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Pakistan's 2024 poliovirus cases reach 50

A representational image showing a health worker administering polio vaccine drops to a child ...View More

Bangladesh deaths from dengue cross 400 as outbreak worsens

A city corporation worker sprays fumigator to control mosquitoes in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct ...View More

US expected to increase biodefence spending under Trump, says vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic

Undated handout picture of a Bavarian Nordic research team member holding a test tube obtaine ...View More

Trump nominates Robert F Kennedy Jr to top US health job

Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with US politician Robert F Kennedy Jr during a campaign ra ...View More

WHO, CDC blame one key factor as measles cases surge by 20% globally

A vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is pictured at the International Comm ...View More

Nationwide campaign to administer anti-polio drops to 45m kids kicks off

A girl receives a polio vaccine during a three-day immunisation campaign on November 29, 2020 ...View More

Over 45m children to be immunised in anti-polio drive from Monday

A health worker administers polio drops to a child, as part of the Polio-Free Pakistan drive  ...View More

With its addiction eating away at youth's health, fast food 'accelerating' puberty in girls

A boy poses with a chicken burger at a fast food outlet in Taipei. — Reuters/FileAs a result  ...View More

Drap advises hospitals to procure registered drugs from authorised dealers only

Customers buy medicine from a medical supply store in Karachi on February 9, 2023. — Reuters& ...View More

What is Chikungunya and why is it spreading in Karachi?

An Aedes aegypti mosquito is seen inside a laboratory. — Reuters/FileJust like other Asian co ...View More

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