epidemic

AA/APP Istanbul: Health officials are closely monitoring a mutated flu strain that has triggered unusually early and severe outbreaks in Canada, the UK, and Japan, raising concerns about its potential spread to the United States,…

APP Lahore:  The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued a dengue alert for 10 major cities, warning of an increased risk of the epidemic spreading in October. According to the alert, dengue cases, which began rising in…

AFP/APP Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it has for the first time prequalified an mpox vaccine. This development is expected to accelerate access to the vaccine in response to an ongoing epidemic in…

News Desk Rawalpindi/Lahore/Faisalabad: As many as 214 dengue cases were reported in three Punjab cities during the last 24 hours. According to data released by the relevant district health departments, Lahore recorded 168 dengue…

APP Lahore: An anti-dengue campaign – launched by the district administration – is underway, in which surveillance is being carried out at various points in the provincial capital. Assistant Commissioner Model Town Sahbzada Yousaf…

News Desk Peshawar: The anti-Measles campaign has commenced from June 19 to 24, 2023, in 14 districts of the province with the primary objective of vaccinating approximately 900,000 children aged between six months and five years against…

News Desk Islamabad: Nurses and midwives make up more than half of the health workforce in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, which accounts for 17 percent of the global shortage of 5.9 million nurses,…