There was the lowest coronavirus positivity rate on Friday after a total of three months at 3.58 percent, according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). The last time it stood at 3 percent was in February 2021. A total of 83 people lost their lives to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours; 74 […]
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COVID-19: US supplies to Pakistan 1200 pulse oximeters, 340,000 PPEs
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced to airlift emergency medical supplies to Maldives, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to help save lives and curb the corona virus throughout South Asia. BREAKING: USAID is airlifting critical health supplies to Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka over the coming days to help […]
COVID-19 claims 45 more lives, 447 new cases of coronavirus reported in Punjab on Wednesday
LAHORE: In wake of COVID-19’s third wave in the country, as many as 447 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Punjab on Wednesday, while the pandemic claimed 45 more precious lives in the last 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 10,084. As many as 312,888 patients have recovered so far. According to data […]
Malakand Division soon to be polio-free, predicts commissioner
SWAT: A meeting was held at the Commissioner’s Office in Saidu Sharif under the chair of Commissioner Malakand Division, Syed Zaheerul Islam, to review the arrangements for a national anti-polio campaign in the same area. The meeting reviewed the steps taken for the upcoming anti-polio campaign, performance of districts and polio teams in the previous […]
Why Asad Umar is disappointed at Islamabad population figure?
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar informed that 21 percent of the total targeted population in Islamabad has gone through with the vaccination. Addressing the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce in the capital, Umar said Islamabad was showing a positive response rate and had reached a point where the “first rays […]
Higher taxation on beverages, less diabetes
KARACHI: The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has proposed to Pakistan to contemplate increasing the taxes on sugary beverages in its upcoming budget to prevent diabetes among people. A recent study of the consumption trends for sugar beverages in Pakistan (Datta and Husain, 2020) shows that carbonated beverages have become an integral part of the Pakistani […]
*CBD is not a narcotic drug; EU court opens up potential new market with a “big win” decision against French ban*
The European Union’s top court ruled that CBD derived from the entire industrial hemp plant is not a narcotic, thus the French ban on marketing hemp-derived CBD products contradicts EU law. The court ruled that CBD is not a narcotic drug as “it does not appear to have any psychotropic effect or any harmful effect […]
I would’ve settled for vaccines that prevent 70-75% people from contracting coronavirus: Fauci
Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the Moderna vaccine’s early results were “stunningly impressive”. Anthony Fauci, United States’ top infectious disease expert, says he would have settled for vaccines with a prevention rate of 70-75%. In an interview with AFP, Fauci said the idea that there is a […]
PCOS cursing the generations
A new study now finds that girls who are born to women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are more likely to suffer from heart problems when they grow up. The study, conducted by researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, on mice, found that babies exposed to high levels of male hormones, which is a […]
Facebook introduces policies to prevent suicide and self-injury
Facebook has shared an update on World Suicide Prevention Day on what it has learned and steps it has taken in the past year, as well as additional actions it is going to take, to make its apps safe for the people,primarily those who are most vulnerable. Earlier this year, facebook began hosting regular consultations […]