PM kicks off three-day nationwide polio eradication drive, vows to eliminate polio
Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday inaugurated a three-day nationwide polio eradication drive by administering polio drops to...
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Chinese diabetes medicine approved for use in Pakistan
China Economic Net Beijing: The insulin glargine injections developed by a Chinese pharmaceutical company has been approved for diabetes patients...
Beijing slams ‘unacceptable’ Covid rules on travellers from China
Beijing: China on Tuesday condemned fresh Covid test requirements by around a dozen countries on passengers travelling abroad from its...
PM directs immediate COVID-19 vaccination of 5-12 years children
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday, expressing satisfaction over the COVID-19 situation being under control in Pakistan, directed the...
Pakistan fears spread of new variant of Covid amid surge in China
Islamabad: National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) fears spread of new variant of Covid, which is driving a huge surge...
Chinese company to provide free cancer screenings for 10,000 Pakistani women
Beijing: Landing Med, a Chinese medical technology company based in Wuhan, China, dispatched three self-developed cervical cancer screening devices along...
Italy commits €6 million to improve access to health care in Afghanistan
Rome: The Government of Italy has allocated €6 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan to improve people’s...
Pakistan-China Friendship Centre hosts two-day Pak Pharma and Healthcare Expo
Islamabad: Pakistan-China Friendship Centre here hosted the 14th two-day Pak Pharma and Healthcare Expo. Asim Rauf, Chief Executive Officer, Drug...
Chinese hospitals expand ICUs, boost medical reserves to cope with Covid 19 surge
Global Times Beijing: Chinese cities and medical institutions are ramping up efforts to expand intensive care units (ICUs) and boost...
Vialli takes break from Italy duties in cancer battle
Milan: Gianluca Vialli said Wednesday that he was taking a break from his role within the Italy national team set-up...
Global efforts hold the line against malaria, despite COVID: WHO
United Nations: Despite the continued impact of COVID-19, malaria cases and deaths remained stable throughout last year, according to new...
Japan provides US$ 3.87 million new grantsfor polio eradication effortsin Pakistan
Islamabad: The Government of Japan extended its support to the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme by providing more than US$ 3.87...
Effective measures likely to eradicate polio from Pakistan by 2023: UNICEF
Islamabad: A senior UNICEF official said the polio program in Pakistan was back on track and hoped that the crippling...
Beijing, several other cities scrap check on COVID-19 tests for public transportation
Beijing: Several major Chinese cities, including Beijing and Tianjin, announced they would scrap checks of two-day or three-day valid COVID-19...
Chinese team concedes 14-day medical mission in Pakistan
Beijing: A Chinese medical team has returned to its homeland after the conclusion of its 14-day mission of post-flood medical...
Indonesian envoy urges enhanced OIC cooperation for developing Traditional Herbal Medicines
Islamabad: The Ambassador of Indonesia Mr. Adam M. Tugio emphasized the need to accelerate collaborative efforts among the OIC countries...
Fresh polio drive to reach 13.5m children
Islamabad: The third Sub-National Immunization Days (SNIDs) campaign of the current year 2022 will launch on Monday to vaccinate 13.5...
Beijing reminds citizens not to go out amid surge in Covid-19 infections
Beijing: Beijing health authorities stated on Monday to further strengthen epidemic prevention and control measures and reminded residents not to...
China’s optimized COVID-19 response measures based on practical experience, data: health official
Beijing: A Chinese health official said that the 20 newly released measures on epidemic prevention and control were well conceived...
Abdul Qadir Patel meets UNAIDS Country Director for Pakistan
Islamabad: Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel on Saturday said the government was utilizing...
China donates 100,000 Hepatitis-A vaccine doses to Pakistan
Islamabad: People’s Republic of China on Wednesday donated 100,000 vaccine doses of Hepatitis-A to Pakistan. Federal Minister for National Health...
Chinese company Sinovac to invest $ 200 million in Punjab
Lahore: Chinese company Sinovac will invest US $ 200 million (about Pakistani Rs 45 billion) in Punjab by setting up...
Youngsters trend for ‘Nicotine addiction’ becoming ‘health catastrophe’: experts warned
Islamabad: Health experts on Sunday stressed the need for educating society about the negative effects of tobacco use as E-cigarettes...
Italy: Weight loss secrets, the man who built a plane and more
Rome: In travel news this week, the Italian village whose residents boast of a "fat-killing gene," the man who built...
