from the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that […]

ISLAMABAD, Jun 02 (APP): International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has called for increasing Federal Excise Duty (FED) on sugar-sweetened beverages in the fight against diabetes and obesity in Pakistan. “We support increasing FED to a minimum of 20% on a wide category of sugar-sweetened beverages as […]

Shanghai, June 2 (AFP/APP): Locked in their homes as neighbours celebrate freedom, hundreds of thousands of Shanghai residents are finding the path out of lockdown more complicated than the victory trumpeted by Chinese state media. The metropolis of 25 million people was closed in sections […]

ISLAMABAD, May 31 (Online): World No-Tobacco Day was observed on Tuesday to create awareness among the masses about hazardous effects of tobacco on health and the environment. Theme of the day is “Tobacco’s threat to our environment”. The governmental, non-governmental and community-based organizations have arranged […]

ISLAMABAD, May 30 (Online): Ministry of National Health Services has said no case of Monkeypox has yet been diagnosed in Pakistan so far as per the reports of the National Institute of Health. The official of Ministry of National Health Services has termed incorrect the […]

ISLAMABAD, May 29 (APP): World No Tobacco Day will be observed on Tuesday (May 31) across the globe including Pakistan to draw attention to the health problems that tobacco use can cause. World No Tobacco Day focuses on informing people about health problems associated with […]

OVIEDO, Spain,May 29 (AA/APP) -:Spanish Health Minister Carolina Darias announced Wednesday that Spain will purchase, through the European Union, thousands of smallpox vaccines and antivirals that could work against monkeypox. The announcement came as monkeypox cases in Spain rose to 59. All cases identified in […]

SHANGHAI, May 29 (Xinhua/APP) –:China’s Shanghai reported 29 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 93 local asymptomatic cases on Saturday, the municipal health commission said Sunday. […]

HYDERABAD, May 22 (APP): The Sindh health department on Sunday issued a high alert in the province regarding a new disease called monkeypox. In a letter addressed to director health services, all district health officers and directors and medical superintendents of all major hospitals, the […]