—File photo It has been decided to strictly monitor the movement of sacrificial animals before Eid-ul-Azha in Rawalpindi. A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Commissioner Rawalpindi Amir Khattak regarding the prevention of Congo virus, in which the department, livestock and administrative officers participated. Illegal sale points of sacrificial animals have been banned in…
London: A study revealed that domesticated and wild animals did not infect humans with viruses as much as humans did to animals. Researchers at the UK’s University College London (UCL) analyzed all publicly available viral genome sequences to determine where the virus from one organism infected another vertebrate. Understanding why and how viruses are transmitted…
—–File photo The World Health Organization (WHO) says that the deadly Congo virus is transmitted from animals to humans, the virus can be transmitted to others by being close to and touching an infected person. The WHO said that a large number of doctors and nurses are among those affected by the Congo virus worldwide….
It was in 2017, when I went to the doctors when my health deteriorated, it was sadly diagnosed that my brother-in-law, Imtiaz Rahman, was suffering from liver cancer. He was treated at cancer hospitals in Lahore and Islamabad, but could not recover. Doctors said that the only treatment for this condition is liver transplantation. The…
Common blood pressure medications have been shown to have positive effects on some cats. Photo: File Karachi: A common blood pressure drug was tested on certain types of worms, and it theoretically increased the worms’ lifespan and slowed the aging process. Medicines of the rilmanidine group are usually prescribed to control blood pressure. Experts fed…
Local young people in the city of Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, are teaming up with the UPSHIFT programme, run by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), to care for animals evacuated from dangerous regions. Over 300 young people have joined the initiative to house the abandoned pets, mainly cats and dogs, and which hopes to encourage people to…
Lahore: A report by Action for Animal Health revealed that 75 percent of new and emerging infectious diseases originate from animals. Emphasis has been placed on capacity building. Dare Brock, who works on the health of working animals around the world, including Pakistan, has released a report which states that there is a global imbalance…
The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN-backed World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) have come together in the face of multiple global emergencies – from COVID-19 to Ebola – continued threats of disease spillover between animals and humans, loss of…
File photo Investigations are still going on to find out the origin of the corona virus that has killed millions of people worldwide, but now a new claim has been made based on some clear evidence. According to foreign media, in a recent report, it has been revealed that the corona virus was transferred from…
