A test tube labelled “Mpox virus positive” is held in this illustration taken August 20, 2024. — Reuters Three suspected mpox patients were sent home in Karachi after one showed no symptoms and the tests for the other two came back negative, according to the Sindh health department. Geo News, citing sources, reported on Sunday … Read more
Vials of the JYNNEOS smallpox and monkeypox vaccine are placed on a table during a clinic offered by the Pima County Department of Public Health at Abrams Public Health Centre in Tucson, Arizona, US, August 20, 2022. — Reuters ISLAMABAD: A 44-year-old man, hailing from the Gujarat district in Punjab, has tested positive for monkeypox … Read more
Visitors can be seen admiring the robotic whale shark at the Whale Shark Aquarium of Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China. — Reuters/File China’s Xiaomeisha Sea World has gathered public attention for showcasing a life-sized robotic whale shark instead of a real one. The reopened aquarium, charging high entry fee of 230 yuan (Rs8,845), has … Read more
Pakistani conjoined twin girls, Mirha and Minal, separate after successful surgery by Turkish doctors at Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara. — Anadolu Agency Turkish doctors successfully separated Pakistani twin girls, Mirha and Minal, who were conjoined at the skull after a marathon 14-hour surgery performed in two stages, according to state-run Anadolu news agency. The surgery … Read more
A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign at a slum area in Lahore on August 2, 2021. — AFP Khyber Pakhtunhwa has reported its first poliovirus case while two other children were also diagnosed with the disease pushing the country’s tally to 21 of this year. The … Read more
An undated colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (pink) found within an infected cell (yellow), cultured in the laboratory, captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. — Reuters NEW DELHI: India has reported an mpox case — a man from the southern state … Read more
A doctor treats a dengue patient at a hospital in the Provincial Capital on October 8, 2023.— Online KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Thursday issued a nationwide alert warning about the spread of dengue fever in 10 major cities by October after monsoon rains. The dengue outbreak is expected to spread in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, … Read more
A lady health worker administers polio drops to students at school during a polio eradication campaign in Hyderabad on January 8, 2024. — Online KARACHI: Authorities on Saturday confirmed that a fresh case was reported in Sindh’s Hyderabad, taking the total number of polio cases in Pakistan to 24 this year. While the latest case … Read more
A representational image of an inside view of a hospital ward. — AFP/File RAWALPINDI: The patient who was thought to have contracted Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Rawalpindi was actually suffering with a viral infection, said a health official on Saturday. Muhammad Ameen, who hailed from Punjab’s Kharian, had returned from a Middle Eastern … Read more
Patients receive treatment at the Civil Hospital in Karachi on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. — PPI KARACHI: Hospitals in the port city have received an overwhelming number of patients complaining of cold, fever and body ache as cases of vector-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria, chikungunya and other viral infections increase. According to medical experts, both … Read more