Health

The elderly and those who have diabetes or heart disease may need more water..LAHORE (Web Desk) - Health experts have advised the citizens to avoid unnecessary outdoor activities during the summer esp...

Rare cases of COVID returning pose questions for Pfizer pill.WASHINGTON (AP) — As more doctors prescribe Pfizer’s powerful COVID-19 pill, new questions are emerging about its performance, ...

CDC probing 109 liver illnesses in kids, including 5 deaths.NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are looking into more than 100 possible cases of a mysterious and severe liver disease in childr...

Study found that the risks of hospitalization and mortality were nearly identical between periods..(Reuters) - The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is intrinsically as severe as previous variant...

Only about 30% of South Africa's population of 60 million is fully vaccinated. .JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Two new sublineages of the Omicron coronavirus variant can dodge antibodies from earlier inf...

Last week the World Health Organization "strongly recommended" Pfizer's Covid-19 antiviral pill .PARIS (AFP) - Several treatments are now available to fight Covid-19 but tight timelines, unequal acces...

Climate change may increase risk of new infectious diseases.(AP) Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that’s likely to increase ...

Second Ebola patient dies in northwestern Congo, WHO says.NAIROBI (Reuters) - A second Ebola patient has died in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on ...

What we know about mystery hepatitis strain in children.PARIS (AFP) - An unknown, severe strain of hepatitis has been identified in nearly 170 children across 11 countries in recent weeks, with at lea...

Moderna announces step toward updating COVID shots for fall.(AP) Moderna hopes to offer updated COVID-19 boosters in the fall that combine its original vaccine with protection against the omicron vari...

Efforts to make protective medical gear in US falling flat.UNIVERSITY CITY (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the U.S., sales of window coverings at Halcyon Shades quickly went dark....

EXPLAINER: BA.2 variant takes over. What's known about it?.(AP) - In the latest battle of the coronavirus mutants, an extra-contagious version of omicron has taken over the world. The coronavirus ver...

Treatment for opioid addiction often brings discrimination.PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Danielle Russell was in the emergency department at an Arizona hospital last fall, sick with COVID-19, when she mad...

Experts say US suspension of COVID aid will prolong pandemic .LONDON (AP) — In the latest Senate package targeted at stopping the coronavirus, U.S. lawmakers dropped nearly all funding for curb...

Up to 65pc of Africans have had COVID, far more than thought.JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The World Health Organization said that up to 65% of people in Africa have been infected with the coronavirus and...

WHO: COVID cases and deaths continue to fall globally.GENEVA (AP) — The number of coronavirus cases reported globally has dropped for a second consecutive week and confirmed COVID-19 deaths also...

WHO says 99% of world's population breathes poor-quality air.GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air qu...

UK hits record COVID-19 levels; nearly 5 million infected.LONDON (AP) — The prevalence of COVID-19 in the U.K. has reached record levels, with about 1 in 13 people estimated to be infected with ...