COVID-19

AFP New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that a staggering 8.2 million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) were diagnosed worldwide in 2023, marking the highest number since the organization began monitoring TB on a…

APP Peshawar: Disastrous floods caused by climate change have inflicted irreparable damage on the trout fish farming industry in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, threatening its survival as farm owners and skilled laborers seek alternative sources of…

AFP/APP Bangkok: A global network of doctors and laboratories is working to pinpoint emerging viral threats, including many driven by climate change, in a bid to head off the world's next pandemic. The coalition of self-described…

News Desk  New York: The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) highlighted on Wednesday that the global trend of shrinking pay packets in heavily industrialized economies may be temporarily influenced by technological innovations…

News Desk  Islamabad: Scientists have expressed astonishment at surprising revelations regarding the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. According to foreign media reports, a 62-year-old German man claims to have received more…

AFP/APP Paris: More women are taking top management jobs, but inequality persists, with men still dominating business leadership roles, research showed ahead of International Women's Day on March 8. Despite some high-profile exceptions…

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…

AFP/APP Paris: Tens of millions of people across the world are thought to suffer from long-term COVID, but four years after the pandemic was declared, this elusive condition still cannot be tested for, let alone treated. However, research…

APP Islamabad: Health officials at the National Institute of Health (NIH) reported on Tuesday that the country recorded nine new COVID-19 cases in the past week. According to NIH data, the case positivity ratio stood at 0.33 percent, with…

APP Islamabad: In the past three months, over 2,000 cases have been reported on the ICT-15 app, created to provide citizens with a platform to inform the police about any unlawful activities, illegal resident foreigners in urban areas, and…