Health

News Desk Peshawar: A police constable assigned to guard the poliovaccination team in Mardan was critically injured by gunfire during an attack in the Pir Saidi area of Tehsil Takhtbhai on Tuesday. The constable, identified as Zohar, son…

APP United Nations: At least one in eight people on Earth are living with obesity, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, citing a newly released global medical study. That's one billion people who lived with the disease…

News Desk  Rawalpindi: The anti-polio drive commenced in Rawalpindi on Monday with the inauguration led by Commissioner Aamir Khattak and Deputy Commissioner Dr Hasan Waqar Cheema, who administered immunizations to children under the age…

News Desk Rawalpindi: A week-long campaign against polio kicked off in Rawalpindi district, aiming to vaccinate over 786,877 children under the age of five on Monday. Dr Ejaz Ahmed, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the District Health…

News Desk Islamabad: After the results of the second phase of the trial of the HIV vaccine developed by the British pharmaceutical company were also encouraging, there is hope that the world will soon get the first HIV vaccine.…

News Desk Islamabad: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued an order to halt the implementation of the notification regarding an increase in the prices of life-saving medicines by the caretaker government. This decision comes as the…

News Desk Islamabad: The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning that without urgent measures, over half of the world's countries could experience a measles outbreak by the year's end. Natasha Crowcroft, a senior…

News Desk Islamabad: Dr Halar Shaikh, a registrar at Jinnah Hospital in Karachi, has highlighted that adenovirus cases are on the rise in the city due to climate change. He emphasized that as the weather shifts, a significant number…

News Desk Islamabad: Health experts caution that computer keyboards and similar technological devices, such as ATM machines, may carry more bacteria than toilets. Contrary to common belief, keyboards are not just innocuous tools; they…

News Desk Faisalabad: A new week-long phase of anti-polio initiatives is scheduled to commence in select areas of Punjab and Sindh starting from February 26, continuing through March 3rd. It is reported that hundreds of thousands of…