China-Pakistan Health Corridor to bring changes in health sector
Beijing: China-Pakistan Health Corridor (CPHC) will provide a platform that can bring changes in the health sector of Pakistan. Working...
Bilawal Bhutto condemns firing at polio team in Chaman
Karachi: Chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Friday vehemently condemned an incident of firing...
Bilawal Bhutto condemns attack on the polio team in Pashin
Islamabad: Chairman Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly condemned the attack on the polio...
Over 0.4 mln children to get anti-polio drops: DC
Islamabad: Over 400,000 children under the age of five would receive anti-polio drops during the week-long drive commenced on the...
Italy: The village with the ‘elixir’ of healthy life
Rome: It's a place of terraced lemon groves, a paradoxically warm mountain breeze, and a powerful fat-killing gene carried by...
Better care could have saved 45 babies: UK maternity probe
London: Forty-five babies who died at two British hospitals might have survived if their care had been better, the author...
Pakistan-China enjoy broad space of cooperation in TCM, Unani Tibb: Experts
Beijing: Expert Advisory Panel on Traditional Medicine, World Health Organization (WHO) and Co-Director of Sino-Pakistan Cooperation Center on TCM (SPCCTCM),...
New equipment at SIUT Hospital in Karachi to benefit renal patients
Karachi: As part of a concerted effort to strengthen the delivery of health services in Sindh Province in Pakistan, UNHCR,...
Italy recalls salmon sandwiches over Listeria fears
Rome: Italy's health ministry has recalled salmon and mayonnaise sandwiches due to Listeria concerns, days after frankfurter sausages were withdrawn...
MSF China delegation briefs Pakistani Senate chief about organization’s services in health sector
Islamabad: A delegation of Medicines San Frontier (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders lead by Xu Weibing, Head of Mission MSF...
Covid: Italy set to drop mask obligation on public transport
Rome: Italy's obligation to wear masks on board public transport expires on Friday 30 September and - barring a last-minute...
United States, Pakistan partner to launch paediatric vaccination campaign
Islamabad: The US government representatives and Government of Pakistan health officials on Monday visited a vaccination center in Islamabad to...
Pakistan to use Chinese and other Covid vaccines to vaccinate children
China Economic Net Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Institute of Health (NIH) will use Chinese and other Covid vaccines to vaccinate children...
Cabinet quashes health ministry’s summary on price hike of 10 medicines
Islamabad: The federal cabinet on Tuesday rejected the summary of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination proposing...
Italy police use Lamborghini to transport kidney
Milan: Italy's state police were tasked with a life-saving mission when two officers used a Lamborghini Huracán to transport a...
Lurking health crisis amid stagnant floodwater major challenge : Sherry Rehman
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Wednesday said almost half of the country was submerged under...
PM terms ‘polio-free Pakistan’ a national goal
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday terming ‘Polio-free Pakistan’ a national goal urged the citizens to cooperate with polio...
Protection Centers besides separate wards for transgenders at PIMS underway
Islamabad: Member National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) Manzoor Mashi on Monday said the Commission was establishing Protection Centers for...
CM Sindh launches province wide anti-polio drive
Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday launched a province-wide anti-polio campaign. He launched this campaign at...
Italy starts monkeypox vaccination campaign
Rome: Italy's vaccination campaign against monkeypox got underway on Monday with the first vaccines administered at Rome's Spallanzani hospital for...
US provides mobile lab to strengthen Pakistan’s COVID-19 testing capacity
Karachi: The United States Government on Thursday presented a mobile biosafety laboratory to Sindh Department of Health to strengthen capacity...
WHO declares rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency
United Nations: The World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, has activated its highest alert level for the growing...
Italy: Venice asking tourists to drink from water fountains instead of single use plastic bottles
Venice: Venice has launched a campaign to encourage tourists to drink from water fountains instead of using plastic bottles. In...
Chinese booster shots available across Pakistan as Covid resurfaces
Islamabad: Booster shots of Chinese vaccines are available across Pakistan as Covid has once again surfaced in the country, the...
Italy: Dying man saved with new heart, hours after hospital wedding
Rome: An Italian man dying due to complications from a heart attack married his partner in the intensive care unit...
