Brazil health ministry website hit by hackers, vaccination data targeted
BRASILIA: Brazil’s health ministry said its website was hit on Friday by a hacker attack that took several systems down, including one with informati…
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Pakistan sees slight rise in daily Covid cases
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported as many as 395 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours with the positivity rate of 0.77 per cent, that is higher than …
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Japan creates face mask that GLOWS when it detects Covid-19
Japanese researchers have developed masks that use ostrich antibodies to detect COVID-19 by glowing under ultraviolet light. The discovery by Yasuhi…
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SEPA seals steels mills in Nooriabad over emitting hazardous smoke
KARACHI: Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) on Friday sealed a private steel producing company in Nooriabad over emitting hazardous smoke, …
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New Zealand’s smoking ban overlooks worry about growing youth vaping
WELLINGTON: Surging interest in vaping among young New Zealanders may undermine a government crackdown on the tobacco industry and its aim to get peo…
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UK tackles ‘largest-ever’ bird flu outbreak
UK has culled around half a million birds this year as the country battles its “largest-ever” avian flu outbreak, the government said on Thursday. A…
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Samples of 3 suspected cases of Omicron sent to NIH from Karachi
KARACHI: Samples of three patients from Karachi who are suspected of having contracted the new variant of COVID-19, Omicron, are sent to the National…
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