Health

ISLAMABAD: A three-month-old child was found on Monday to have been paralysed by wild poliovirus in North Waziristan. This is the 18th case of the crippling disease detected in the country this year. Earlier, two cases of the poliovirus were found in Lakki Marwat. Other 16 cases of the paralysing disease were detected in children living in North Waziristan. Last …

KARACHI: The National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health Islamabad has reported Sindh’s first case of environmental sample testing positive for the wild poliovirus Type-1. The sample was collected from a sewage line from Landhi’s Bakhtawar goth in August this year. The previous positive sample from Karachi was reported in May 2021 whereas the last wild poliovirus case …

ISLAMABAD: The representative body of health professionals has advised doctors not to suggest costly tests as dengue virus can be confirmed with tests that are four times cheaper. On the other hand, there was no let-up in the number of dengue cases as during the last 24 hours, Islamabad reported 55 new patients and Rawalpindi 73. Talking to Dawn, Pakistan Medical …

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court will allow the public to hear arguments in person for the first time in about 2-1/2 years following a closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Chief Justice John Roberts said late on Friday, according to media reports. The court’s nine justices — all of whom have been vaccinated against Covid-19 — will begin hearing a …

KARACHI: Dengue fever — a vector-borne viral disease which can easily be prevented by avoiding mosquito bites — has gripped the city as hundreds and thousands of patients are reporting daily at government and private hospitals as well to general practitioners, though mortalities from the disease are low, it emerged on Saturday. Information gathered from different sources revealed that currently both …

ISLAMABAD: The United States’ Cen­tral Command, in support of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has begun airlifting life-saving humanitarian supplies to support people and communities affected by floods in Pakistan. The supplies include nearly $2.2 million worth of essential life support resources, including food preparation and shelter materials, which will be delivered over the course of the coming …

Two shipments from the United Nations carrying emergency medical supplies and flood relief equipment for victims of the catastrophic floods across Pakistan have arrived at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. “The shipments contain 15.6 metric tons of cholera kits, water and multipurpose tents that can be used as medical tents,” a WHO press release said on Friday. According to …

UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations report published on Thursday argued that an unprecedented array of crises, chiefly among them Covid-19, has set human progress back five years and fuelled a global wave of uncertainty. The UN Development Program (UNDP) announced that for the first time since it was created over 30 years ago, the Human Develop­ment Index — a measure …

BEIJING: The Chinese megacity of Chengdu has extended a Covid-19 lockdown in most areas, maintaining curbs that have ground business to a halt and confined the majority of its 21 million residents to their homes. China is the last major economy welded to a zero-Covid strategy, tamping down virus flare-ups through a combination of snap lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy …

ISLAMABAD: A sharp increase in the number of dengue fever cases has been seen in Islamabad as 49 more persons were diagnosed with the disease during the last 24 hours.   According to the statistics issued by District Health Office (DHO), as many as 49 dengue cases were reported in the federal capital, raising the tally of confirmed infections to …