Health

PMA issues red alert over 651,000 zero-dose children

PMA issues red alert over 651,000 zero-dose children

• Declares immunisation gap a national public health emergency • Blames governance failures, corruption, weak immunisation system • Calls for an immediate audit of provincial health funds KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association has…

Lettuce, Taco Bell, and 7,000 cases: An 'explosive' problem is ripping through the US

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Lettuce, Taco Bell, and 7,000 cases: An 'explosive' problem is ripping through the US

Health authorities in dozens of states are scrambling to trace the outbreak's origins.

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'Not in good shape but ...': Sonam Wangchuk refuses to end fast despite health concerns

Sonam Wangchuk continues his hunger strike for nineteen days, stating his health is not critical. He urged supporters to join a Parliament march on July 20 instead of asking him to break his fast. Wangchuk believes his protest sends a…

PTI to launch nationwide movement from Aug 5

PTI to launch nationwide movement from Aug 5

ISLAMABAD: The PTI parliamentary party decided to launch a nationwide movement from August 5 for the release of party chief Imran Khan and acceptance of other demands. The day will mark the completion of the former prime minister’s third…

Man seriously injured after alleged Christchurch assault

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Man seriously injured after alleged Christchurch assault

A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after an alleged assault in Christchurch.

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Susumu Tonegawa, first Japanese Nobel laureate in medicine, dies at 86

Susumu Tonegawa, first Japanese Nobel laureate in medicine, dies at 86

Tonegawa received the Nobel Prize in 1987 for clarifying how limited sets of genes produce various antibodies that play an important role in immunity.

'To keep troops at their absolute best'

US defense secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new annual testosterone screening program. This initiative will target military personnel aged thirty and older for better performance. Service members under thirty can volunteer for testing…

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Nurse held over patient's death after allegedly injecting stool into IV

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Nurse held over patient's death after allegedly injecting stool into IV

A nurse was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murdering an elderly patient by allegedly injecting excrement into his intravenous tube during a night shift at a hospital near Tokyo, police said. Miyuki Furukawa, 51, who was working at the…

RNZ

Sir Sam Neill's cause of death revealed

The actor's death was sudden and he remained "cancer free", his family said on Monday.

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Fears for New Zealand’s native species as first bird flu case emerges

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Fears for New Zealand’s native species as first bird flu case emerges

Minister urges public to report cases of three or more sick or dead birds in a group after brown skua seabird tests positive for H5N1 on Wellington beach The deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed in New Zealand for the first time…

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Frontline communities face longer wait for funds

Frontline communities face longer wait for funds

• FRLD board defers funding decisions till December, receives 176 requests from 119 states • Pakistan submits three proposals on agriculture, health, flash flood losses • Civil society concerned over ‘lack of transparency’, red tape…

Ex-nurse in Chiba Prefecture suspected of killing patient by mixing feces in IV

Ex-nurse in Chiba Prefecture suspected of killing patient by mixing feces in IV

After the inpatient died from multiple organ failure resulting from sepsis, a brown-colored foreign object was discovered in his IV tube, according to the police.