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Pakistan Updated 04 May, 2023 10:00pm

Pakistan confirms first monkeypox case reported in Karachi

Contact tracing under way, says Sindh health department

Life & Style Published 01 May, 2023 09:09am

Pakistan’s first monkeypox patient ‘fully recovered’

Situation is completely under control, claims Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel

Life & Style Published 14 Apr, 2023 02:03pm

South African older women splash their way to health in Soweto pool

Lifeguard-turned-coach Sibu Zabane launched the class in 2021

Life & Style Published 14 Apr, 2023 12:34pm

In C.Africa, informal pharmacies provide a health safety net of sorts

It is one of a large number of unlicensed pharmacies in Bangui

Life & Style Published 27 Mar, 2023 09:03pm

Pakistan defers decision on drug price rise as pharma firms struggle

It was unclear when the matter would be discussed again, say officials

Life & Style Published 20 Mar, 2023 10:54am

France pledges $55m to support Pakistan’s polio eradication programme

We are very grateful to French government for this support, says Dr Shahzad Baig

Pakistan Published 03 Mar, 2023 09:53pm

Health ministry raises alarm over medicine shortage

Price disputes have led to many companies stopping production of medicine

Pakistan Published 12 Feb, 2023 01:11pm

Govt announces polio campaign in 39 districts after virus detected in Lahore

Minister says fighting polio a moral and religious duty

Pakistan Updated 28 Jan, 2023 09:49am

Environmental expert reveals cause behind Karachi’s mysterious deaths

18 people died due to poisonous gas; factory owner arrested

Life & Style Updated 20 Oct, 2022 11:52am

WHO says Covid-19 is still a global health emergency

Virus continues to change, remain many risks and uncertainties: WHO chief

Business & Economy Published 22 Sep, 2022 07:43pm

ADB approves $100mn results-based loan for KP health sector

It will benefit an estimated 38 million people, including women in need of maternal health care services, says health specialist

▶️ Life & Style Updated 17 Sep, 2022 10:51am

Don’t treat Dengue, Malaria, Typhoid, Covid as the same, cautions Essa Lab CEO

'Pakistan needs better disease surveillance'

Pakistan Updated 31 Aug, 2022 07:34pm

‘Burning with pain’: Floods threaten major health crisis in Sindh

Cases of scabies, fungal infections on the rise due to dirty, standing water and unhygienic conditions, doctors say

Health Published 15 Aug, 2022 03:05pm

Novartis says lung cancer drug canakinumab fails another trial

Drug meant to be adjuvant treatment, lowering risks of cancer after primary treatment

Health Published 11 Aug, 2022 04:21pm

Landfills around the world release a lot of methane: study

Landfills in Lahore release thousands of tonnes of methane gas

Pakistan Published 28 Jul, 2022 06:24pm

Former president Asif Ali Zardari is Covid positive

PPP co-chairperson contracted the virus on his flight to Dubai

Health Published 24 Jul, 2022 02:23pm

WHO declares global health emergency over monkeypox outbreak

More than 16,000 cases of monkeypox in more than 75 countries

Life & Style Updated 24 Jul, 2022 02:16pm

“I feel like a hero when I smoke e-cigarettes”

The use of e-cigarettes is not as common as cigarettes yet

Health Published 22 Jul, 2022 01:49pm

New York reports first polio case in nearly a decade

NYT report says patient a member of the Orthodox Jewish community, was unvaccinated

Health Published 20 Jul, 2022 12:27pm

Covid-19 claims seven lives as cases continue to rise

Booster shots advised for those above 60

Technology Published 06 Jul, 2022 03:18pm

Aussie start-up using spider venom to treat heart attacks

Drug works by blocking signals body sends that causes heart cells to die during heart attack or stroke

Health Published 22 Jun, 2022 05:29pm

Can eating meat of animal with lumpy skin disease be fatal?

Reports on the death of two by consuming lumpy skin cow meat, experts rebuff speculations

Life & Style Published 21 Jun, 2022 03:44pm

Comedian Masood Khawaja passes away at 55

He died during a kidney transplant procedure