Wegovy: Weight loss drugs popularity has employers rethinking
Shawnte struggled with her weight for years before she was prescribed Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug Ozempic for weight loss in 2020, helping the form…
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Toxic industrial-grade ingredient used in Indian cough syrup
Marion Biotech, the Indian manufacturer of cough syrups that Uzbekistan said last year had poisoned 19 children used a toxic industrial-grade ingred…
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Air sanitizing spray effective against coronavirus launched
Reckitt’s Lysol disinfectant brand said on Tuesday that it would start selling in the U.S. an “air sanitizing spray” that kills 99.9% of airborne vi…
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No evidence Covid created in Chinese lab: US intelligence
The head of US intelligence said Friday that there was no evidence that the Covid-19 virus was created in the Chinese government’s Wuhan research la…
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Diabetes cases to double to 1.3 billion by 2050: study
The number of people suffering from diabetes worldwide will more than double to 1.3 billion by 2050 driven by structural racism and gaping inequalit…
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Emergency declared in Islamabad hospitals
ISLAMABAD: Following the Pakistan Meteorological Department’s warning of a heatwave, all hospitals in the federal capital have been put on high aler…
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PM Shehbaz Sharif lays foundation stone of National Police Hospital
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has laid the foundation stone of the National Police Hospital at Police Lines and vowed to utilise all reso…
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WHO says toxic syrup risk ongoing more countries hit
There is an ongoing global threat posed by toxic cough syrups, the World Health Organization (WHO) told Reuters, saying it was now working with six …
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Dubai Culture awarded certificates for three Autism-friendly facilities
Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) has received Autism-Friendly Certificates (AFC) for the category of Cultural Facilities to acknowle…
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Italy to pass ‘right to be forgotten’ law for cancer survivors
Italy will pass a law on the “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) for cancer survivors, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pledged on Tuesday, in a move design…
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Poliovirus detected in environmental sample in Karachi
KARACHI: Poliovirus has been detected in an environmental sample in Sindh capital Karachi, ARY News reported on Thursday. According to the Pakistan…
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Cancer vaccines poised to unlock ‘new treatment paradigm’
Adding an experimental mRNA-based vaccine from Moderna and Merck & Co reduced the risk that the most deadly skin cancer would spread by 65% over…
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Weight-loss drugs pilot to begin in UK
Britain plans to launch a pilot programme exploring how new weekly weight-loss shots such as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy can be given to obese patients by…
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Best food supplements
There is no age for taking supplements as they suit every human being that enjoys existence in this planet. Their presence however is a contentious …
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EU approves first vaccine against common respiratory virus
LONDON: The European Commission has followed the United States in approving the world’s first vaccine for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus, to be use…
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DRAP ‘fixes’ prices for four cardiac stents
ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) on Tuesday fixed new prices for four cardiac stents, ARY News reported, citing sources h…
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Tips to Strengthen Memory
Memory is the capacity of human brain to store and analyse information in order to retrieve it later. Sometimes the memory falters conveying the imp…
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PIMS Hospital makes incinerators functional for medical waste disposal
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital administration has made incinerators fully functional for disposing of medical…
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Rana Sanaullah hospitalised after ‘chest pain’ complaints
FAISALABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah was admitted to Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology (FIC) for a checkup after his BP shoot-up last night…
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Sindh minister urges caution as Naegleria cases surge in Karachi
KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has asked the people of Karachi to take preventive measures to avoid becoming a victim of Na…
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Six deaths from Congo virus alert health authorities in Balochistan
QUETTA: At least six people including women and children have lost their lives due to the Congo virus in different Balochistan districts in the ongo…
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Experts warn bird flu virus changing rapidly in largest ever outbreak
PARIS: The virus causing record cases of avian influenza in birds across the world is changing rapidly, experts have warned, as calls increase for c…
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Japan birth rate hits record low
Japan’s birth rate declined for the seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low, the health ministry said on Friday, underscoring the sense of …
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UK govt launches legal fight over Covid-era messages
The UK government said on Thursday it will mount a legal challenge over the release of documents to a public inquiry probing its handling of the Cov…
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US approves Pfizer’s RSV vaccine
The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for older adults, making it the second …
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