Health

APP Islamabad: With one child dying of the pneumonia disease every 30 seconds worldwide, around 14 percent of children die due to pneumonia in Pakistan, said health experts. Addressing the launch of research ‘Breathing for Tomorrow:…

News Desk Islamabad: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration launched a seven-day anti-polio vaccination campaign on Tuesday, aimed at children under the age of five, with assistant commissioners leading the charge.…

News Desk Peshawar: An anti-polio campaign targeting to vaccinate 6.3 million children continued for the second day in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) five divisions, and 1.2 million have been vaccinated so far. The campaign is being…

APP Rawalpindi: As many as 36 new dengue cases were reported in Rawalpindi in the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 1,332 across the district. Among the new cases, 26 had arrived from Potohar town urban, six from…

News Desk Islamabad: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar directed the concerned authorities to engage religious scholars, teachers, parents and all stakeholders to play a key role in the complete eradication of the polio virus…

News Desk Rawalpindi: The long-standing demand of the people of Murree for setting up a dialysis centre has been fulfilled. The dialysis of bladder and kidney patients from Murree and the suburbs would now be done at the local level,…

APP Lahore: Around 109 women die every 24 hours due to breast cancer in Pakistan, with 40,000 annual fatalities and 90,000 new cases, according to Pink Ribbon data. Statistics further reveal that every ninth women in Pakistan is prone…

News Desk Lahore: The Punjab Health Department reported over 1000 cases in Lahore hospitals’ outpatient departments (OPD) in the past 24 hours. Services Hospital Dr Bushra disclosed that 50 percent of patients in the OPDs are being…

APP Islamabad: The demand for sunglasses has increased in the country, including Punjab, as citizens make an effort to protect themselves from a viral eye infection while still remaining fashionable, according to a report aired by a…

News Desk Lahore: The Health Department reported 126 new cases of dengue fever in various parts of Punjab on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 4,431 across 36 districts this year, raising concerns among health…