Health

ISLAMABAD, June 24 (Online): As many as 309 people tested positive and no death was reported due to corona virus during the last 24 hours in the country. As per the latest statistics by the National Institute of Health (NIH) 13941 tests were conducted during […]

ISLAMABAD, June 23 (Online):When it comes to managing diabetes, what you drink in your routine is just as important as what you eat. A single glass of sugary drink can impact your blood sugar levels. This is because anything that’s liquid and that has carbohydrates […]

ISLAMABAD, June 21 (Online): 113 tested positive while one fatality occurred due to corona virus in the country during the last 24 hours. The latest statistics by the National Institute of Health (NIH) reflected 9406 corona tests were conducted during the last 24 hours of […]

ISLAMABAD – June 7 (ONLINE) A report has revealed that illegal trade of different brands of cigarettes is causing a 70-80 billion rupees’ loss to national exchequer, Online has learnt. According to details, minimum legal price of a cigarette packet is 62.80 rupees, but some […]

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 […]