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AFP/APP Geneva:A man infected with H5N2 bird flu, the first confirmed human infection with the strain, died from multiple factors, the WHO said on Friday, adding that investigations were ongoing. The World Health Organization (WHO) on…

APP Islamabad: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Livestock Department has recommended the imposition of Section 144 in seven districts of the province in response to concerns over the potential spread of the Congo virus during Eid-ul-Azha.…

APP Islamabad: National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Wednesday that four new environmental samples had tested positive for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), bringing the total number of positive samples this year to 112. The four…

News Desk  Islamabad:  Polio virus has been confirmed for the first time in the environmental samples of Karachi District South and Mirpurkhas. According to the authorities, the virus was confirmed in the environmental samples of 10…

News Desk  Rawalpindi: The District Coordination Committee (DCC) on Saturday held a review meeting on dengue response and infrastructure developments in Rawalpindi district. The district administration officers briefed the first…

News Desk  Islamabad: Scientists have expressed astonishment at surprising revelations regarding the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. According to foreign media reports, a 62-year-old German man claims to have received more…

Xinhua/APP Los Angeles: A new coronavirus subvariant, JN.1, is spreading fast in the United States and is now accounting for nearly half of the latest COVID-19 cases in the country, according to the U S Centers for Disease Control and…

News Desk India: Experts suggest that the rise in global cases indicates the potential dominance of JN.1, an Omicron sub-lineage, owing to its significant ability to evade immunity. This classification as a "variant of interest" (VOI)…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan’s fight against polio faces a new challenge as the Ministry of Health has confirmed the presence of nine environmental samples, collected from six districts, that have been tested positive for wild…

News Desk Lahore: The Punjab Health Department reported over 1000 cases in Lahore hospitals’ outpatient departments (OPD) in the past 24 hours. Services Hospital Dr Bushra disclosed that 50 percent of patients in the OPDs are being…