New York, USA, declared a state disaster emergency yesterday after samples of the polio virus were found in wastewater in… Read More
Sindh Has Over 1 Million Cases of Infectious Diseases After Floods
While Sindh is still reeling from the overwhelming aftereffects of the monsoon rains-induced floods, the provincial health department has reported… Read More
Type 1 Wild Polio Virus Detected in Punjab and KP
Pakistan’s National Polio Laboratory in Islamabad has found Type 1 wild poliovirus (WPV1) in environmental samples collected from Lahore, Bannu,… Read More
Sindh and KP Plagued With Malaria After Catastrophic Floods
Flood-ravaged Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) are faced with another predicament — an outbreak of malaria, with hundreds of cases… Read More
Artificial Sweeteners Can Increase Risk of Heart Disease: Study
Researchers in France have found a link between the use of artificial sweeteners and an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases… Read More
Over 9 Million People Are Visually Impaired in Pakistan: Health Ministry
Thankfully, the prevalence of blindness and vision impairment is declining in Pakistan.… Read More
This Mobile App Can Detect COVID-19 From Your Voice
Researchers from the Maastricht University of the Netherlands have developed an app that can detect COVID-19 from the sound of… Read More
China Approves World’s First Inhaled COVID-19 Vaccine
National Medical Products Administration, China’s apex drug regulatory body, has granted approval for the emergency use of an inhaled Coronavirus… Read More
COVID-19 Restrictions Relaxed for International Travelers
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) declared on Friday that passengers on flights to Pakistan are no longer mandated to upload… Read More
Red Cross Announces Special Package For Flood Victims
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Psychosocial Centre has created a package of psychoeducational materials… Read More
Over 3 Million Pakistani Children at Risk of Water-Borne Diseases After Flood
Several parts of Pakistan were ravaged by cataclysmic floods caused by abnormal monsoon rains last week that killed hundreds of people,… Read More
650,000 Pregnant Women Need Immediate Care in Flood-hit Pakistan: UNFPA
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has reported that Pakistan has around 650,000 pregnant women in flood-affected areas while 73,000… Read More
