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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…

AFP/APP Geneva: Countries are in the final stages of negotiations to establish a global agreement on pandemic preparedness and prevention, following two years of talks spurred by the impact of Covid-19. Here are five essential…

News Desk  Islamabad: The country's average life expectancy experienced a slight decline, dropping to 72.3 years in 2023 from 72.4 years recorded in 2022. Experts attribute this decline mainly to an increase in infectious and…

APP Peshawar: The World Health Organization (WHO), in its commitment to enhancing health services, has revitalized approximately 63 health facilities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa that had nearly ceased functioning due to severe damage from…

APP Peshawar: In a collaborative effort spanning various fields of expertise, voices from the realms of medicine, entomology, dermatology, and zoology are amplifying calls for the initiation of clinical trials aimed at discovering…

APP United Nations: At least one in eight people on Earth are living with obesity, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, citing a newly released global medical study. That's one billion people who lived with the disease…

News Desk Islamabad: A US army official sets himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy in protest against Israeli aggression in Gaz on Monday. According to Israeli media, the American soldier has set himself on fire in protest…

AFP/APP Geneva: The number of new cancer cases will rise to more than 35 million in 2050—77 percent higher than the figure in 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday. The WHO's International Agency for Research on…

Qamar Naseem Peshawar: Whereas there is a worldwide acknowledgement that the use of tobacco adversely affects consumer health, the pro-tobacco lobby continues to vehemently resist any legislative attempts by governments to curtail its…

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)…