Health

ISLAMABAD: The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) will be subsumed into the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) by December 31. However, financial matters of the earthquake authority would be finalized by the end of the budget year. “Subsuming of ERRA into the NDMA is under way in light of the federal cabinet’s decision and would be completed by the end …

Air quality levels across the city are rising and people are panicking. They’re filing petitions in the Lahore High Court and organizing protests but the government says everything is fine. Pakistan may have a very different way of looking at air quality than the rest of the world—it revised its air quality standards to say levels that the rest of …

Two new polio cases have been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking the tally in the province to 61. Both cases have been reported from Lakki Marwat’s Sarai Naurang. The polio virus was detected in both children. One of the victims is 22 months old, while the other is 15 months old. Pakistan has been accused of covering up an outbreak …

Sindh is going to immunise children against typhoid and its extremely drug-resistant form, XDR typhoid, which has alarmed authorities with how quickly it has spread. The campaign begins November 18.  Doctors at various hospitals across Karachi say they have been seeing more cases of drug-resistant typhoid compared to the non-resistant type, especially among children. “All the cases of typhoid I’ve …

FRESNO, Calif. — Health issues caused by second-hand smoke from cigarettes are well-documented. Now, researchers are looking into a potential new issue: lung problems caused by vaping. Young people we talked to didn’t seem to be worried about breathing in second-hand vapors. “It really doesn’t bug me,” said Issai Rodriguez. “It doesn’t bug me. They do their business. I do …

BARTLESVILLE, Oklahoma — An investigation is underway after a frightening medical mistake in Oklahoma. Authorities say 10 people who thought they were being injected with the flu vaccine were actually given insulin. The error happened Wednesday at Jacquelyn House, a facility for disabled residents. When police arrived, they say it was a chaotic scene as patients were reacting to the …

Rapper T.I. is receiving criticism on social media after he revealed on a podcast that he takes his daughter to a gynecologist every year to verify she’s still a virgin. His daughter is now 18 years old. The “Whatever You Like” and “Live Your Life” rapper commented on the “Ladies Like Us” podcast that he gets his daughter to waive …

Spine technology company Astura Medical has announced that it’s moving its headquarters from Carlsbad, Calif., to Irving effective Nov. 4. The new headquarters will house its operations including marketing, sales, finance, accounting, research and development and even what it calls a state-of-the-art cadaver lab. Astura Medical has purchased two buildings on West Royal Lane in Irving that have a total …

US health officials on Thursday reported 2,051 confirmed and probable cases and two more deaths from a mysterious respiratory illness tied to vaping, taking the total death toll to 39. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,888 cases and 37 deaths from the illness. As of November 5, 39 deaths have been confirmed in 24 states and …

Dengue fever is spreading fast in many cities of Punjab as further two cases have come out within 24 hours in Sargodha while five patients are under treatment at Nishtar Hospital in Multan. Geo News reported that the number of dengue patients have been increased to 166 in Sargodha district in 38 days. The number of patients being treated at …