Infectious Disease

Xinhua/APP Tokyo: Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, a potentially fatal illness caused by a "flesh-eating" bacterium, is increasing notably across Japan, with cases in the first half of this year already exceeding last year's record,…

News Desk Islamabad: A recent study found that symptoms of cardiac arrest begin at least 24 hours earlier and that symptoms may differ between men and women. It is very important to note that there is a difference between cardiac…

News Desk Peshawar: Three positive cases of the Congo virus are reported in Peshawar in a single day, signaling the reemergence of the disease in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. All three patients are shifted to Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC).…

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,…

News Desk DI KHAN/ TANK: A five-day anti-polio vaccination campaign was kicked off on Monday to administer polio vaccine to about 450,972 children aged up to five years in DI Khan and Tank districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, health…

News Desk Islamabad: Nearly 44.2 million children under the age of five are administered anti-polio drops in Islamabad during a five-day nationwide anti-polio drive. According to official sources, in addition to provide children…

Nabeela Hafiz Twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi are in the grip of a diarrhea outbreak, and hundreds of people, especially children, are being brought daily to public and private hospitals for treatment. The prime reason behind this…