Health

WELLINGTON, April 6 (Xinhua/APP): New Zealand recorded 12,575 new community cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. Of the new community infections, 2,147 were detected in the largest city of Auckland, according to the ministry. In addition, 43 new […]

RAWALPINDI, Apr 04 (APP): Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital has introduced a new revolutionary Swiss technology for eye treatment, which will benefit many in Pakistan. Al-Shifa has become the first facility in Asia to use a Femtosecond Laser developed by a Swiss company to carry out […]

SHANGHAI (China) – April 3 (ONLINE) Shanghai on Sunday ordered its 26 million residents to undergo two more rounds of tests for COVID-19 as public anger grows over how authorities in China’s most populous city are tackling a record coronavirus surge. Residents should self-test on […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 30 (APP): Nearly half of all pregnancies, totaling 121 million each year worldwide, are unintended, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA. “This report is a wakeup call”, UNFPA Executive Director Natalia […]

Washington, March 30 (AFP/APP): President Joe Biden received a second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot Wednesday and urged Americans to keep their guard up, while declaring that the pandemic no longer dominates the country. “It didn’t hurt a bit,” Biden said as a member of the […]

SUVA, March 29 (Xinhua/APP): Tonga has registered a total of six confirmed deaths from COVID-19 so far, the island nation’s health authorities said Tuesday. According to Tonga’s news website Matangi Tonga Online, while confirming the six deaths from COVID-19, Tonga’s Minister for Health Saia Piukala […]

SYDNEY, March 25 (Xinhua/APP) –: Two new Australian-made COVID-19 vaccines will enter trials with hopes that they may provide more targeted protection against the virus. The two vaccine candidates, unveiled on Friday, were created by researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity […]

ULAN BATOR, March 25 (Xinhua/APP) –: Mongolia recorded 103 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, surpassing the 100-mark for the first time since March 13, the country’s health ministry said Friday.   The latest confirmed cases were all local transmissions, raising the country’s […]

HYDERABAD, Mar 24 (APP): Acknowledging the increase in malaria and dengue cases, administration Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC) has directed the concerned officials to carry out an effective fumigation campaign in the City and Latifabad talukas. The HMC’s spokesman informed here Thursday that the Administrator emphasized […]

Washington, March 24 (AFP/APP):US doctors announced Thursday they had successfully performed a double lung transplant on a patient with terminal lung cancer, giving new hope to others who also are in advanced stages of the deadly disease. Albert Khoury, a 54-year-old non-smoker, underwent a seven-hour […]