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▶️ Health Published 31 May, 2022 08:14pm

Tobacco is not only harmful for you but also the environment

Tobacco industry leaves a long trail of destruction even before the product is sold

Health Published 28 May, 2022 05:14pm

Disease experts call on WHO, governments for more action on monkeypox

Preventing pandemics once they have started spreading is too late, say experts

World Published 27 May, 2022 04:02pm

Monkeypox can be contained if we act now, WHO says

WHO officials said that there was no need for mass vaccination

Pakistan Published 23 May, 2022 04:29pm

Sindh issues alert for probable spread of monkeypox

Health department advises mandatory screening of people who have travelled from virus affected countries

Pakistan Updated 23 May, 2022 02:53pm

Nationwide campaign begins to end crippling poliovirus causing paralysis

Pakistan aims to vaccinate 43.3m children in polio campaign; around 340,000 polio frontline workers will provide polio vaccines in 156 districts of the country

Health Published 21 May, 2022 03:26pm

WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases top 100 in Europe

Over 100 cases were confirmed in Europe this week of the viral infection of monkeypox

World Published 20 May, 2022 08:32pm

Monkeypox outbreak in Europe ‘largest ever’ in region as cases cross 100

First identified in monkeys, the disease typically spreads through close contact and has rarely spread outside Africa

Health Published 11 May, 2022 05:57pm

WHO says China’s zero-Covid strategy unsustainable

China has imposed draconian measures, trapping most of Shanghai’s 25 million people at home for weeks to combat the worst outbreak

World Published 06 May, 2022 05:35pm

Almost half of uncounted Covid deaths occured in India: WHO

Report suggests 4.7 million people died in India, mainly during a huge surge in May and June 2021.

Health Updated 04 May, 2022 10:33am

228 probable unexplained cases of child hepatitis: WHO

Most cases are from Europe but there are others in the Americas, the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia

Health Published 24 Apr, 2022 01:40pm

Malaria: Killer of African children set for vaccine zap

The WHO estimates that 627,000 people died of malaria in 2020

Health Published 24 Apr, 2022 11:26am

WHO says at least one child has died after increase of acute hepatitis cases in children

WHO says a common cold virus known as an adenovirus has been detected in at least 74 cases

Pakistan Published 08 Apr, 2022 10:11am

With 80% people vaccinated, Pakistan nears another Covid milestone

Country reports no death for fifth consecutive day

World Published 03 Apr, 2022 11:46am

China reports 13,000 Covid cases, most since end of Wuhan's first wave

Vice Premier Sun Chunlan urges ‘resolute and swift moves to stem the spread of the virus’ after a visit to Shanghai

World Published 22 Mar, 2022 05:48pm

No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021

SHANGHAI: Not a single country managed to meet the World Health Organization's (WHO) air quality standard in 2021, a...

Health Published 17 Mar, 2022 05:13pm

Under 2% of babies born to mothers with Covid get infected: study

PARIS:Under two percent of babies born to mothers with Covid-19 then test positive for the virus, a comprehensive...

Pakistan Published 12 Mar, 2022 12:04pm

Covid trajectory slows down as Pakistan eyes normalcy

As many as 571 coronavirus cases reported in a single day

Health Published 01 Mar, 2022 11:49am

Pakistan reports less than 1,000 patients on critical care since Jan 21

Covid positivity rate stands at 2.29%

Health Published 28 Feb, 2022 12:21pm

Pakistan reports lowest Covid related death toll in a month

Pakistan reports lowest daily Covid deaths in a month

Pakistan Published 22 Feb, 2022 03:49pm

Pakistan reports lowest Covid cases since first week of Jan

Contagion cases drop to less than 1,000; NCOC removes coronavirus-induced restrictions in Karachi, Hyderabad and Peshawar

Health Published 21 Feb, 2022 11:04am

Pakistan continues to fare better in fight against Covid

Country continues to report less than 2,000 coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day in a row

Pakistan Published 20 Feb, 2022 12:15pm

Pakistan shows weakening signs of Covid’s fifth wave

Less than 2,000 cases reported over last 24 hours for second consecutive day

Health Updated 19 Feb, 2022 01:08pm

Pakistan records drop in Covid cases to below 2,000, lowest in a month

Covid positivity ration also fall below 5 percent in a single day

World Published 09 Feb, 2022 11:41am

WHO urges rich countries to pay up for Covid plan

Says rapid cash injection into its Access to Covid Tools Accelerator could finish off Covid as a global health emergency this year

Pakistan Published 06 Feb, 2022 02:16pm

4,874 cases reported out of 56,051 tests conducted in single day

NCOC says Pakistan’s Covid positivity ratio stands at 8.69%

Health Published 05 Feb, 2022 06:45pm

WHO chief says discussed collaboration on COVID origins with Chinese premier

Dr Tedros has previously pressed China to be more forthcoming with data and information related to the origin of the virus

Pakistan Published 05 Feb, 2022 03:10pm

Covid positivity ratio remains below 10% for fifth consecutive day

As per NCOC data, more than 180 million have been vaccinated against Covid-19

Pakistan Published 04 Feb, 2022 11:54am

Pakistan records highest number of Covid-related deaths in four months

48 more succumb to the virus with positivity rate a shade under 10%; NCOC says more than 180 million vaccines administered so far

Pakistan Updated 02 Feb, 2022 11:36am

7,978 cases reported in a single day amid fifth wave of Covid

Nowshera reports highest Covid positivity ratio, 46.77%