Photo file Another case of polio virus has come to light in Pakistan, polio virus has been found in a 12-year-old girl in Tehsil Darozai of Qila Abdullah district of Balochistan. Officials have confirmed the presence of polio virus in the girl, 3 children have been infected by the police in Pakistan this year. According…
The World Health Organization (WHO) decision means that Euvichol-S vaccine can be added to other cholera-busting drugs which are not being produced in sufficient quantities to help countries battling outbreaks of the preventable disease. WHO reported 473,000 cholera cases in 2022 – double the number in 2021. “The new vaccine is the third product of…
In a stark assessment of the closure of 750-bed facility Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, the World Health Organization (WHO) maintained that aid teams had been waiting for “days and days” for Israeli permission to reach the stricken facility, where staff and patients endured “horrific levels of violence”. “We’ve had contact with the staff, the…
— File photo Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar’s unique method of destroying unhealthy meat came to light. In a video surfaced in this regard, a WSSP official was seen throwing sari into the canal and some distance away, butchers were seen catching the same meat and sari in the canal. The district administration handed over…
A new variant of corona virus, JN1, has come to light in Peshawar. 2 employees of Khyber Medical University were infected with JN1 virus. In this regard, Director General Health Services Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has sent a letter to the District Health Officer. In this post, it was stated that 2 employees of Khyber Medical University…
New York: A new study shows that more than 90 percent of people who get tattoos in the United States are unintentionally exposed to chemicals that have the potential to damage their organs. In a study published in the journal Analytical Chemistry, scientists obtained lighting samples from nine local companies in the US. Among 54…
London: A new study suggests that exposure to red light on the waist can help lower blood sugar levels. According to the results of research conducted at the University of London in the United Kingdom, exposure to a specific frequency of light for 15 minutes reduced blood sugar levels by 27.7 percent after glucose consumption….
“In the first two weeks of January, only 24 per cent – seven out of 29 – of planned missions to deliver food, medicine, water and other lifesaving supplies successfully reached their destinations north of Wadi Gaza,” said the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Echoing those concerns and highlighting the dire situation…
Beijing: A study found that light-assisted sleep can improve sleep and reduce depression and aggressive behavior in dementia patients. A study conducted at Weifeng Medical University in China found that exposure to bright light can help reset the body clock. The study, published in the journal PLoS One, studied 15 trials conducted in seven different…
File photo Caretaker Health Minister Dr. Javed Ikram explained the reason for the rapid increase in the number of diabetes patients in the country. Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman and Caretaker Health Minister Dr. Javed Ikram also participated in the walk regarding Diabetes Awareness Day in Punjab. On this occasion, Dr. Javed Ikram expressed his opinion…
