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19,595 dengue patients in Punjab: LHC told

19,595 dengue patients in Punjab: LHC told

Punjab - The Punjab Health Department Wednesday informed the Lahore High Court (LHC) that there are 19,595 patients of dengue virus in the province. As per the report, a total of 81 deaths have been

Mysterious viral fever spreading in Karachi

Mysterious viral fever spreading in Karachi

Karachi - Cases of ‘mysterious viral fever’ are surging in Karachi that match symptoms of dengue fever. It reduces the platelet count and white blood cells of the patients. However, when the patient is tested

Tobacco, diabetes kill over 0.5m people in Pakistan every year

Tobacco, diabetes kill over 0.5m people in Pakistan every year

Pakistan - It has come to light that diabetes and tobacco consumption combined are annually killing around 566,000 people in Pakistan. National and international experts said Sunday that Pakistan should learn from the experience of

75pc people in Pakistan suffer from obesity

75pc people in Pakistan suffer from obesity

Pakistan - Health officials and medical scientists have observed that two-thirds population of Pakistan was either overweight or obese due to a sedentary lifestyle. In this regard, experts have called for making sugar-sweetened beverages expensive

Pig kidney successfully transplanted into a human

Pig kidney successfully transplanted into a human

Pakistan - Carried out on September 25, a surgery involved a genetically modified animal and a brain dead patient whose family had authorised a two-day experiment to advance science. The organ was able to decline

Covid-19 infections on a downslide in Pakistan

Covid-19 infections on a downslide in Pakistan

Pakistan- The count of daily coronavirus cases is on a decline in Pakistan as there were just 663 new infections that the country reported during the past 24 hours. As per the National Command and

WHO for booster shots to immunocompromised

WHO for booster shots to immunocompromised

Pakistan- Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), on Monday, recommended the booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines and said they should be offered to severely and moderately immunocompromised people. “An additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Arrests of unvaccinated citizens: Karachi police, Home department at loggerheads

Arrests of unvaccinated citizens: Karachi police, Home department at loggerheads

Karachi police started with their action against unvaccinated citizens on Friday, resulting in the arrest of 33 people who did not possess proof of their Covid-19 vaccination. Police spokesperson Shazia Jahan said that a total

Karachi’s Central district reports highest number of HIV patients in Sindh

Karachi’s Central district reports highest number of HIV patients in Sindh

Dr Irshad Kazmi - the deputy director of the Directorate General Health Service - said Monday that a total of 2,725 HIV cases had been reported in Karachi’s Central district alone. Till August 2021, a

Pakistan launches app to verify fake COVID-19 certificates

Pakistan launches app to verify fake COVID-19 certificates

The National Command & Operation Centre (NCOC), in collaboration with the National Database And Registration Authority (NADRA), has laid forth a digital app to check vaccination certificates issued to the people after their vaccination. The