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News Desk Islamabad: At least 15 million adolescents aged 13 to 15 are using e-cigarettes globally, with young people nearly nine times more likely to vape than adults, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. In its first…

APP Lahore: Leading medical experts have expressed serious concern over the alarming rise in liver cancer cases in Pakistan, describing the disease as a “silent killer” that claims thousands of lives every year. At a press conference…

News Desk  United Nations: Loneliness is emerging as a global public health crisis, responsible for more than 871,000 deaths worldwide each year—equivalent to more than 100 lives lost every hour—according to a new report released by the…

News Desk  Islamabad: As Pakistan battles an alarming surge in malaria cases — now surpassing 2 million annually — global health experts are warning that the crisis reflects a deeper, systemic vulnerability: the country's health…

News Desk Peshawar: Public health experts highlighted the severe threat of cervical cancer, which affects nearly 5,008 women annually in Pakistan, leading to around 3,197 deaths. They stressed the urgent need to raise awareness about the…

News Desk New York: The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its first-ever global guidelines to curb antibiotic pollution from manufacturing, marking a significant step in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR).…

APP/IRNA Mashhad: Iran has intensified the syndromic care surveillance for Mpox in the land and air borders of Razavi Khorasan to prevent the entry of suspicious people or those with a history of traveling to infected areas. Mashhad…

APP United Nations: The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a united global effort to combat a new mpox outbreak, unveiling a response plan requiring at least $135 million over the next six months. "Let me be…

AFP/APP Paris: As global concerns over mpox continue to rise, even seemingly straightforward questions—such as the level of danger it poses and the differences between its variants—remain complex and without clear answers. In July,…

News Desk Stockholm: The European Union (EU) health agency on Friday warned its member states to brace for more cases of a deadly strain of mpox, following Sweden’s announcement of the first case outside Africa. The European Centre…