US donates four mobile laboratories to strengthen Pakistan’s covid-19 testing
Islamabad: The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), presented four mobile laboratories valued at $4.6 million...
Qadir inaugurates dispensary at Kohsar Complex
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Health Abdul Qadir Patel on Tuesday inaugurated the dispensary at Kohsar Complex with having a facility...
China ready to assist Pakistan in diagnosis, treatment of hepatic cystic echinococcosis
Beijing: We are willing to assist Pakistan in diagnosis and treatment of hepatic cystic echinococcosis (HCE), said Peng Xinyu, a...
On int’l day, Pakistan reiterates resolve for creating a drug free society, world
Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday joined the international community to observe the “International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking”, reiterating...
Chinese doctors heroic saved life of a Pakistani boy
Beijing: “Thank you so much! Chinese doctors and nurses are so nice. Your efforts mean a lot to my family,”...
Bilawal Bhutto flies to Karachi to be with ailing grandmother
Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari left for Karachi Friday due to illness of...
Italy: Man undergoes first legally approved assisted suicide
Rome: A 44-year-old man who was paralyzed from the neck down was the first to be authorized for medically assisted...
Qadir stresses for enhancing int’l cooperation to strengthen health systems
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Health Abdul Qadir Patel on Tuesday said that there is a need for enhanced international cooperation...
Italy: Almost one in four smoke
Rome: The data from the Higher Institute of Health released their report for World No- Tobacco Day indicating almost one...
China helped Pakistan nearly defeat Covid: Health Minister
Islamabad: Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel – who has also been appointed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as head of...
PM briefed on administrative, financial matters of PKLI
Lahore: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday was given a detailed briefing about the financial and administrative affairs of Pakistan...
Pakistan to work with international community to fight COVID-19: Bilawal Bhutto
Islamabad: Minister for Foreign Affairs Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Thursday reiterated that Pakistan will continue to work closely with international institutions...
Free medicine in all govt hospitals in Punjab: PM
Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif Monday gave a major order regarding health sector orders that in all the government...
Italy: Rome hospital develops new way to treat inoperable brain tumours in kids
Rome: Rome children's hospital Bambino Gesù has developed what could be a breakthrough in treating aggressive and currently inoperable brain...
China-Pakistan partnership contributing to public well-being of Pakistan: Chinese Embassy
Islamabad: The Chinese embassy in Pakistan has said that the partnership of China and Pakistan was contributing to public well-being...
Japan-funded project for persons with disabilities inaugurated in Lahore
Lahore: A grassroots grant assistance project for construction of a special education self-support training center for persons with disabilities in...
Italy: Rome’s Gemelli rated best hospital again
Rome: Rome's Policlinico Gemelli has been confirmed as the best hospital in Italy for the second consecutive year in the...
Chinese support pledged to Altamash Healthcare System in Karachi
Karachi: Consul General of China in Karachi Li Bijian has assured Chinese government’s support for strengthening Altamash Healthcare System (AHS)....
Sino-Pak cooperation in healthcare deepening brotherhood
Beijing: China and Pakistan’s cooperation in healthcare and medicines will deepen the traditional friendship between the iron brothers. Consulate General...
2.5m children to be vaccinated during the Anti-Polio campaign in Balochistan
Quetta: A five-day Anti Polio campaign was inaugurated in Balochistan on Friday that will be commenced across the province from...
Italy: Health Undersecretary says “we hope to have stadiums 100% filled
Rome: The Undersecretary for Health in Italy, Andrea Costa, has said that he hopes stadiums will be open to 100%...
Italy sees drop in COVID-19 cases
Time: The positive rate for COVID-19 remains stable in Italy despite the sharp decline in cases for the third consecutive...
Pakistan committed to eradicate polio; Afghanistan requires int’l support to avert humanitarian crisis: PM
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday expressing Pakistan’s commitment to eradicate polio said that Afghanistan being the primary source...
Govt’s policies ensured protection of economically weaker segments during COVID-19 pandemic: PM
Islamabad: As the cases of Omicron declining in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that the government ensured...
Italy to lift outdoor mask mandate on February 11
Rome: The Italian government is to lift the outdoor face mask mandate on 11 February, the country's deputy health minister...
Italy: Omicron behind nearly all infections
Milan: The highly contagious Omicron coronavirus now accounts for nearly all new infections in Italy, the National Health Institute (ISS)...
