Health

Budget FY27: Experts welcome tax relief on sanitary pads, contraceptives but urge caution

'Alcohol consumption to decline globally despite rising demand in India'

Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases rises to nearly 600

Nearly 500 confirmed cases in Central Africa Ebola outbreak: WHO

China, Pakistan deepen cooperation in traditional medicine

In a first, 'universal vaccine' designed by AI

Unsafe food kills 1.5m people a year worldwide: WHO

Ebola had 'big head-start' but response catching up: WHO

WHO says suspected Ebola cases drop to 116 after hundreds ruled out

Federal cabinet approves 'track and trace system' to combat counterfeit medicines

Dutch health officials clear hantavirus ship to sail again

WHO chief rallies community in Congo's Ebola response, calls for more funding

African Union's health agency vows Ebola Bundibugyo vaccine by end of 2026

Social media as bad for children as smoking, say British doctors

Ebola patients flee in attacks on Congo health facilities, hobbling response

Pakistan tightens airport screening after Ebola outbreak in Africa

Doctors suspended after HIV-positive patient operated on at Multan hospital

Uruguay records first death by euthanasia

Dr Naseem Salahuddin, senior infectious diseases specialist, dies in Morocco road accident

Ebola risk upgraded to 'very high' in DR Congo: WHO chief

EU says risk of Ebola infection in the bloc is 'very low'

WHO worried about 'scale and speed' of deadly Ebola outbreak

WHO declares international emergency as Ebola outbreak kills more than 80 in DR Congo

Portrait of a killer: The deadly virus that refuses to die — Ebola's 50-year reign of death

No vaccine for latest Ebola outbreak, warns DRC as toll hits 80

Bilawal inaugurates health initiatives including air ambulance service in Balochistan

Harmless medicines? Indian pharma fuels Africa's 'zombie drug' and opioid crisis

WHO says eight passengers tested positive for hantavirus

WHO chief says 'work not over' after hantavirus evacuation

What if we killed all mosquitoes?

Hantavirus: Confirmed cases by nationality

US, French nationals from hantavirus ship test positive

Evacuation of hantavirus-hit ship begins in Canary Islands

European states to send planes to evacuate citizens from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

Hantavirus outbreak risk to public 'absolutely low': WHO

Child deaths mount from Bangladesh measles outbreak

WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in 'limited' outbreak

WHO says now five confirmed cruise ship hantavirus cases

Hantavirus outbreak not like start of Covid pandemic: WHO chief

Around 20,000 HIV patients untraceable after starting treatment, NA committee told

PM directs nationwide disease screening to accelerate hepatitis control drive

Seven cases of hantavirus confirmed or suspected on stranded cruise ship

Doctors remove iron rod lodged in patient's head

Hantavirus poses low risk to public, says WHO cruise ship deaths

Three cruise ship passengers die in suspected hantavirus outbreak

Lead exposure poses serious health risks to children in Pakistan: study

Two new polio cases reported in KP, 2026 tally jumps to three

Pakistan approves first-ever national vaccine policy

Banned reusable syringes remain available in market despite nationwide ban

Govt okays prices of 35 critical drugs to address shortages

US reclassifies certain marijuana products as a less-dangerous drug

Drap orders countrywide crackdown on unsafe syringes amid HIV surge

2,108 children test HIV-positive nationwide in 15 months

New, more transmissible mpox variant detected in Sindh, southern Punjab

Drap seeks crackdown on website as illegal drugs spread on social media

'Injection culture, weak enforcement fuelling HIV outbreaks in Pakistan'

Islamabad sees surge in HIV cases, over 600 infections reported in 15 months

HIV cases among children rise as probe uncovers syringe reuse at Punjab hospital

Sindh sees 894 new HIV cases in first quarter of 2026

Govt eyes more global bond issues, sees budget upside from Iran deal

PSX extends rally as SBP policy rate hold, oil losses lift sentiment

Jailed PTI leaders reject PM's call for 'Charter of Economy', seek 'Charter of Pakistan' instead

US and Iran 'electronically' sign ceasefire agreement, details remain unclear

Over 100GB of data, 75,000 images recovered from 'drug dealer' Anmol's phone

Article 164 and the budget equation

Iran snatch draw in World Cup opener, Spain stunned by Cape Verde

PCB overhauls central contracts system with format-specific structure

The Iranian leaders martyred in Israeli-US war

Factbox: What US and Iran say they have agreed in memorandum to end war