Health - Geo News https://www.geo.tv/ Latest Health news and updates from Geo.tv Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:24:03 +05:00 en-US <![CDATA[Karachi's Valika Hospital HIV tally reaches 80 as two more children test positive]]> ]]>

Among latest cases is three-year-old girl from Metroville.Father says daughter's health declined after treatment at hospital.Rs2bn set aside for treatment of kids infected with HIV at...]]> <![CDATA[Australia confirms H5N1 bird flu case in native seabird for first time]]> ]]> Australia on Friday confirmed the first case of the deadly ​H5N1 bird flu virus in a native seabird, ‌marking a new phase in the disease's spread after it landed on the country's shores last...]]> <![CDATA[As Pakistan's monsoon arrives, people with HIV worry]]> ]]> As contaminated floodwater gushed into their home in Buner, north-western Pakistan, Khalid and his wife helped...]]> <![CDATA[What to know about sunscreens in heat waves]]> ]]> For the first time since the late 1990s, the US Food and Drug Administration has added another chemical, bemotrizinol or BEMT, to its...]]> <![CDATA[Australia reports second H5N1 bird flu case in migratory seabird]]> ]]> Australia reported a second case of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in Western Australia on Monday, after confirming its first over the weekend, as the government vowed to rein in the spread of the...]]> <![CDATA[Australia detects first case of contagious H5 bird flu]]> ]]> SYDNEY: Scientists have detected the H5 strain of bird flu in Australia for the first time, the country's...]]> <![CDATA[Budget FY27: Experts welcome tax relief on sanitary pads, contraceptives but urge caution]]> ]]> The federal government has proposed abolishing tax on sanitary towels, related women’s health products and contraceptives in the budget for fiscal year 2026-27.

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb made the announcement while presenting the federal budget, saying essential...]]> <![CDATA['Alcohol consumption to decline globally despite rising demand in India']]> ]]> Global alcohol consumption is set to drop over the next decade, despite population growth and rising demand in India, which is set to become the world's biggest...]]> <![CDATA[Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases rises to nearly 600]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Nearly 500 confirmed cases in Central Africa Ebola outbreak: WHO]]> ]]> GENEVA: Nearly 500 Ebola cases have now been confirmed in the deadly outbreak raging in central Africa, a WHO...]]> <![CDATA[China, Pakistan deepen cooperation in traditional medicine]]> ]]> BEIJING: A milestone in China-Pakistan scientific collaboration was achieved on Thursday with the official unveiling of the Zhejiang-Pakistan Joint Laboratory on R&D of Herbal...]]> <![CDATA[In a first, 'universal vaccine' designed by AI]]> ]]> PARIS: A vaccine targeting a broad range of viruses that was designed using artificial intelligence had a...]]> <![CDATA[Unsafe food kills 1.5m people a year worldwide: WHO]]> ]]> GENEVA: Food contaminated with harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals kills 1.5 million people worldwide each year, with young children worst...]]> <![CDATA[Ebola had 'big head-start' but response catching up: WHO]]> ]]> <![CDATA[WHO says suspected Ebola cases drop to 116 after hundreds ruled out]]> ]]> The World Health Organisation said there have been 321 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic...]]> <![CDATA[Federal cabinet approves 'track and trace system' to combat counterfeit medicines]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Dutch health officials clear hantavirus ship to sail again]]> ]]> A cruise ship which sparked a global health alert over a deadly outbreak of hantavirus was on Saturday cleared to put to sea again...]]> <![CDATA[WHO chief rallies community in Congo's Ebola response, calls for more funding]]> ]]> The World Health Organisation chief on Saturday called on communities in the centre of...]]> <![CDATA[African Union's health agency vows Ebola Bundibugyo vaccine by end of 2026 ]]> ]]> A vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain...]]> <![CDATA[Social media as bad for children as smoking, say British doctors]]> ]]> Social media ranks...]]>