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AFP/APP Paris: Climate change is increasingly threatening human health through record-breaking heat, extreme weather events, air pollution, and the spread of infectious diseases. As the world approaches what is expected to be the hottest…

News Desk Islamabad: Islamabad generates approximately 600 tons of waste daily, with around 60 percent either openly burned or dumped in unmanaged sites. This situation poses significant risks to both environmental and public health.…

APP Multan: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has ramped up its efforts to combat the sale of unhygienic and expired food items, recently seizing 1.9 tonnes of such products, along with 210 sachets of banned gutka and 20 litres of…

News Desk Islamabad: The report that was presented by the Ministry of Health on the number of polio cases reported in Pakistan over the past three years is a matter of concern. According to the data submitted to the National Assembly,…

AFP/APP Bangkok: Thailand on Thursday confirmed Asia's first known case of a new, deadlier strain of mpox in a patient who had travelled to the kingdom from Africa. The patient landed in Bangkok on August 14 and was sent to hospital with…

News Desk Rawalpindi: Provisional Health Advisor Major General (Rtd) Azhar Mehmood Kayani visited Holy Family Hospital (HFH) on Wednesday and expressed satisfaction with the hospital’s post-renovation functionality, noting that it is now…

News Desk Peshawar: A special campaign to assess the quality of milk in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has revealed alarming results.  Between June 27 and July 7, the Food Authority collected and analyzed 583 milk samples from a total of 323,000…

Shazia Mehboob  Islamabad: In a stark and urgent appeal, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has underscored the severe consequences of extreme heat and climate change. With global temperatures soaring, the impacts on health,…

News Desk Islamabad: The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) has declared 23 brands of bottled water and mineral water unsafe for human consumption due to microbiological or chemical contamination. For the second…

APP Islamabad: President of Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Maj Gen (Retd) Rehmat Khan has said that as many as 500 eye patients would be treated at the Chakwal Eye Hospital. He said this while on the completion of the extension block of…