Health

The US government has gifted four mobile laboratories to the National Institute of Health (NIH) in order to diagnose COVID-19 and other transmittable diseases, particularly in distant places where access to testing may be limited. The mobile laboratories were given through the United State Agency for International Development (USAID) and were formally received by the…

The question that we cannot now-a-days is that “are we in the middle of sixth wave?” The cases are really rising in number day by day, although total number is really small. Still the real question here is that how to address this situation timely and what steps the government must take on time along…

A Gujrat based dairy farmer got all of his 40 cows vaccinated against the fast-spreading Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) and he said that he would know the result after 28 days that whether the cows are out of danger or not. He decided not to wait for the government and bought the imported vaccine from…

According to the Global Climate Risk Index published by non-profit group German watch, Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable nations in the world when it comes to the effects of climate change over the past two decades. Between 2000 and 2019, the Germany-based organisation ranked Pakistan as the 8th most affected country. During this…

As reported by UNICEF, the infant morality rate in Pakistan is the worst in the world despite major progress during last few decades. Because of lack of resources and economic situation the rising number of healthcare problems in Pakistan is concerning. Pakistan’s 60 million people live in poverty and have no access to healthcare if…

It came forward on Monday that due to lack of any effective method at city’s entry points to separate any diseased animals, cattle affected with Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) were brought to livestock market of Karachi just before Eid ul Azha. Sources confirm that contractors hired by government had been collecting money from traders in…