Health

WHO sounds alarm over alarming…

ISLAMABAD/UNITED NATIONS: Every day in Pakistan, around 675 infants under one month old and 27 mothers lose their lives due to preventable complications,… Read more

Aid cuts could leave more women…

LONDON: Cuts to aid budgets are threatening to undermine years of progress in reducing the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth, and… Read more

Drugmaker Lupin recalls birth…

The pharmaceutical company responsible for the birth control pill Tydemy is initiating a recall of two batches of the medication due to potential decreased… Read more

Chinese mainland reports 380 new…

The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 380 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 264 were in Hainan Province, the National Health… Read more

New Zealand reports 6,407 new…

New Zealand recorded 6,407 new community cases of COVID-19, the ministry of health said on Monday. Among the new community infections, 2,066 were reported… Read more

Chinese mainland reports 345 new…

The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 345 local confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 253 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's… Read more

Teenage girls' screen time…

A teenage girl unable to get off her smartphone or other devices might be at risk of losing sleep and increase in depression, a new Swedish study says. 

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Pfizer offers to sell medicines…

US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday said it would sell its patented drugs on a not-for-profit basis to the world's poorest countries, as… Read more