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APP Islamabad: Health officials on Friday confirmed the presence of polio-virus in environmental samples from Quetta and Karachi Kemari. According to officials of the Ministry of Health, so far, polio virus has been confirmed in…

APP Rawalpindi: Chief of the Punjab Anti-Polio Program, Khizr Afzal, said on Monday that anti-polio drops would be administered at 92 sites across Punjab and more than 500 polio workers would perform their duties at special points during…

AFP/APP Washington: From India and South Korea to Croatia and North Macedonia, fact-checking organizations battling an ever-rising tide of misinformation in a major election year are buffeted by legal threats, harassment, and funding…

APP Peshawar: In a collaborative effort spanning various fields of expertise, voices from the realms of medicine, entomology, dermatology, and zoology are amplifying calls for the initiation of clinical trials aimed at discovering…

News Desk New York: Humanitarian agencies have issued repeated warnings about the dire food insecurity and looming famine in Gaza, with reports emerging of a tenth child dying from malnutrition and dehydration. According to UN health…

APP Islamabad: The deadly pneumonia continued to claim lives as 18 more children succumbed to the disease in Punjab during the past 24 hours. A total of 869 pneumonia cases were reported across Punjab the other day, with Lahore alone…

APP Islamabad: The Environmental Monitoring Team of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) and the Islamabad Traffic Police conducted a week-long Vehicular Emission Control and Monitoring Campaign from January 9 to 17…

APP Islamabad: Special Judge Central Humayun Dilawar on Thursday indicted former Deputy Executive Director of Finance at Polyclinic Hospital Dr Amanullah and three others in the case of using expired dengue kits. Judge Humayun Dilawar…

APP Lahore: Dengue is effectively under control in the province, as only one case emerged in Punjab on Sunday, according to the latest Health Department report. Across 36 districts in Punjab this year, a total of four confirmed dengue…

APP Faisalabad: The Environment Protection Department has imposed a fine of Rs 400,000 on two factories on charges of polluting the environment. Deputy Director Environment Johar Abbas said here on Saturday that the environment teams…