Health

News Desk  Rawalpindi: The District Health Authority Rawalpindi has ramped up anti-dengue efforts in response to the monsoon season, which is conducive to the breeding of dengue larvae. A review meeting of Union Council (UC)…

Web Desk Australia: McDonald's fast-food outlets in Australia have reduced their breakfast service hours due to bird flu outbreaks affecting egg supplies. The fast-food giant announced that breakfast orders will now stop at 10:30 am…

News Desk Sierra Leone: In eastern Sierra Leone, ecologist James Koninga and his team are engaged in a critical mission to track and control Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic illness transmitted by infected rats. Koninga, who has…

APP Peshawar: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is experiencing a significant rise in gastroenteritis and diarrhea cases due to severe heat and humidity.  According to health department sources, 25,996 individuals have been reported affected in…

APP Hyderabad: Dr Zulfiqar Shaikh, a pediatrician, informed that Rotavirus diarrhea was not well understood in the ancient world, probably because its symptoms are primarily systemic and non-specific, rather than just diarrhea.…

News Desk Rawalpindi: The special anti-polio campaign kicked off in Rawalpindi on Monday, targeting 886,877 children under the age of 5 for vaccination.  This seven-day initiative follows recent reports of poliovirus presence in the…

News Desk  Islamabad: Ayesha Raza Farooq, the Prime Minister's focal person on polio, called on all sectors of society to contribute to eliminating the poliovirus from the country.  Speaking to a PTV news channel, she announced the…

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistani researchers have been honored with the prestigious "Outstanding Team Impact Prize" by the United Kingdom’s Medical Research Council (MRC).  This accolade celebrates a team whose collaborative scientific…

APP Lahore: Amiruddin Medical College Principal, Dr Muhammad Al-Fareed Zafar, has issued a ban on the leave of senior doctors until further notice to ensure the timely provision of medical services at Lahore General Hospital. Orders…

News Desk  Lahore: More than 220 new cases of measles have been reported in Punjab province within the last 24 hours. According to the Punjab Health Minister, a total of 14,809 measles cases have been reported so far this year. In…