Islamabad: National Institutes of Health to prevent the spread of measles and Naegleria Advisory issued to concerned institutions. According to Express News, the advisory has been issued to the relevant health institutions for the purpose of timely and appropriate measures regarding the prevention of Measles and Naegleria. According to the advisory, measles, also known as…
File photo Polio virus continues to spread in Pakistan, polio virus has been confirmed in environmental samples of 12 districts including two new districts Dera Ismail Khan and Bahawalpur. In Sindh, poliovirus has been reconfirmed in environmental samples from Mirpurkhas, Karachi South, East and Korangi. Polio virus has been confirmed in environmental samples from Lakki…
Sindh Health Minister Ezra Pechuho – file photo Sindh Health Minister Ezra Pechuho says that our own mistakes are responsible for the spread of thalassemia and hemophilia. The event was organized in the Sindh Assembly under the Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority. Sindh Health Minister Ezra Pechuho, Owais Qadir Shah and others attended the event. Addressing…
The World Health Organization (WHO) study, conducted in partnership with Reaching the Last Mile (RLM), a global health initiative to eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), found that rising temperatures and changing weather patterns are altering the spread of vector-borne diseases, posing significant health risks. As the geographical spread of disease vectors like mosquitoes expand, the…
Indiana: A new study conducted in the United States has found that the loss of biological diversity is the biggest environmental cause of the spread of epidemics in the world. New epidemics are emerging day by day and they often occur in wildlife. In a meta-analysis published in the journal Nature, researchers found that of…
Dr Jeremy Farrar, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the avian influenza virus – which is also known as H5N1 – has had an “extremely high” mortality rate among the several hundred people known to have been infected with it to date. To date, no human-to-human H5N1 transmission has been recorded….
While ceasefire talks failed to end the five-month-long conflict that has killed nearly 32,000 Palestinians – most of them women and children – the goal of some youngsters living in the makeshift camp was simple. The children of Deir Al-Balah decided to lift their spirits in the face of ongoing war and celebrate the holy…
File photo Due to the dry winter in Lahore, pneumonia started spreading rapidly while its vaccine was not available. According to the medical store owners, people are coming to get the pneumonia vaccine, but the vaccine is not available due to the manufacturers stopping the supply of the vaccine. In this regard, President Pharmacist Legal…
Connecticut: Common ‘forever chemicals’ found in tap water and hundreds of everyday items can cause cancer cells that can make it difficult to treat a rapidly spreading disease in the body, a new study has found. are Several studies have shown that ‘per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAs)’ compounds are associated with several types of cancer, but…
Photo file In Lahore, diseases spread by smog have taken the form of a new virus. Chest specialist Dr. Irfan Malik says that if the new virus infects one member of the house, the whole house will suffer from it, high fever, body ache, upset stomach, phlegm cough are its symptoms. According to Dr. Irfan…
