Indonesia confirms first monkeypox case By: Reuters on August 21, 2022Jakarta: Indonesia confirms first monkeypox case. Indonesia has confirmed its first monkeypox infection, detected in a person who had returned from an unidentified country with documented cases, a health ministry spokesman said on Saturday. The 27-year-old male tested positive in the capital Jakarta late on Friday, Mohammad Syahril told a news conference. The Indonesian national, […]
Pakistan under the threat of Hepatitis By: Dr Muhammad Faheemullah Kamboh on August 11, 2022Despite Hepatitis cases multiplying at an alarming speed in Pakistan, government seems unserious. As World Health Organization has developed a Global health sector strategy to achieve hepatitis elimination by 2030 in collaboration with different countries’ authorities, and among them, some countries like Iceland, Qatar, Australia, Japan, etc are on the track to achieving hepatitis by […]
Pakistan confirms existence of poliovirus in seven cities By: Web Desk on August 2, 2022Federal authorities in Pakistan confirmed the existence of the poliovirus in seven cities following the collection of sewage samples from different locations. According to authorities, the poliovirus cases have been found in four Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cities. Testing involved gathering sewage samples from Peshawar, Bannu, Nowshera, and Swat. Polio has also been found in sewage samples […]
Strawberries may help fight Alzheimer’s: Study By: webdesk on August 1, 2022ISLAMABAD: Adding strawberries to your cereal, salad or smoothie can likely help protect your brain from Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a study. The researchers from RUSH University in the US found that a bioactive compound found in strawberries called pelargonidin may be associated with fewer neurofibrillary tau tangles in the brain. Tau tangles are one of […]
Pakistan sees minor drop in daily COVID-19 cases By: Web Desk on July 30, 2022According to the data released by the National Institute of Health Pakistan on Saturday morning, Pakistan has recorded another 605 coronavirus infections and three deaths in the last 24 hours (Friday). As per the NIH data, the death toll in the country reached up to 30,486 after adding the three fatalities while the number of […]
First death from monkey pox recorded in Brazil By: webdesk on July 30, 2022RIO DE JANEIRO: A 41-year-old man in Brazil has died of monkeypox, making him the first person outside of Africa to have been killed by the disease, local authorities said on Friday. First death from monkey pox recorded in Brazil. AFP broke this news. The man, who local media said had serious immune system problems, […]
San Francisco declared emergency on the spread of monkeypox By: Web Desk on July 29, 2022The mayor of San Francisco announced emergency over the growing number of monkeypox cases on Thursday. The declaration was welcomed by gay advocates who have grown increasingly frustrated on Monday. They called San Francisco’s lackluster response to a virus. The virus has so far has affected primarily men who have sex with men, although anyone […]
COVID-19 positivity ratio reaches 4pc in Pakistan By: Web Desk on July 27, 2022On Wednesday morning, according to the data released by the National Institute of Health, Islamabad (NIH), the COVID-19 positivity ratio in Pakistan increased by almost 4 percent in a single day as the country recorded 620 new cases and 4 deaths in the previous 24 hours. After testing 16,704 samples 620 came COVID positive that […]
COVID-19 positivity rate reaches 3pc in Pakistan By: Web Desk on July 25, 2022In the last 24 hours (Sunday), Pakistan reported 582 new coronavirus cases and two virus-related fatalities, according to data released by the National Institute of Health Pakistan on Monday morning. According to the statistics released by the NIH, after 2 more coronavirus-related deaths, the death reached 30,469, which represents a ratio of 2.0 percent. Among […]
Green tea may significantly help in lowering diabetes: Study By: APP on July 21, 2022ISLAMABAD: Drinking green tea may not only help in reducing your waistline, but may also prove beneficial in lowering diabetes, finds a study. Type 2 diabetes is a significant global public health challenge and is projected to affect 693 million people by 2045. It is associated with adverse health outcomes including heart attack, stroke, blindness, […]