Health

CM Chandrababu Naidu visits Pawan Kalyan after surgery, says he is recovering well

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu visited Pawan Kalyan in Mumbai. The Deputy Chief Minister underwent successful surgery on his right shoulder. Doctors confirmed the operation was completed successfully and recovery is…

73 children tested positive for HIV in Larkana Anti­ret­roviral Treatment Centre in June

A VIEW of the crumbling roof of one of the rooms at the ART Centre in Larkana, which is in a state of disrepair.—Dawn LARKANA: The Anti­ret­roviral Treatment (ART) Centre at Chandka Medical College (CMC) Children’s Hospital registered 73…

70 students return home after being stranded in Afghanistan

KHYBER: Around 70 medical students, who had been stranded in Afghanistan since the closure of the Torkham border, returned home late on Saturday evening. Family members of the students said their academic sessions at various medical…

Motorcycle rider killed in pickup truck collision in Catipla, Cebu City

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A 27-year-old motorcycle rider was killed after colliding with a pickup truck along the Cebu Transcentral Highway in Barangay Cantipla, Cebu City, on Sunday, July 12, police said. The victim, a resident of Balamban…

Rescued Oyo pupils, teachers may meet families today

Rescued Oyo pupils and teachers, abducted from Oriire LGA, are expected to reunite with their families today after medical observation. Get the latest on t Read More: https://punchng.com/rescued-oyo-pupils-teachers-may-meet-families-today/

Pricing delay raises shortage of medicine, counterfeiting risks

• Federal cabinet yet to decide on proposals despite Drap recommending price revisions for 105 hardship-category medicines over two years ago • Prolonged shortages creating opportunities for illegal suppliers to fill the gap, chemists’…

Kerala doctor lost 31 kg on an experimental obesity drug: What are side effects and challenges?

Marcoleta confined to hospital, posts message on Facebook

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Rodante Marcoleta called on his supporters to keep advocating for transparency, accountability, justice, and democracy. Marcoleta, who is confined at the Philippine National Police General Hospital in Camp Crame…

Five labourers shot dead near Pakistan-Iran border

• Workers hailing from Punjab killed after terrorists opened fire on shops in Washuk • PM flays India-backed terror outfits, slams killing as ‘barbaric, cowardly’ act • Seven more terrorists killed in Operation Shaban • CM Bugti reviews…

Top US senator breaks silence on health-related absence

WASHINGTON — US Senator Mitch McConnell, the 84-year-old former Republican leader of the upper chamber, revealed on Sunday that his weeks-long hospitalization had been due to a fall and loss of consciousness, with a subsequent bout of…

Ate Gay says he’s not yet cancer-free but ‘feeling stronger than before’

Comedian Ate Gay clarified that he is not yet cancer-free but he is now “feeling stronger than before” as he continues undergoing treatment. Ate Gay, whose real name is Gil Aducal Morales, made the clarification in a Facebook post on…

The normalisation of ‘not normal’ in Nigeria

Nigeria is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural society, yet what worries me most is how quickly we normalise what is not normal across sex, religion, and ethnicity. This week, social media in the North was set ablaze again…