Health

Bird flu has infected a dairy herd in Ohio for the first time and was detected in additional herds in Kansas and New Mexico, according to the US government, expanding an outbreak in cows that has raised concerns about possible risks to humans. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed infections in herds across six states since it first …

The medical charity said children were turning up in hospitals with gunshot wounds from drones, while many patients were being crushed under rubble then suffering severe burns. The MSF said deadly attacks on humanitarian staff showed either deliberate intent or reckless incompetence. Amber Alayyan, MSF deputy programme manager for the Middle East, said the healthcare system in Gaza before Oct­ober …

ISLAMABAD: Capacity issues at all levels and a lack of coordination among the stakeholders were two of the key reasons that developing countries, including Pakistan, will counter the effects of climate change and mitigate losses caused by it. Aftab Alam Khan, an award-winning climate change expert, said while talking to the media on Thursday that developing countries need to learn …

ISLAMABAD: A team of doctors who examined and collected samples from former first lady Bushra Bibi in Banigala on Thursday have found no symptoms of slow poisoning in her body, according to one of the doctors who was part of the medical team. The medical team inclu­ded doctors from Islama­bad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer …

The Japanese government on Thursday announced an additional grant of approximately $4.43 million for a project pertaining to extending maternal and child healthcare facilities in Sindh. According to a press release from the Japanese embassy, the additional grant was for the “Project for the Extension of Maternal and Child Healthcare Facility in Sindh” which was initially announced in August 2021 at an …

SACLAY: The world’s most powerful MRI scanner has delivered its first images of human brains, reaching a new level of precision that is hoped will shed more light on our mysterious minds — and the illnesses that haunt them. Researchers at France’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) first used the machine to scan a pumpkin back in 2021. But health authorities …

GENEVA: Newborn mortality is rising sharply in the Gaza Strip, with babies being born underweight, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, citing medics on the ground. “From different doctors, particularly in the maternity hospitals, they’re reporting that they’re seeing a big rise in children born with low birth weight, and just not surviving the neonatal period because they’re born …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The cost of water and wastewater bills increased on Monday for many Houstonians amid the ongoing controversy over inaccurately high water billing statements, which Mayor John Whitmire pledged to resolve. The increase dates back to a previous agreement with the city and the Environmental Protection Agency in 2021 that new annual rates would increase every year on …

GAZA STRIP: Charred buildings and a rubble strewn expanse littered with bodies were all that was left of the Al-Shifa hospital complex on Monday, after Israeli forces ended a two-week offensive at what used to be Gaza’s largest medical facility. The health ministry in Gaza said that after heavy Israeli air strikes and tank fire, “the scale of the destruction …

WASHINGTON: The 2022 floods in Pakistan demonstrate how the changing global climate can destabilise a strategically important region, warns a new US State Department report on emerging security threats. The March 2024 report on “New Security Challenges,” released in Washington this week, delves into the ongoing conflict in Gaza, cautioning that the mere absence of war in a region should not be …