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News DeskIslamabad: Pakistan will vaccinate more than 31 million children under five during a nationwide sub-national polio campaign scheduled for September 21–27, the Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) said.The campaign will cover…

News DeskIslamabad: Millions of Pakistani households will be visited by polio vaccination teams later this month as health authorities prepare for a week-long campaign targeting children under five across 115 districts.The…

News DeskKarachi: Dengue infections in Pakistan may have been significantly underreported, with the actual number of cases in 2022 estimated to be 125 times higher than official figures, according to a major study conducted by…

News DeskRawalpindi: A serious medical negligence allegation has emerged from Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, where the thumb of a 23-day-old baby girl was amputated while she was receiving treatment in the hospital’s nursery.…

Nadeem Khan Quetta: In Pakistan’s southwest city of Quetta, dust often hangs visibly in the air. For many residents, breathing has become a daily struggle, especially for children suffering from asthma.Outside the doctor’s room at…

News Desk Islamabad: Health experts have sought to calm fears over recent cases of Hantavirus linked to a Dutch cruise ship, stressing that the virus does not pose the same global pandemic threat as COVID-19 despite growing public…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan has reported its first case of wild polio in 2026 after the virus was detected in a four-year-old child from Bello Union Council in Sujawal district of Sindh, officials confirmed on Thursday.The…

News DeskLahore: The threat of monkeypox has intensified in Punjab after four new cases were confirmed in Lahore over the past 24 hours, raising concerns among health authorities.According to the Health Department, fresh cases of…

APPQuetta: The number of Tuberculosis (TB) cases witnessed a notable increase reflecting both growing awareness of the disease and expanded healthcare interventions across the province.Balochistan has made significant strides in…

Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: In the dusty corridors of District Headquarters Hospital Pakpattan, 20 children—most of them newborns—died between June 16 and June 22. The tragedy, though deeply personal to grieving families, now stands as…