Health

AstraZeneca said on Friday its experimental precision drug had slowed the progression of a common type of breast cancer in a late-stage trial, a boost for the company after its shares fell in July on results from a separate trial of the same drug for lung cancer. The drug, datopotamab deruxtecan, which AstraZeneca is jointly developing with Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo, …

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday backed Pfizer’s (PFE.N) respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for women in the middle of the third trimester of pregnancy to protect their babies from severe illness. The CDC recommendation comes after a panel of advisers voted 11 to 1 for use of the shot in women 32 weeks to …

RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi’s dengue total tally had reached 854 positive cases with the arrival of 53 more patients during the last 24 hours. Punjab Health Department said that 53 fresh cases of dengue were detected in the last 24 hours in Rawalpindi, while 9 patients are in serious condition at the hospital. Health authorities said 53 patients are being treated …

The US government is awarding $45 million in grants to help clinics treating long COVID develop new models of care and expand access, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Wednesday. Nine clinics will receive $1 million grants annually over the next five years through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) within HHS, the department …

ISLAMABAD: Two environmental samples, taken from Pishin and Peshawar, tested positive for Afghan strain of the poliovirus health department. Pakistan’s National Polio Laboratory has confirmed the detection of Wild Poliovirus Type-1 in the sewage samples collected this month from Pishin, Balochistan and Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the laboratory, the Peshawar sample is connected to the virus detected in Nangarhar …

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday it has received approval from an independent review board to begin recruitment for the first human trial of its brain implant for paralysis patients. Those with paralysis due to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may qualify for the study, it said, but did not reveal how many …

The Ministry of National Health Services has decided to incorporate the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into the immunization program to prevent cervical cancer. The health ministry decided to take immediate steps to increase the efficiency of the national immunization program. The decision to take three major steps in this regard was taken on the direction of Caretaker Minister for Health, …

KARACHI: Amid growing concerns over the delay in medical admissions across the country, the Sindh government on Tuesday set up another committee to investigate the allegations of paper leak in the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) held nationwide over a week ago. According to a notification issued by the Sindh chief secretary, the body will “probe into the allegations of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston man is in jail after being accused of sexually assaulting a toddler, and has learned a child porn investigation in New York helped track him down. Jamarius DeMichael Brown, 21, has been charged with super-aggravated sexual assault of a child. The victim, police say, was a 1-year-old relative. Court records state Brown sold a …

RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi’s dengue total tally had reached 720 positive cases with the arrival of 58 more patients during the last 24 hours. Punjab Health Department said that 58 fresh cases of dengue were detected in the last 24 hours in Rawalpindi, while 12 patients are in serious condition at the hospital. Health authorities said 46 patients are being treated …