M. Waqar Bhatti, is an investigative reporter, currently covering health, science, environment and water issues for The News International.
The advisory comes after revelations that used containers of the multinational company were employed to supply "falsified" pharmaceutical raw...
Similarly, malaria is constantly on the rise, with over 650,000 cases having been reported in different areas of the country in the first three...
According to the World Health Organization 2024 Global Hepatitis Report, the disease is the second leading infectious cause of death globally
The official claimed that the process of outsourcing the diagnostic and imaging services was initiated during the tenure of the caretaker government
The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases building in Karachi can be seen in this photo. — NICVD website/FileThe National Institute of...
Poliovirus has also found in three sewage samples from Quetta, one each from Mastung, Sibi, Nasirabad, Karachi East, South and Korangi, Peshawar and...
A Pakistani medic treats a baby girl at Hospital in Pakistan. — AFP/FileThousands of infants and children in Pakistan die each year due to...
Representational image of an autistic child. — Nurturing Parenting website/FileISLAMABAD: The prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder is six per...
A representational image of a patient suffering from abdominal pain. — News Medical/FileFollowing the rise in temperature, cholera cases are being...
“Huge quantities of finished drugs have been seized by the drug control team of Islamabad along with the machinery, raw material and packaging...
In this subsequent phase, APSUP and CCoE universities have magnanimously pledged 5,000 fellowships, furthering the commitment to the welfare of...
On average, approximately 100 dog-bite victims seek treatment at prominent healthcare institutions such as the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
A polio team administers the polio vaccine. — AFP/FileIslamabad: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute...
Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan has been appointed as Coordinator to Prime Minister on PM’s Youth Programme.
Environmental sample collected on March 06 from the ‘Haji Mureed Goth’ environmental sample collection site
Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of diabetes, resulting from high blood sugar levels damaging the back of eye
Representational image of a digital blood pressure monitoring device. — PixabayIndividuals as young as 16-18 years of age are now being diagnosed...
A health worker is administering Polio drops to children during a country-wide vaccination campaign. — APP/FileISLAMABAD: The regional reference...
Claims that over 1,500 people were having heart attacks in a day in Pakistan and around 1,000 of them were dying daily due to cardiovascular disease
Environmental samples collected from ‘Manzoor Colony’ environmental sample collection site in district East and ‘Korangi Nala’ environmental...
Federal Secretary Health Iftikhar Ali Shallwani highlighted the significant progress made under the ministry’s leadership
The basic cause of insulin shortages was massive rupee devaluation against US dollar
This representational image shows Solar panels. — Unsplash/FileAs part of its commitment to net zero by 2030, the Aga Khan University is...
A representational image of medicines. — AFP/FileThe Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan and the Federal Investigation Agency on Saturday...
Sindh Chief Secretary Syed Asif Hyder Shah chairs a meeting at the Emergency Operations Centre on March 14, 2024. — Facebook/Sindh Government...
Children say their prayers before breaking fast during the holy month of Ramadan. — AFP/FileISLAMABAD: With the start of holy month of Ramazan,...
The Sindh Institute of Child Health and Neonatology is seen in this image. — SICHN website/FilePaediatricians and technicians at the Sindh...
ISLAMABAD: Novacare Hospitals Limited, a private healthcare provider group, Monday announced that it will construct a state-of-the-art hospital in...
These new detections take the total number of positive environmental samples in Pakistan in 2024 to 46
This representational image shows an hearing impaired person. — Unsplash/FileOf the 1.5 billion people, which is nearly 20 per cent of the global...
Sindh Environmental Protection Agency logo seen in this image released on October 10, 2019. — Facebook/Sindh Environmental Protection Agency -...
Federal secretary for climate change and environmental coordination, Asif Hyder Shah seen in this image. — Facebook/Asif Hyder Shah/FileThe...
Prof. Jamal Raza explained that to make it a Shariah-compliant facility, complete records of the donors and children would be kept at the institute
The donor had wished to donate all his vital organs including the liver, pancreas, both kidneys, as well as eyes after death
A representational image of an obese person can be seen walking on a street. — AFP/FilePakistan is grappling with a concerning surge in...
Additionally, the government aims to administer TB preventive treatment to over 1.2 million people
The logo of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination . — Facebook/NHSRCOfficialISLAMABAD: In order to curb...
PMDC has directed all the concerned authorities to ensure compliance of the cabinet’s decision
Aesthetic medicine is a field of medicine that focuses on improving a person’s appearance
Met Office advises tourists not to travel unnecessarily
Around 406,615 team members, including 334,197 mobile members, 12,968 transit workers
ISLAMABAD: Around 45.8 million children up to the age of five years would be administered Oral Polio Vaccine drops during the National Immunisation...
Caretaker Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Aneeq Ahmed has said that Haj is the name of asking Allah, and Hujjaj are ambassadors of Pakistan...
