mpox

News Desk  Karachi: Sindh is witnessing a concerning rise in monkeypox (mpox) cases, with health authorities confirming nine deaths so far, an alarming figure that underscores the seriousness of the outbreak. According to the Sindh…

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan has reported its second death linked to mpox after a 53-year-old man from Faisalabad died while under treatment at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), health officials confirmed on Tuesday.…

News Desk  Islamabad: Health experts are cautioning that the major infectious disease risks in 2026 may not come from a new virus, but from older pathogens that are now evolving to become more potent. According to specialists, climate…

News Desk Hyderabad: Sindh on Thursday reported its second confirmed case of mpox, according to the provincial health department. Officials said the patient, a 28-year-old man, is under treatment at a private hospital in Hyderabad…

News Desk  Islamabad: Peshawar reported its first case of the mpox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) for the year on Saturday, bringing Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's total to 10 cases. Health authorities confirmed the virus in a 35-year-old…

APP Peshawar: A fresh case of Mpox has been reported in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, bringing the province’s tally for the zoonotic disease to six this year, as confirmed by the Public Health Reference Laboratory of Khyber Medical University (KMU).…

AFP/APP Geneva: Children under five are disproportionately affected by the ongoing mpox outbreak in Burundi, accounting for nearly a third of reported cases, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) said on Friday. Burundi is currently the…

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…

APP Peshawar: Pakistan recorded its fifth case of Mpox virus in Peshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday. Health department informed that a 33 years old person arrived in Pakistan on September 7 from a Gulf country via Islamabad…

APP Islamabad: The Ministry of Health confirmed on Sunday that a fourth case of Monkeypox has been reported in Peshawar. The affected individual, a 47-year-old from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, was isolated on August 29 by Border Health…