Health

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Tuesday issued an advisory amid a potential threat of an increase in dengue fever cases in the monsoon season. The advisory stated that the steep rise is witnessed in the monsoon season in the number of dengue virus cases for which a strong vigilant system is needed to control the rising number. …

ISLAMABAD: South Asia has the highest percentage of children ex­­p­osed to extreme high temperatures, compared to all other regions, according to a Unicef analysis released on Monday. Unicef estimates that 76 per cent of children under-18 in South Asia — 460 million — are exposed to extreme high temperatures where 83 or more days in a year exceed 35 degree …

LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif laid the foundation stone of the Kidney and Liver Institute University at the Pakistan Kidney & Liver Institute (PKLI) in Lahore on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, the prime minister recalled that the PKLI started its journey in 2015 and was completed in 2018. He said that Prof Dr Saeed Akhtar worked day and night …

QUETTA: Police personnel escorting polio vaccination team survived an armed attack during the last leg of immunisation campaign in Killi Qambrani, a neighbourhood on Quetta’s outskirts, on Saturday. This was the third attack on police officials guarding polio vaccinators during the past one week. The other two had claimed three lives. “Police personnel, who were guarding the polio team, were …

Bangladesh is grappling with a record deadly outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals struggling to make space for patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely-populated country. At least 293 people have died so far in 2023 and nearly 61,500 infected, according to official figures, making this the deadliest year since the first recorded epidemic in 2000. Hospitals, especially …

PARIS: The world’s oceans set a new temperature record this week, raising concerns about knock-on effects on the planet’s climate, marine life and coastal communities. The temperature of the oceans’ surface rose to 20.96 degrees Celsius on Friday, according to European Union climate observatory data. The previous record was 20.95C in March 2016, a spokeswoman for the EU’s Copernicus Climate …

LAHORE: PML-N senior vice president Maryam Nawaz has demanded strict action against those involved in brutal torture of teen maid Rizwana. She visited the Lahore General Hospital on Thursday and inquired after her. Talking to reporters, Ms Nawaz said the laws for the protection of underage domestic help were hardly implemented. She said if the suspect was sitting on the chair …

Massive wildfires in Canada have already spewed out twice the smoke emissions than the previous whole-year record, the EU’s climate monitor said on Thursday, with the blazes expected to continue to scorch their way through forests for weeks or even months. The devastating wildfires have burned some 30 million acres this year so far, incinerating an area larger than the …

It’s been just over three weeks since China increased checks on Japanese food imports over radiation concerns, but Kazuyuki Tanioka is already fearful for the future of his upscale Beijing sushi restaurant. Like most restaurants in China, Tanioka’s eight-year-old Toya has struggled with years of COVID-19 restrictions, which only began to ease late last year. Now it is facing a …

KARACHI: A PIA retiree, Shiekh Nizam Uddin, 73, is a man of integrity who prefers making a living by working in a ride-hailing service, over depending on help from anyone, in an economy where elderly cannot afford the luxury of living their old-age disengaged from financial difficulties. But there’s nothing to romanticize here with the life of the bike rider …