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Pakistan's polio tally rises to eight with new case in KP
Sun, 01 Nov 2026 20:32:00 +05:00

A health worker administers polio drops to a child at a railway station during a polio vaccination campaign in Lahore. — AFP/File13-month-old girl from Bara affected by poliovirus.Khyber reports second polio case this year.KP accounts for six of Pakistan's eight cases.

Pakistan registers 3,900 children with HIV in 18 months
Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:19:33 +05:00

A representational image for HIV. — Reuters/FileSindh, Punjab account for 3,680 of 3,900 registered cases.92,148 of 417,214 people living with HIV registered nationwide.Pakistan remains among countries with largest hepatitis burden.

ISLAMABAD: A total of 3,900 children tested...

Imperiled pregnancies: How heat storms threaten mothers and babies
Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:29:58 +05:00

A premature baby lying in an incubator in the neonatal intensive care unit at Juárez Hospital in Mexico City. Reuters found that when heat storms and ordinary heat waves hit in the final month of pregnancy, premature births rise by as much as 18%. — Reuters

Over the last...

First patient undergoes pioneering stem-cell treatment for Parkinson's
Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:15:00 +05:00

China's Health Ministry has ordered a stop to unapproved stem cell treatments. — Reuters

A patient has undergone pioneering stem-cell therapy to treat Parkinson's disease, the Japanese drugmaker behind the treatment said on Friday, in a world-first following its conditional...

Counterfeit flu vaccine stock seized in Lahore amid nationwide shortage
Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:09:00 +05:00

A representational image shows a syringe filled with a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. — AFP/FileTwo suspects apprehended in Lahore raid: official.Urges public to buy vaccines from licensed pharmacies.Vaccines by multinational firms unavailable: official.

LAHORE: Authorities in...

Karachi residents advised to mask up in crowded spaces amid surge in flu cases
Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:46:21 +05:00

Men wearing protective face masks walk amid the rush of people outside a market during an outbreak of the coronavirus disease continues, in Karachi, Pakistan June 8, 2020. — ReutersSeasonal weather changes key factor behind rising flu cases.Children, elderly people and HIV patients face...

Drap directed to reassess drug pricing proposals, including flu vaccines
Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:00:19 +05:00

Representational image of a pharmacy. — Reuters42 of 52 proposals concern new strengths of existing medicines.Lower import costs raise questions over influenza vaccine prices.Revised recommendations to go to federal cabinet for final approval.

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister...

No shortage of flu vaccines in Pakistan, says health minister
Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:18:00 +05:00

A nurse prepares an injection of the influenza vaccine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts January 10, 2013. — ReutersMultinational flu vaccine brands remain unavailable.Cabinet approval awaited for proposed vaccine prices.Minister says Chinese-manufactured vaccine...

Experimental cancer vaccine reduces melanoma death or recurrence risk by 42%
Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:39:00 +05:00

The picture shows doctor gives a vaccine dose to a patient. — Reuters/File

Moderna and Merck have said that their mRNA cancer vaccine, when combined with Merck's widely used immunotherapy, cut the risk of melanoma death or recurrence by 42% in a large trial, potentially...

France reports first human case of livestock virus Shamonda after patient dies
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 20:10:00 +05:00

Cows are seen on the eve of the opening of the 2025 Paris International Agriculture Fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, February 21, 2025. — Reuters

PARIS: France on Thursday reported the first human case of the Shamonda virus usually found in...

Karachi reports polio case as Pakistan's 2026 tally hits seven
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:01:00 +05:00

A health worker administers polio drops to a child on the first day of a nationwide polio vaccination campaign, in Karachi on February 3, 2025. — AFPFive cases reported in KP this year.Two cases detected in Sindh so far.National campaign set for November.

KARACHI: A polio case...

Health ministry official says plague risk in Pakistan 'very low' after suspected Siberia case
Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:28:00 +05:00

Representational image of a bacteria. — ReutersNIH capable of diagnosing plague cases.Health ministry monitoring situation, says health DG.WHO reportedly not fully briefed on suspected case.

ISLAMABAD: The federal health ministry has said the risk of plague spreading in...

Explainer: What do we know so far about plague institute lab worker's death in Russia?
Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:07:29 +05:00

A view of the Medical Assistance and Rescue Centre, an infectious diseases hospital, in the town of Shelekhov in the Irkutsk region, Russia, October 5, 2026. — Reuters

A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances...

WHO chief urges transparency amid Russia plague reports
Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:20:00 +05:00

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024.— Reuters

The WHO said on Wednesday it wanted more information from...

Pakistan's polio tally reaches six as seven-year-old boy tests positive in Khyber
Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:59:40 +05:00

A health worker administers polio drops to a child during a door-to-door vaccination campaign amidst heavy snow in the Bakwali-Surgan area of AJK's Neelum Valley, on February 4, 2025. — AFPKhyber reports its first polio case since 2019.Special vaccination drive planned in high-risk...

US-German trio win medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics
Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:25:34 +05:00

Left to right — US scientist Karl Deisseroth, German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel . — AFP

STOCKHOLM: The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their...

'Mysterious' virus kills Russian lab worker, sends 'hundreds' into quarantine
Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:23:00 +05:00

A lab technician tests wastewater samples from around the United States at Biobot Analytics, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, February 22, 2022. — Reuters

A Russian laboratory researcher died from an unknown infection that was reportedly released as a result of a laboratory accident...

For Pakistan rising fistula cases make SDG 3 goal elusive
Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:19:17 +05:00

Shehnaz Ali from Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan, has been living with a fistula for 16 years.— Author

“You’re living a life drained of joy,” is how Shehnaz Sher Ali describes her “perpetually wet and stinky” existence. “I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy,” says the...

British-Pakistani surgeon sets new UK record with single-port robotic surgery
Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:19:11 +05:00

British-Pakistani consultant gynaecologist and robotic surgeon Dr Amer Raza and the da Vinci Surgical System. — Reporter

LONDON: British-Pakistani consultant gynaecologist and robotic surgeon Dr Amer Raza has set a new record in Britain after pioneering single-port robotic...

Pakistan reports fifth polio case of 2026
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:38:30 +05:00

Female Polio worker administering polio drops to children at Warsak road during anti-polio vaccination campaign in Peshawar on September 9, 2024. — APP17-month-old infected with virus: NEOC.KP remains most-affected province.NEOC claims polio cases reduced by 99.8%.

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