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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)…

News Desk Peshawar: The catastrophic flooding in Pakistan in 2022 has increased five-fold the burden of malaria cases in the country, reveals WHO’s annual malaria report, delving into the nexus between climate change and malaria.…

News Desk United Nations: Pakistan has urged the international community to provide adequate funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to assist developing countries in improving their health infrastructures, which are under severe…

APP United Nations: Amid hopes of an agreement to extend the cessation of Israeli attacks on Gaza, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, reported on Wednesday that humanitarian assistance had successfully reached its shelters in…

APP United Nations: Following the brief "humanitarian pause" between Israel and Palestinians, UN officials issued a dire warning on Tuesday. They cautioned that the spread of disease could soon claim more Palestinian lives than the…

APP United Nations: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recorded at least 137 attacks on healthcare in Gaza over the past 36 days, resulting in 521 deaths and 686 injuries, including 16 deaths and 38 injuries of health workers.…

News Desk Lahore: The Punjab Health Department reported 208 new cases of dengue fever in various parts of Punjab on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 7,082 across 36 districts this year. Currently, 153 dengue…

APP Islamabad: Ministry of Health Federal Secretary Iftikhar Ali Shallwani called upon the global community to expedite the development, widespread deployment and accessible availability of an effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccine by the…