Health

KARACHI: The Sindh Health Department has issued an advisory regarding the potential spread of the dangerous “Nipah” virus, which has affected numerous individuals in India. In the advisory, the medical superintendents, directors, and livestock departments have been advised to exercise caution in a letter sent by Sindh’s director of health to hospitals around the state. The Nipah virus is known …

More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh have died of dengue fever since the start of the year, official figures showed, in the country’s worst recorded outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease. Dengue is a disease endemic to tropical areas that causes high fevers, headaches, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain and, in the most serious cases, bleeding that can lead to death. The …

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has tested positive for COVID-19 and will work remotely while isolating, his office said on Sunday, just two weeks before a general election in which his Labour party is struggling. The positive test will temporarily sideline Hipkins in the campaign for the Oct. 14 election. Labour has been sliding in the opinion polls, with the …

A country-wide anti-polio campaign is commencing from Monday in which over forty million children will be administered the polio vaccine along with the supplementary dose of vitamin A. Talking about anti-polio campaign in the country, caretaker Health Minister Dr Nadeem Jan urged parents to fully cooperate with the polio teams and ensure the administration of polio drops to their children. …

Dawn Heidlebaugh felt trapped in a disturbing pattern while taking Ozempic, the popular drug used to treat diabetes and obesity. Each Sunday for more than a year, the 53-year-old Ohio real estate agent took her weekly injection to help control her blood sugar. Then every Tuesday, she felt lethargic, depressed and sometimes suicidal, thinking her husband and four children might …

LAHORE: Government and private schools across Punjab will remain closed tomorrow (Thursday) amid rising cases of Pink Eye infection in the province.  The directions to keep schools closed in the province were passed by the Punjab caretaker CM Mohsin Naqvi. SCHOOLS TO REMAIN CLOSED TOMORROW#ARYNEWS PIC.TWITTER.COM/GHRUV0JSWA — ARY NEWS (@ARYNEWSOFFICIAL) SEPTEMBER 27, 2023   The teachers have been directed to check the …

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has decided to launch a ‘crackdown’ against spurious medicines.  Sources said the National Task Force has finalsied homework for the countrywide crackdown against the sale of fake medicines. Provincial DRAP offices have been issued directives for the crackdown. It emerged that raids would be conducted in the medicines markets of Karachi, Hyderabad, …

KARACHI: Pakistan’s largest city – Karachi ranked first among the top ten most polluted cities in the world on the Air Quality Index (AQI). Average air quality index reading of Karachi recorded 220, while Lahore remained third from the top of the list. It is to be mentioned here that AQI as high as 151-200 is considered unhealthy, while an …

PARIS: An anti-Covid drug widely used across the world may have caused mutations in the virus, researchers said on Monday, but there was no evidence that the changes had led to more dangerous variants. Pharmaceutical giant Merck’s antiviral pill molnupiravir was one of the earliest treatments rolled out during the pandemic to prevent Covid becoming more severe in vulnerable people. …

Japan’s Eisai said on Monday the country’s health ministry had approved its Alzheimer treatment Leqembi, co-developed with US-based Biogen. The development comes after a health ministry panel recommended the drug’s approval in August, followed by standard approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in July. The drug is the first treatment shown to slow progression of the disease …