Health

Pakistan recorded less than 1,000 daily COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day Sunday morning, data from the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) showed. Last week, the country had recorded a daily case count […]

The US government will ship 2.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan on Thursday, bringing the total number of doses sent to the South Asian country to about 18.3 million, more than any […]

The tiny Pacific nation of Palau has the world’s highest percentage of people vaccinated against COVID-19, the Red Cross said on Thursday, urging the country’s laggard neighbours to follow its example and step up incoluation […]

Researchers in the Netherlands are developing laser technology to enable “virtually painless” injections without needles in what they call a breakthrough that will ease fear and lower the threshold for vaccinations. The “Bubble Gun” uses […]

Though the recent rains brought the temperature down to 22°C, there was no let-up in dengue cases as 214 patients surfaced in the twin cities. Islamabad reported over a 100 cases of dengue fever for […]

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Zafar Mirza says the government is ensuring sufficient supplies of remdesivir for critical Covid-19 patients. He in a statement said the Drug Regulatory Authority of […]

Bombardier’s (BBDb.TO) chief executive said on Thursday the Canadian company has held “well-advanced” talks with Alstom (ALSO.PA) over remedies as it pursues regulatory approval for the sale of its rail division to the French giant. […]

The World Health Organization said Monday that the coronavirus pandemic situation i worsening around the globe, warning against complacency. “Although the situation in Europe is improving, globally it is worsening,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus […]

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza has urged public to use surgical or homemade cloth masks in crowded places rather than wearing N-95 mask. The PM took to Twitter saying, […]

Horseshoe crabs’ icy-blue blood is set to remain the drug industry’s standard for safety tests after a powerful U.S. group ditched a plan to put on an equal footing a synthetic substitute pushed by Swiss […]