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Cabinet approves ‘Single Use Plastic Prohibition Regulations 2023’ on World Environment Day

Abuzar UsamaJune 6, 2023June 6, 2023

June 6, 2023June 6, 20230309

Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that the federal cabinet approved ‘Single Use Plastic Prohibition Regulations 2023’ on the occasion of the World...

AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso slashes death risk in certain post-surgery lung cancer patients

shan khanJune 5, 2023June 5, 2023

June 5, 2023June 5, 20230237

LONDON: AstraZeneca’s lung cancer therapy, Tagrisso, cut the risk of death by more than half in patients with a certain form of lung cancer who...

Heart attack adds six years to brain age: study

shan khanJune 2, 2023June 2, 2023

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ISLAMAABAD: New research shows that having a heart attack eventually leads to faster mental decline that is the equivalent of adding 6 years to the...

No tobacco day being observed across globe today

Abuzar UsamaMay 31, 2023May 31, 2023

May 31, 2023May 31, 20230253

Web Desk: World No Tobacco Day is being observed across the globe today. This year, theme for the day is Grow Food, Not Tobacco. Growing...

Brain-eating amoeba kills one in Karachi

shan khanMay 29, 2023May 29, 2023

May 29, 2023May 29, 20230299

KARACHI: The brain-eating amoeba, naegleria fowleri, claimed the life of a 19-year-old man in Karachi on Monday, reported health authorities. Zahir Shah was brought to the hospital...

Week-long anti-polio campaign to begin from tomorrow

Abuzar UsamaMay 14, 2023May 14, 2023

May 14, 2023May 14, 20230242

Islamabad/Karachi/Lahore/Peshawar/Quetta: Under the National Immunisation Programme, a week-long anti-polio campaign will kick off on Monday in various districts of the four provinces in the country....

Pakistan reports 16 coronavirus cases, one death in 24 hours

shan khanMay 8, 2023May 8, 2023

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Pakistan has reported one death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,580,884. The...

COVID-19 no longer threat to global health: WHO

shan khanMay 6, 2023May 6, 2023

May 6, 2023May 6, 20230281

In a major announcement, World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic — which has killed more than 6.9 million humans — does...

Pakistan reports 22 more cases of Covid-19

shan khanMay 5, 2023May 5, 2023

May 5, 2023May 5, 20230320

Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases surged to 1,580,823. The nationwide...

Poliomyelitis Cases in Pakistan are now restricted to southern KP

Abuzar UsamaApril 29, 2023April 29, 2023

April 29, 2023April 29, 20230315

Islamabad: The director general of World Health Organisation (WHO) has submitted a report to the forthcoming World Health Assembly that cases of poliomyelitis in Pakistan...

Pakistan to approach WHO for vaccine amid fears of mpox spread

shan khanApril 27, 2023April 27, 2023

April 27, 2023April 27, 20230314

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to obtain anti-monekypox vaccine from the World Health Organisation as the South Asian country reported first two cases of infectious diseases....

Health ministry issues guidelines on mpox after one case reported at Islamabad airport

Abuzar UsamaApril 26, 2023April 26, 2023

April 26, 2023April 26, 20230299

Islamabad: The Ministry of National Health Science has issued guidelines regarding mpox to all airports in Pakistan following the detection of a case at the...

World Malaria Day being observed today

shan khanApril 25, 2023April 25, 2023

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KARACHI: Countries around the globe including Pakistan are observing April 25 as World Malaria Day to increase awareness about this dangerous disease. The World Health...

Pakistan reports 17 more cases of Covid-19

shan khanApril 25, 2023April 25, 2023

April 25, 2023April 25, 20230295

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported 17 cases of Covid-19 on Monday. According to National Health Services (NHS) the country reported 17 cases of Covid-19 within 24-hours on...

World Immunization Week being observed from today

Abuzar UsamaApril 24, 2023April 24, 2023

April 24, 2023April 24, 20230224

World Immunization Week is being observed countrywide from Monday to raise awareness about the importance of vaccination in protecting against diseases. This year’s theme ‘The...

Pakistan reports 22 coronavirus cases in 24 hours

shan khanApril 22, 2023April 22, 2023

April 22, 2023April 22, 20230248

LAHORE: Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases surged to 1,580,579. The...

FDA clears extra Covid booster for some high-risk Americans

shan khanApril 20, 2023April 20, 2023

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WASHINGTON: U.S. regulators on Tuesday cleared another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna Covid-19 vaccines for older Americans and people with weak immune systems....

KP govt temporarily suspends Sehat Card Plus

shan khanApril 19, 2023April 19, 2023

April 19, 2023April 19, 20230416

PESHAWAR: The Sehat Card Plus, which provided medical treatment to people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was temporarily suspended from Wednesday. This comes after a similar decision...

New Covid sublineages identified since Fauci’s retirement

shan khanApril 18, 2023April 18, 2023

April 18, 2023April 18, 20230230

More than one new sublineage of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 was identified after the retirement of top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, contrary...

Five-day anti-polio campaign begins in different parts of KP

shan khanApril 14, 2023April 14, 2023

April 14, 2023April 14, 20230298

A five-day anti-polio campaign began in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa today. According to the health department, the campaign has been launched in Bannu, Dera...

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Brain-eating amoeba kills one in Karachi

Pakistan reports 16 coronavirus cases, one death in 24 hours

Pakistan reports 22 more cases of Covid-19

Pakistan reports 22 coronavirus cases in 24 hours

KP govt temporarily suspends Sehat Card Plus