Health

Singaporean Members of Parliament (MPs) Liang Eng Hwa and Baey Yam Keng have been diagnosed with a rare form of nose cancer, known as nasopharyngeal cancer. The silent onset of this rare cancer poses challenges for early detection. Experts reveal crucial facts about the disease to raise awareness among the public. Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is a disease that develops from …

QUETTA: A campaign to administer polio vaccination to approximately 2.6 million children under five years of age will be launched across Balochistan from August 1, according to the province’s polio eradication programme head. Syed Zahid Shah, the provincial Emergency Operation Centre coordinator, said 11,539 teams of health workers have been formed for the seven-day campaign. He was briefing a meeting …

ISLAMABAD: As the impacts of climate change are getting more intense, people are increasingly turning to courts to combat the crisis, according to a new report. The “Global Climate Litigation Report, 2023 Status Review”, published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), said 2,180 climate-related cases have been filed in a year — reflecting a steady increase from 884 cases …

July is on track to be the hottest month in recorded history, scientists confirmed on Thursday, as UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Earth has moved into an “era of global boiling” Searing heat intensified by global warming has affected tens of millions of people in parts of Europe, Asia and North America this month, combined with fierce wildfires that have …

Merck and Moderna on Wednesday announced the initiation of the late-stage trial evaluating V940 (mRNA-4157), an investigational individualized neoantigen therapy (INT), in combination with KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as a vaccine for cancer. Global recruitment in V940-001 has begun, and the first patients are now enrolling in Australia. “As we continue our efforts to advance novel treatment options for patients …

LAHORE: Two clinics of Dr Zarqa Suharwardy – a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf senator who responded to Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s objectionable remarks against the PTI lawmakers – were sealed by a team of Punjab health department after conducting a surprise raid in Lahore. A Punjab health department’s team conducted a surprise raid at the PTI Senator Dr Zarqa Suharwardy in Lahore …

Gambia’s government is “far advanced” in exploring avenues for potential legal action against Indian drugmaker Maiden Pharmaceuticals and a local distributor over toxic cough syrups believed to have killed dozens of children, it said on Friday. At least 70 children in Gambia, most under 5 years old, died from acute kidney injury last year. A government task force which investigated …

ISLAMABAD: After concluding its four-day visit to Pakistan, Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) stated that the interruption of wild poliovirus transmission was possible in six months, a period critical to eradicating the virus. A high-level delegation of the GPEI, including the Polio Oversight Board, visited Pakistan to discuss the impact of political transition on eradication efforts and the strategies in …

BANJUL, Gambia: A government taskforce in The Gambia announced Friday that four cough syrups imported from India were responsible for the deaths of at least 70 children from kidney failure last year. Health Minister Dr Ahmadou Lamin Samateh told a press conference that there were failings in regulatory and import checks of the medication, beginning with the products not being …

DADU: At least three kids died in a Malaria outbreak in Sindh’s Dadu Friday, quoting the Malaria programme in-charge. The Malaria outbreak has badly hit Sindh’s Dadu district, which was affected by massive floods last year. Over 1,000 people have been confirmed battling Malaria with over 200 cases in the last 24 hours. The residents are finding it difficult in …