Italy to ease travel rules for EU citizens from February 1
Rome: The Italian Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, has announced that starting from February 1, Italy will ease its COVID-19...
Pakistani authorities clear Chinese traditional herbal medicine to treat COVID-19
Karachi: Health authorities have announced the completion of a successful clinical trial of Chinese traditional herbal medicine for treating COVID-19....
Italy covid Green Pass protests return to Rome and Milan
Rome: Italy's 'No Green Pass' and 'No Vax' demonstrations returned to the streets of Rome, Milan and other Italian cities,...
Italy’s Sapienza University honours Anthony Fauci
Rome: Rome's La Sapienza University has awarded an honorary doctorate to Anthony Fauci, the US infectious diseases expert and covid...
NCOC directs for taking stringent measures to tackle Omicron cases
Islamabad: The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) in its meeting here Saturday, discussed the epidemic curve chart data, disease...
Pakistan reports highest new coronavirus cases in three months
Islamabad: The daily coronavirus toll in Pakistan continues to rise as the country reported the highest number of new coronavirus...
Asad Umar advises people to remain cautious in order to curtail virus spread
Islamabad: National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Monday organized appreciation certificates and shields distribution ceremony in the honour of...
Italy to receive 40,000 Merck antiviral drug doses next week
Milan: Italy will receive around 40,000 doses of Merck & Co's (MRK.N) COVID-19 antiviral drug next week, which will add...
Chinese Nanjing University’s Pakistani alumni among World’s Top 2 percent leading global scientists
Peshawar: Professor Ghulam Hussain, alumni of Chinese Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Technology has been included in the World’s...
Pak-China friendshilp hospital Gwadar to complete in Dec 2022
Islamabad: Under the game changer China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Project, the Chinese government is financing the Pak-China Friendship Hospital...
Italy readies new support measures for COVID-hit firms
Rome: The Italian government is preparing new support measures to be approved next week to help companies whose business is...
Italy starts mandatory jabs for over 50s
Rome: Italians older than 50 are now obliged to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to a new law which...
Italy: UK woman drives nine-year-old daughter to Milan for covid vaccine
Milan: A British mother has driven her nine-year-old daughter from the UK to Italy to have her vaccinated against covid-19....
China played crucial role in Pakistan’s fight against covid in 2021:Planning Minister
Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistani federal minister for planning and development Asad Umar has said that China had played a crucial...
Italy: Rome and Milan to become yellow zones amid covid surge
Rome: The Italian regions of Lazio (Rome), Lombardia (Milan), Piemonte (Turin) and Sicily will be classified as low-moderate risk yellow...
Italy to ease covid quarantine rules and tighten Super Green Pass
Rome: The Italian government has announced that it is to tighten its Super Green Pass rules and ease existing quarantine...
WHO warns of ‘very high’ Omicron risk as Covid surges worldwide
Geneva: Omicron still poses "very high" risk and could overwhelm healthcare systems, the WHO warned on Wednesday, as the highly...
Denmark donateS over 484,000 COVID-19 Moderna vaccine doses to Pakistan
Islamabad: Denmark on Tuesday donated over 484,000 COVID-19 Moderna vaccine doses to Pakistan. The vaccines donated by the Denmark Embassy...
Italy to review covid quarantine rules amid Omicron surge
Rome: Italy's seven-day quarantine for fully vaccinated people who come into contact with a covid-positive person could be reduced, the...
Italy clamps down on New Year celebrations
Rome: New Year's Eve in Italy will be a muted affair, for the second year in a row, due to...
Pakistan-China co-produced Covid vaccine gets great response
Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan-manufactured Covid vaccines, produced with the Chinese help are getting a great response at the vaccination centres,...
Italy: Is Covid-19 threatening Christmas traditions?
Mark Camenzuli Christmas as we know it has deep roots in Italy and, to this day, is celebrated similarly to...
US puts another 5 million vaccines under Pakistan’s Christmas tree
Islamabad: The United States asked Santa to bring an additional 5 million doses of the life-saving Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines through...
Pakistan committed to counter virus of disinformation through int’l cooperation: FO
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday said that as a victim of falsehood and propaganda, it remains committed to countering the virus...
China-funded ‘Silk Road Clinical Research Center’ inaugurated at UHS
Gwadar Pro Lahore: Pakistan Punjab Provincial Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid here inaugurated the ‘Silk Road Clinical Research Center’ at...
