Health

Shazia Mehboob Iislamabad: With more than 15 million people with hepatitis B and C, Pakistan is observing World Hepatitis Day today, July 28, with the commitment to eliminate chronic disease from the country by 2030. The positivity…

APP ISLAMABAD: Obesity is likely to cause an increased risk of kidney disease, according to a study. Chronic kidney disease affects more than 10 per cent of adults worldwide and is predicted to become a global threat to public health. The…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: People infected with Covid-19 had a roughly 25 per cent increased risk of developing a psychiatric disorder in the four months following their infection, compared with those who had other types of respiratory tract…

News Desk QUETTA: Dr Palitha Gunarathna Mahipala of World Health Organization (WHO)’s head in Pakistan, handed over medicines and other equipment worth over 800 million dollars to the health department of the Balochistan government for…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination said that not a single case of monkeypox has been reported so far in Pakistan. According to the official sources, the situation is being…

News Desk RAWALPINDI: As many as 17 more people were diagnosed with deadly Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, raising the districts tally of confirmed cases to 47,039. As per the latest data released by the District Health Authority…

News Desk Rawalpindi: One more dengue case was reported in Rawalpindi during the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed dengue cases to 13. This was stated by District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC) Dr…

Ali Khan Mandokhail Zhob: At least eight people have died due to the Choleraoutbreak in Balochistan’s Zhob district during the last week, hospital sources said on Saturday. The Cholera epidemic is going out of control of the district…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: The Pakistan National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Thursday confirmed that a 21-month-old boy is paralyzed by wild polio in what is the 12th case in Pakistan this year.…

News Desk RAWALPINDI: The citizens have been advised to adopt all possible precautionary measures to avoid Covid-19 and Congo viruses on Eidul Azha. The district administration had set up 11 cattle markets for the sale of sacrificial…