Health

Shams Nazeer is an 11-year-old footballer from Malir’s Jam Goth, who juggles school & labour to support his dreams to play football internationally in big stadiums. He currently plays for Karachi United, based in Clifton, some 30 kilometers from where he lives in Jam Goth, but this is not the only a gruelling part of his life. The sixth-grader has to …

Breakfast is undoubtedly the most important meal of the day because it breaks the night fast and provides the energy needed to face the day. After resting during the night’s sleep the body needs to recoup its strength and eating after getting up does precisely that. It would be mistake to skip breakfast thinking that it is a good dieting …

ISLAMABAD: In last 24 hours 55 cases of COVID-19 reported in country and no death by the disease reported, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Sunday. According to the NCOC, positivity ratio of the disease remained 1.43 in the country. In last 24 hours 3,836 Covid-19 tests conducted and 55 of them found positive, the NCOC shared …

KARACHI: Young Doctors Association (YDA) – Karachi Chapter – threatened to boycott all sectors of medical institutions if police fail to arrest the killers of Dr Birbal Genani. Young Doctors Association (YDA) held a meeting in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) Karachi in which the office-bearers announced to hold three days of mourning after the target killing of Dr Birbal …

British drugmaker GSK has signed deals with three companies allowing them to make inexpensive generic versions of Cabotegravir, its long-acting HIV preventive medicine, for use in lower-income countries, where the majority of new HIV cases occur. The injected drug cabotegravir was approved by regulators in the United States in late 2021. Last July, GSK announced a program with the United …

Chile detected the first case of bird flu in a human, the country’s health ministry reported on Wednesday. The bird flu case was detected in a 53-year-old man who presented severe influenza symptoms, according to a statement issued by the ministry, but they noted the patient was in stable condition. The government is also investigating the source of contagion as …

Chile detected the first case of bird flu in a human, the country’s health ministry reported on Wednesday. The bird flu case was detected in a 53-year-old man who presented severe influenza symptoms, according to a statement issued by the ministry, but they noted the patient was in stable condition. The government is also investigating the source of contagion as …

LAHORE: The State Life Insurance Company on Thursday threatened to close the Sehat Card programme over non-payment of dues worth Rs83 billion. The tussle between the State Life Insurance and Punjab Health Feasibility Company has intensified as the state-owned insurance company has threatened the closure of the revolutionary Sehat Card programme, launched by the PTI government. In a letter, the …

British drugmaker GSK has signed deals with three companies allowing them to make inexpensive generic versions of Cabotegravir, its long-acting HIV preventive medicine, for use in lower-income countries, where the majority of new HIV cases occur. The injected drug cabotegravir was approved by regulators in the United States in late 2021. Last July, GSK announced a program with the United …

GENEVA: The WHO has tailored its Covid-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that high-risk groups should get a booster between six and 12 months after their last vaccine. The UN agency said the aim was to focus efforts on vaccinating those facing the greatest threat of severe disease and death from Covid-19, considering the high-level …