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Life & Style Published 05 Dec, 2024 06:39pm

WHO gives first-ever green light to TB test

Pakistan among five countries that account for more than half of the global TB burden

Pakistan Published 25 Oct, 2024 05:11pm

Smog in Lahore ends outdoor play for schoolkids

Seasonal crop burn-off by farmers on the outskirts of Lahore is also a major contributing factor

World Published 21 Oct, 2024 09:13am

Egypt achieves historic Malaria-free certification from WHO

Certification recognizes Egypt as the 45th country

Pakistan Published 15 Sep, 2024 11:08am

Three Mpox cases detected in Karachi in a single day

WHO has approved a vaccine for the virus

World Published 30 Aug, 2024 11:37pm

Mpox vaccines to arrive in DR Congo in next few days, says WHO

Some 230,000 mpox doses are immediately available to be dispatched, says WHO official Tim Nguyen

Pakistan Published 30 Aug, 2024 09:00am

Punjab government intensifies measures against Monkey pox

Prof Akram emphasized the urgent need for cooperation from airport authorities

World Published 21 Aug, 2024 01:18pm

Thailand suspects first case of deadly new Mpox strain

Infected person has been quarantined in a hospital as a precautionary measure

Life & Style Updated 16 Aug, 2024 11:58pm

EU public health body lifts mpox risk alert level

WHO official Margaret Harris says she expects more cases outside Africa to emerge soon

Life & Style Published 14 Aug, 2024 11:59pm

WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency for second time in two years

Mpox can spread through close contact

World Published 12 Jun, 2024 08:53am

WHO confirms human case of bird flu in India

Patient had exposure to poultry at home and in his surroundings: agency

Life & Style Published 21 Apr, 2024 07:11pm

Processed meats, alcohol increase cancer risk: dietitian

In 2015, the World Health Organization named processed meat as a ‘carcinogen’

Pakistan Published 16 Apr, 2024 07:11pm

WHO warns of falsified cough syrup ingredients seized in Pakistan

Samples sent by DRAP were found to have EG contamination of 0.76-100%, according to WHO

Pakistan Updated 11 Jan, 2024 08:50pm

Pakistan seizes poisonous solvent used in cough syrup

World Health Organization has linked the deaths outside Indonesia to cough syrups made in India

Pakistan Published 03 Jan, 2024 02:01pm

NIH says ‘influenza’ spreading across Pakistan is not Covid-19

Influenza-A H2 and H3 cases on the rise as people report with respiratory problems

Must Read Published 15 Dec, 2023 03:51pm

Ban flavoured vapes, WHO says, urging tobacco-style controls

'E-cigarettes are not risk-free,' says study

Pakistan Published 07 Dec, 2023 10:10pm

WHO says Pakistani company making contaminated medicine

The medicines include syrup and suspension medicines

World Published 23 Nov, 2023 11:52am

WHO asks China for details on outbreaks of respiratory illness

Clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in north China were reported.

Pakistan Published 22 Nov, 2023 08:34pm

WHO stresses for vaccination amid rising cases of Influenza in Pakistan

Medical experts say pregnant women, health workers are at higher risk

▶️ Pakistan Updated 17 Nov, 2023 07:32pm

Punjab bans five substandard cough syrups after WHO investigation

Probe confirmed that five syrups had high amount of alcohol

Pakistan Published 10 Oct, 2023 10:59am

Pakistan fails to provide adequate mental health resources to 24 million in need

As per WHO estimate 24 million people in Pakistan need psychiatric assistance

Life & Style Published 02 Oct, 2023 11:34pm

WHO recommends malaria vaccine that will be rolled out next year

WHO chief says doses would cost between $2 and $4

World Published 02 Oct, 2023 01:05pm

Bangladesh dengue deaths top 1,000 in worst outbreak on record

1,006 people had died, among more than 200,000 confirmed cases, country reported

Life & Style Published 17 Sep, 2023 07:02pm

WHO calls on China for ‘full access’ for Covid investigators: report

'We're pressing China to give full access, and we are asking countries to raise it during their bilateral meetings — [to urge Beijing] to co-operate,' says WHO chief

Life & Style Published 23 Jul, 2023 09:20pm

PM Shehbaz wants to you to know what you eat

Starts campaign under which restaurants, packaged foods clearly mention calorie count

Life & Style Published 30 Jun, 2023 06:58pm

WHO to link artificial sweetner found in cold drinks to cancer

Consumers and food companies will have to decide whether to fight back or find alternatives

Life & Style Published 12 May, 2023 12:13pm

Wegovy, other weight loss drugs ‘no silver bullet’, says WHO amid obesity review

The WHO last issued global guidelines on the topic in 2000

World Published 25 Apr, 2023 10:51pm

High bio-hazard risk’ in Sudan after laboratory seized, WHO says

Humanitarian efforts have been paralysed by the level of fighting

Pakistan Updated 24 Apr, 2023 11:25pm

Pakistan and Malawi hit by malaria after ‘climate-driven’ disasters

Waters left after floods amplified the disease manifold

World Published 08 Apr, 2023 02:00pm

China CDC urges WHO to take ‘scientific, fair’ position on COVID origins

Shen Hongbing warned the WHO against politicising the source of the virus

Life & Style Published 24 Mar, 2023 01:03am

Elon Musk, WHO chief spar on Twitter over UN agency’s role

Musk says countries should not 'cede authority' to WHO