Health

News Desk Islamabad: For millions of children around the world, floods are no longer rare natural disasters, they have become a recurring part of childhood.  Homes disappear beneath rising waters, classrooms fall silent, clean…

News Desk Islamabad: After the air quality of the federal capital deteriorated due to persistent dry weather that followed in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, the rise in air pollution raised fears that the number of people…

Mukhtar Kareem Quetta: Climate change, an intimidating phenomenon, is a cause for some  huge concerns amongst the global community. However, governments across the globe by and large  have been reluctant in taking required measures to slow…

News Desk Quetta: A police head constable was shot dead when unidentified gunmen attacked a team administering polio drops to children under age five in the Killi Tarata area of Pashin district of Balochistan province, district sources…

News Desk Peshawar: The Education and Health departments are working together to conduct a campaign to eradicate stomach worms in 22 districts throughout Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan has approved…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast mainly dry weather for most parts of the country. The weather will remain cold in hilly areas of the country.  However, rain is expected at isolated places in…

News Desk Islamabad: The recently launched National Survey of Blindness and Vision Impairment showed that avoidable blindness has been more than halved in the last decade for people over the age of 50 across the country. The survey while…

News Desl=k Rawalpindi: The District Health Authority (DHA) was finalizing arrangements for the week-long anti-polio campaign, which would be commenced in the entire district on October 24. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Ansar Ishaque…

News Desk Rawalpindi: The district police claimed to have arrested a man for hurling threats to kill an anti-dengue team working in Dhamyal area of Rawalpindi district. The man also resisted cooperation with the anti-dengue team,…

APP Islamabad: Early-stage diagnosis can save the lives of about 90 percent of women from breast cancer deaths, the health experts at a seminar on Tuesday said. The called for united efforts on part of the government, media, and society…