Health

PM Khan lauded the polio workers and paid rich tribute to them. The polio workers from Swat had won the hearts online across Pakistan and from across world after their snow video went viral on social media platforms. #SalamPolioWorker become a top trend on social media after video of polio worker identified as Inamullah making his way at -13 degree …

The Health Ministry and State life has signed a land mark contract for provision of Sehat Insaf Card to 15 Million Families Contract was signed for Implementation of Sehat Sahulat Program (SSP) in all districts of Pakistan in line with vision of Prime Minister’s Universal Health Coverage. The contract was signed by Captain (R) Zahid Saeed, Federal Secretary National Health …

KARACHI: The polio workers from Swat have won the hearts online across Pakistan and from across world after their snow video went viral on social media platforms. #SalamPolioWorker has become a top trend on social media after video of polio worker identified as Inamullah making his way at -13 degree Celsius in over 4 feet snow-covered mountainous area to perform …

The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination has issued a Notification to print new Pictorial Health Warning (PHW) on cigarette packs and outers. The size of new warning has been increased from 50% to 60%.  The PHW will be printed on both sides of cigarette packs and outers, manufactured in the country and imported to Pakistan. The warning …

Berlin -Germany´s coalition government agreed in principle Tuesday to soften a controversial law that bars medical doctors from advertising abortion services. Gynaecologists and hospitals will now be allowed to share essential information about where and how women can terminate unwanted pregnancies. German law allows abortions but has long effectively discouraged them through various hurdles such as the advertising ban. Last …

KARACHI: Thousands of patients in Sindh were suffering due to doctors’ strike over non-acceptance of their demands regarding increase in pay and allowances. All the OPDs in Karachi’s major hospitals including JPMC, Civil Hospital and District Headquarters hospitals across the province were shut. The doctors maintained that the OPDs will continue to remain closed for three days and if their …

LOS ANGELES: A state of emergency was declared on Friday in the western US state of Washington following a measles outbreak that has affected more than two dozen people, the majority of them children. The disease was declared eliminated in the US in 2000 but has since made a comeback that is tied to imported cases and the rise of …

ISLAMABAD: The Exe­cu­tive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Friday approved two projects — $986 million polio eradication and Rs9.5 billion Swabi-Mardan Highway — but deferred approval of the Rs46.5bn Nai Gaj Dam project. The meeting was presided over by Finance Minister Asad Umar who asked the Sindh government to provide technical details about the development of associated …

Every year in the United States, about 5,000 young people take their own lives. According to a CDC report in 2016, suicide was the second-leading cause of death in people ages 10 to 34. Many more may be in crisis and don’t know where to turn for help. New community mental health training in Collin County aims to change that. Laura …

ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani on Monday took notice of the mysterious disease that has spread in  Bolan district of Balochistan and ordered to send a team of experts to tackle the situation. The team will gather information about the disease and will formulate a strategy to check the epidemic. The members of Balochistan provincial assembly and local representatives …