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Punjab would spend Rs400 billion on Universal Health Insurance Program

PINDI GHEB January 27 (Online): Provincial Minister for Revenue Col (retd) Malik Muhammad Anwar Khan has said that about 3 million families of Rawalpindi division will benefit from free medical facilities through New Pakistan National Health Card. The issuance of health card for the people […]

Sweden opts against vaccinating all children aged 5-11

Stockholm, Jan 27 (AFP/APP): Sweden’s health authority said Thursday that it would not recommend Covid-19 vaccinations for all children aged five to 11, the country again choosing a different coronavirus policy than much of Europe. The Scandinavian country, which controversially opted against any form of […]

Vaccine doubters may change their tunes when outbreaks are nearby, study finds

Islamabad, JAN 27 (ONLINE): Vaccine doubters may be more likely to be open to receiving shots when disease outbreaks are nearby, a new study finds. A growing number of Americans are distrustful of government health officials and particularly of vaccines, which misinformation has led some […]

Blood pressure in our 30s and 40s has lasting impact on brain health

Islamabad, JAN 26, (ONLINE): A new study followed adults from their mid-30s into their early 70s. It shows an association between blood pressure changes in early adulthood and midlife and brain changes at the endpoint of the study. High blood pressure, orhypertension, is a risk […]

Universal health coverage biggest achievement of PTI: Faisal Javed

ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (APP): Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) Senator Faisal Javed Khan on Wednesday said that universal health coverage was the biggest achievement of the PTI government, even country like USA could not provide this facility to its citizens. In a statement, congratulating people of […]

Over 3.4 million children to be vaccinated against polio

Peshawar January 24 (Online): Chief Secretary Shahzad Khan Bangash on Monday launched anti-polio drive in 19 districts of KP by administering polio drops to children at Sifat Ghayyur Children Hospital on Monday. As many as 3,456,000 children under the age of five will be vaccinated […]

Cancer cells may ‘corrupt’ surrounding healthy tissue to help tumours grow, scientists claim

Islamabad, JAN 23, (ONLINE): Cancer cells may ‘corrupt’ healthy tissue to help them grow, spread and resist treatment, research suggests. Scientists from the Francis Crick Institute in London used state-of-the-art technology to study the tissue that surrounds mice tumours in the laboratory. They found the […]

S.Korea registers 212,459 breakthrough COVID-19 infections

SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Xinhua/APP):South Korea registered a total of 212,459 breakthrough COVID-19 infections, which refer to the vaccinated people who were infected with the virus, the health authorities said Monday. The number of those who tested positive for COVID-19 after receiving two vaccine doses came […]

8 lost lives, 7195 tested positive due to coronavirus in last 24 hours

ISLAMABADL, JAN 24 (Online): 8 casualties were reported while 7195 tested positive due to coronavirus during last 24 hours. As per National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) latest data of which 7195 returned positive taking the total number of positive cases to 1,374,800. The positivity […]

Anti-polio drive kicks off in Lahore

LAHORE, Jan 22 (APP): Deputy Commissioner Umer Sher Chattha formally inaugurated anti-polio drive by administering polio vaccine to children at the Mian Mir Hospital here on Saturday. During the five-day drive starting from January 24 to 28, as many as 1.87 million children under five […]

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