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Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change, are on track to rise 1% in 2022 to reach an all-time high, scientists said Friday at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Emissions from oil, fuelled by the continuing rebound in aviation, will likely rise more than 2% compared to last year, while emissions from coal — thought …

Bad memory can bring a plethora of problems in any individual’s life. While forgetting the wallet at home or forgetting where you kept your keys might not seem a big issue, sometimes, a bad memory can cause serious dysfunction in life. Those suffering from memory issues suffer personally, professionally and in their relationships. According to a research study, a fairly …

MUBENDE, UGANDA: As Ugandan farmer Bonaventura Senyonga prepares to bury his grandson, age-old traditions are forgotten and fear hangs in the air while a government medical team prepares the body for the funeral — the latest victim of Ebola in the East African nation. Bidding the dead goodbye is rarely a quiet affair in Uganda, where the bereaved seek solace in the …

Vaccine maker Novavax Inc said on Tuesday its COVID-19 shot retooled against the Omicron BA.1 variant showed a strong immune response as the fourth dose and met the main goal of strain change in a late-stage study. Data showed the shot, NVX-CoV2515, produced 1.6 times the amount of neutralizing antibodies in people who had previously not been exposed to COVID-19 …

Minister of Health Abdul Qadir Patel on Wednesday told that China has donated one hundred thousand doses of Hepatitis A vaccines to Pakistan. According to details, speaking at a ceremony in Islamabad on Wednesday, Minister for National Health Services Abdul Qadir Patel told that China had donated 100,000 doses of Hepatitis A vaccines to Pakistan. The Health Minister thanked the …

BEIJING: China reported its highest daily Covid caseload in six months on Monday, despite grinding lockdowns that have heavily disrupted manufacturing, education and day-to-day life. Beijing over the weekend quas­hed hopes that its strict zero-Covid policy — in which spot lockdowns, quarantines and mass testing are employed to quash outbreaks — might be relaxed anytime soon. But a torrent of …

US drugmaker Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE said on Friday their Omicron-tailored shot targeting the BA.4/5 subvariants produced a strong antibody response in older adults than the original shot after one month. In October, the companies had released data which showed the vaccine produced higher virus-neutralizing antibodies in humans after a week, but did not disclose the levels of …

BEIJING: China on Sunday reported its highest number of new COVID-19 infections in six months, a day after health officials said they were sticking with strict coronavirus curbs, likely disappointing recent investor hopes for an easing. China recorded 4,420 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections on Saturday, the National Health Commission said, the most since May 6 and compared up from …

ISLAMABAD: Federal capital Islamabad has reported 47 new cases of mosquito-borne dengue fever in the last 24 hours. District Health Officer (DHO) Islamabad has said that 47 new cases of the dengue fever were reported in the federal capital in the last 24 hours taking the total number of dengue cases to 5,026. As many as 31 new cases of …

LAHORE: The world’s top donor agency for health projects, particularly to control malaria, AIDS and tuberculosis in several countries, has ordered India to manufacture 6.2 million long-lasting insecticide nets (LLINs) for flood-affected Pakistanis, despite the fact that Pakistan already has a capacity of six million nets manufacturing, prequalified by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Despite being approached and reminded by …