Health - Geo News https://www.geo.tv/ Latest Health news and updates from Geo.tv Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:56:55 +05:00 en-US <![CDATA[Health ministry official says plague risk in Pakistan 'very low' after suspected Siberia case]]> ]]> ISLAMABAD: The federal health ministry has said the risk of plague spreading in...]]> <![CDATA[Explainer: What do we know so far about plague institute lab worker's death in Russia?]]> ]]> A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed...]]> <![CDATA[WHO chief urges transparency amid Russia plague reports]]> ]]> The WHO said on Wednesday it wanted more information from...]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan's polio tally reaches six as seven-year-old boy tests positive in Khyber]]> ]]> <![CDATA[US-German trio win medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics]]> ]]> STOCKHOLM: The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel...]]> <![CDATA['Mysterious' virus kills Russian lab worker, sends 'hundreds' into quarantine]]> ]]> A Russian laboratory researcher died from an unknown infection that was reportedly released as a result of a laboratory...]]> <![CDATA[For Pakistan rising fistula cases make SDG 3 goal elusive]]> ]]> “You’re living a life drained of joy,” is how Shehnaz Sher Ali describes her “perpetually wet and stinky” existence. “I wouldn’t wish it on my...]]> <![CDATA[British-Pakistani surgeon sets new UK record with single-port robotic surgery]]> ]]> LONDON: British-Pakistani consultant gynaecologist and robotic surgeon Dr Amer Raza has set a new record in Britain after pioneering single-port robotic...]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan reports fifth polio case of 2026]]> ]]> Pakistan...]]> <![CDATA[King Charles' charity partners with Europe's biggest halal meat supplier to support mental health care in Pakistan]]> ]]> LONDON: King Charles’ charity, the British Asian Trust, has launched a landmark partnership with the UK and Europe’s...]]> <![CDATA[Umrah pilgrims charged Rs4,500 for three vaccines, including ‘non-mandatory' flu shot]]> ]]>

<![CDATA[Selling loose powdered milk in Quetta: Raids, regulation and risks to infants]]> ]]> In shops and markets across Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, smuggled powdered milk is sold not only in branded packets but also loose, scooped from open containers and weighed out for customers. Some products are repackaged under different labels, while others carry little information about...]]> <![CDATA[Pims fire death toll rises to 15 as lone surviving newborn dies]]> ]]> ISLAMABAD: The death toll from the Pims nursery fire has risen to 15 after the only...]]> <![CDATA[Inquiry report finds 'systematic, institutional failure' behind Pims deadly fire]]> ]]> <![CDATA[PMDC backtracks on 5-year BDS, confirms four-year programme will continue]]> ]]> Pakistan Medical and Dental Council on Monday announced it would revert the Bachelor of Dental Surgery programme to four years after extending it to five years two years...]]> <![CDATA[Deadline for Umrah pilgrims to obtain Nadra vaccination certificate extended till Sept 25]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Doctors in Pakistan prescribe more than twice WHO-recommended medicines: study]]> ]]> ISLAMABAD: Patients in Pakistan are being prescribed...]]> <![CDATA[Nadra vaccination certificates made mandatory for Umrah pilgrims]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Karachi reports second mpox case in two days, Sindh's 2026 tally rises to 43]]> ]]>

PCR test confirms infection after patient develops body rashes.Patient receiving treatment at Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital.Karachi reports 2nd mpox case in 2 days,...]]> <![CDATA[Children of 9/11 to finally get a major health study]]> ]]> When hijacked planes brought down the World Trade Centre's twin towers on September 11, 2001, roughly 25,000 children were living or...]]>