Health

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 […]

PESHAWAR, Mar 23 (APP):A five-day Outbreak Response campaign (OBR-2) has been planned in 19 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa having Afghan Refugees Camps and union councils bordering Afghanistan from March 24, 2022. This was decided in a meeting held here the other day at Emergency Operations […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 22 (APP):The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ramped up support for polio eradication by dedicating the second day of the Lahore test match between Pakistan and Australia to raising awareness on the importance of Polio eradication. Under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) partnership with […]

ISLAMABAD, August 12 (online): A new study reveals how neurons in the gut wall relay sensory information to the spinal cord and brain, which may influence mood and well-being.   The enteric nervous system (ENS) sometimes referred to as the “second brain” is the nervous […]

ISLAMABAD, March 17 (Online): 2 fatalities were reported and 514 tested positive due to corona virus during the last 24 hours in the country. The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) fresh statistics said 38595 tests were conducted of which 514 returned positive taking the […]

ISLAMABAD, Marc h 16 (Online): 4 patients are reported to have succumbed to Covid-19 and 493 tested positive during the last 24 hours in the country. The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) fresh data disclosed 34698 tests were conducted of which 493 returned positive […]

SYDNEY, March 16 (Xinhua/APP): Women with genes that predispose them to endometriosis also have a higher risk of developing epithelial ovarian cancers (EOC), new research from the University of Queensland (UQ) suggests. The research, published in Cell Reports Medicine and revealed on Wednesday, involved datasets […]

CANBERRA, March 15 (Xinhua/APP): Australia’s ban on international cruise ships will end in April, the government has said. Health Minister Greg Hunt, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews and Tourism Minister Dan Tehan said on Tuesday that the government would not renew the ban on international […]

NEW DELHI, March 15 (Xinhua/APP): India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,996,062 on Tuesday, as 2,568 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 97 related deaths since Monday morning took the total death […]