Covid-19: Pakistan’s positivity ratio nears 4pc
ISLAMABAD: The Covid-19 positivity ratio in Pakistan is nearing 4 per cent amid a steady surge in infections across the country, as 694 new cases we…
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NCOC defines criteria for COVID-19 booster dose
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has set the criteria for COVID-19 booster dose as the cases once again rose in the count…
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Drugs shortage on the cards as pharma industry rejects sales tax
ISLAMABAD: The Pharmaceutical industry has refused to accept a one percent sales tax on medicines by the government, raising concerns regarding the …
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Pakistan reports 641 fresh Covid cases, two deaths
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday reported as many as 641 fresh cases of the Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the National Institute of Health (NIH) dat…
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Sindh CS makes wearing face masks mandatory at secretariat
KARACHI: Amid rising cases of coronavirus, officers and people coming to Sindh Secretariat have been made bound to wear facemasks, ARY News reported…
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BioNTech, Pfizer to start testing universal vaccine for coronaviruses
Germany’s BioNTech, Pfizer’s partner in COVID-19 vaccines, said the two companies would start tests on humans of next-generation shots that protect …
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COVID-19 positivity ratio rises to 3.5pc in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan continues to record a slight increase in COVID-19 cases as the country has registered 541 new infections over the last 24 hours,…
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China slashes COVID quarantine time for international travellers
China slashed the quarantine time for inbound travellers by half on Tuesday, in a major easing of COVID-19 curbs that have deterred cross-border tra…
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Three killed in attack over polio vaccination team in North Waziristan
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Two policemen and a polio worker were killed as unknown gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in the North Waziristan district …
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Lynparza: AstraZeneca gets EU backing for breast cancer therapies
AstraZeneca said on Monday two of its existing therapies were recommended for treating patients with some forms of high-risk breast cancers in the E…
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Govt decides to ramp up Covid testing in Karachi as cases rise
KARACHI: Amid an alarming rise in the coronavirus positivity rate in Karachi, the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) has decided to incre…
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CNICs to be used as health cards now!
ISLAMABAD: National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has signed an agreement with the health ministry for Sehat Sahulat Programme in whic…
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Sales tax on pharma raw materials to be slashed: Qadir Patel
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Health Abdul Qadir on Monday announced that sales tax on pharma raw materials is being slashed after the reservations, ARY N…
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Karachi’s Covid positivity ratio soars to 22pc
KARACHI: The COVID-19 positivity ratio in Karachi has reached an alarming level of 22.65 percent, the highest in the country, ARY News reported on M…
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WHO says monkeypox is not yet a health emergency
Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) ruled on Saturday, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom …
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Punjab faces shortage of life-saving drugs after sales tax imposition
LAHORE: Punjab province is facing a shortage of life-saving drugs with pharmaceutical manufacturers blaming sales tax on raw material behind the sho…
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Five-day polio immunization campaign begins across Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A five-day polio immunization campaign has begun in the country from today aimed at administering drops to 12.6 million children in the c…
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Punjab health experts fear dengue resurge in Lahore
LAHORE: After an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, a dengue outbreak has been feared in Punjab’s provincial capital, Lahore, ARY News report…
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Pregnant woman loses life due to doctors’ negligence
A pregnant woman lost her life due to alleged negligence of the doctors at a Tehsil Headquarters Hospital of Muridke and later the family was handed…
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Roe v. Wade: Biden administration signals fight over medication abortion
President Joe Biden’s administration indicated it will seek to prevent states from banning a pill used for medication abortion in light of the Supre…
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One more polio case reported in North Waziristan
Pakistan has reported a new case of polio as the health authorities diagnosed an eight-month-old baby boy with poliovirus in North Waziristan’s Mir …
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Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: As many as 303 new coronavirus cases were reported in country over the last 24 hours, according to the daily update of the National Insti…
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Monkeypox case count rises to more than 3,200 globally: WHO
More than 3,200 confirmed monkeypox cases and one death were reported to the World Health Organization as part of the current outbreak. There is ne…
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GSK, Novartis pledge funds for diseases that mostly affect the poor
GSK and Novartis on Thursday reinforced commitments to address neglected tropical diseases, as world leaders and health experts gather in Rwanda to …
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Daily Covid-19 cases surge to 267 in Pakistan, one die
ISLAMABAD: A surge of Covid-19 cases witnessed in Pakistan with 267 infections in last 24 hours, while a death reported in the country, ARY News rep…
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Moderna booster candidate shows strong response against Omicron subvariants
Moderna said on Wednesday that an updated version of its COVID-19 vaccine designed to target the Omicron variant also generated a strong immune resp…
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Four suspected Congo Virus patients admitted in Quetta hospital
QUETTA: Four suspected cases of Congo hemorrhagic fever were brought to a hospital here, one of which found to be patient of the deadly disease, ARY…
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Explainer: What to know about COVID vaccines for young children
The United States has begun rolling out COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months after receiving the go-ahead from the Food and Drug Ad…
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Peshawar reports four Congo virus cases
PESHAWAR: Four people have been admitted to Hayyatabad Medical Complex after detection of Congo virus in Peshawar, KP, ARY News reported on Tuesday.…
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Federal health experts caution against Congo Virus infection ahead of Eid
ISLAMABAD: Amid apprehensions of Congo Virus spread ahead of the Eid ul Adha the federal health experts have prepared an advisory for protection fro…
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US national reaches Sindh’s GIMS for liver transplantation
KARACHI: A United States (US) national flew to Sindh to get her liver treatment at Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), ARY News reported on…
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Pakistan sees surge in COVID-19 cases
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has once again witnessed an increase in daily Covid-19 cases as 171 people were found infected during the last 24 hours, accordi…
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‘Saving lives’: PM Shehbaz Sharif launches nationwide CPR training
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has launched an initiative titled National Movement on CPR training, Head of Prime Minister of Pakistan’s S…
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Omicron less likely to cause long COVID, UK study says
The Omicron variant of coronavirus is less likely to cause long COVID than previous variants, according to the first peer-reviewed study of its kind…
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433,173 children deprived of anti-polio drops: sources
ISLAMABAD: As many as 433,173 children were deprived of anti-polio drops during a week-long drive against the crippling disease in the country, ARY …
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