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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.…

News DeskNew York: Nearly 15 million people in Pakistan are affected by Hepatitis B and C, with 150,000 new cases reported every year. These multifaceted challenges stemmed from unsafe blood transfusions, unhygienic dental treatments…

News DeskPeshawar: The anti-Measles campaign has commenced from June 19 to 24, 2023, in 14 districts of the province with the primary objective of vaccinating approximately 900,000 children aged between six months and five years against…