Health

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s symptoms from Covid have improved, his doctor said on Friday, one day after he tested positive for the virus as a highly contagious sub-variant drove a new wave of cases in the United States. A letter released from the White House physician, Kevin O’Connor, said the President ran a slight temperature of 37.4 C on …

ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan strives to become polio-free, the region of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa threatens to upend the progress, with this year’s 13th case reported on Friday. An 18-month-old child was paralysed by wild poliovirus (WPV) in Lakki Marwat, the National Institute of Health confirmed. The 12 other cases were also reported from southern KP, North Waziristan. With Pakistan nearly achieving …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported as many as seven Covid-related deaths while 679 fresh cases of the pandemic have been reported in the country during the last 24 hours, the data shared by the National Institute of Health (NIH) said Friday. According to the NIH report, 23,035 Covid tests were conducted across the country in the past 24 hours, out of which …

Monkeypox experts were discussing Thursday whether the World Health Organization should classify the outbreak as a global health emergency — the highest alarm it can sound. A second meeting of the WHO’s emergency committee on the virus was being held to examine the worsening situation, with nearly 15,400 cases reported from 71 countries, according to the US Centers for Disease …

NEW YORK: A case of polio has been identified outside New York City and confirmed by federal health officials, the New York State Health Department said on Thursday in what would be the nation’s first known case of the disease in at least 30 years. Testing suggested the Rockland County case of the highly contagious virus may have originated outside …

Apple on Wednesday released a report outlining a two-pronged strategy in digital health markets, courting consumers with health and fitness features on one hand while engaging with traditional healthcare systems on the other. Spearheaded by Apple’s chief operating officer, Jeff Williams, the report is the first time Apple has offered a comprehensive view of its approach to healthcare markets in …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported as many as three Covid-related deaths while 599 fresh cases of the pandemic have been reported in the country during the last 24 hours, the data shared by the National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Thursday. According to the NIH report, 21,315 Covid tests were conducted across the country in the past 24 hours, out of …

KARACHI: Stocks of life-saving and essential drugs have vanished from the medicine markets in the country as the pharmaceutical sector has demanded an increase in the prices following a hike in manufacturing costs owing to an increase in the rate of dollar, fuel prices, and other factors, ARY NEWS reported. According to sources, multiple life-saving drugs, injections, and syrups are …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported as many as seven Covid-related deaths while 592 fresh cases of the pandemic have been reported in the country during the last 24 hours, the data shared by National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Wednesday. According to the NIH report, 21,264 Covid tests were conducted across the country in the past 24 hours, out of …

Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, its health service said on Sunday, after two people who later died tested positive for the virus earlier this month. Tests conducted in Ghana came back positive on July 10, but the results had to be verified by a laboratory in Senegal for …