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News Desk MOSCOW: A female laboratory worker at a research center in Siberia has died under mysterious circumstances, with the official cause of death yet to be determined. The World Health Organization (WHO) has also been unable to reach a…

Nairobi: The recent death of a patient from Ebola in Kenya has ignited fears of a broader outbreak across Africa. The individual, who had been residing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), first exhibited symptoms of the virus before…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to maintain international travel restrictions on Pakistan for another three months, designating Karachi as a primary epicenter for the poliovirus. The decision to…

AFPWashington: President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a large US naval force is moving towards the Gulf, signalling continued military pressure on Iran even as he downplayed the likelihood of immediate military action and left the…

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…

SPA/APPRiyadh: The Minister of Health, Fahd bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel, has received the Guinness World Records certificate after the Diabeter Centre, specialised in treating Type 1 diabetes patients in Al-Ahsa, achieved the record for…

AFP/ APP United Nations: There are no functioning hospitals in the north of Gaza, and injured patients who need surgery and cannot be moved are “waiting to die," the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday in a plea for a…

News DeskUnited 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…

News DeskIslamabad: Health Caretaker Minister Dr Nadeem Jan informed that 43 positive environmental samples have been reported in the country which is very worrying.Poliovirus has been detected in the environmental samples of four…

News DeskRawalpindi: The District Health Authority (DHA) has lodged 29 FIRs (First Information Report), issued tickets to 11, sealed one premises, and imposed a fine of Rs 279,000 on violations of dengue SOPs during the last 24 hours.…