York, NY-UNS: NYC Health + Hospitals today on Wednesday, announced that its facilities were the top provider in 2024 by overall quality rankings issued by Health first, one of New York’s largest not-for-profit health insurers with over 2 million members. According to details in a network of over 80 hospitals, […]
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Islamabad-UNS: Pakistan has signed an agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to join the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines, securing free treatment for over 8,000 children diagnosed with cancer each year. With this move, Pakistan becomes the second country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to join […]
Islamabad-UNS: Major General (Retd) Rehmat Khan, President of Al-Shifa Trust, said on Sunday that Pakistan faces a significant eye health crisis, with nearly two million people exposed to preventable blindness, 80 percent of which is curable. Addressing the media at the National Press Club, he stated that last year, Al-Shifa […]
by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal The matter of alcohol consumption and its trade in an Islamic state demands grave and contemplative consideration. Islam, as a complete code of life, addresses not only the spiritual elevation of man but also the preservation of his physical, moral, and social wellbeing. At the heart […]
New York, NY -UNS: NYC Health + Hospitals today announced the closure of the NYC Arrival Center and the Roosevelt Hotel humanitarian center and recognized the accomplishments of the public health system’s Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center (HERRC) program, which has served as a cornerstone of New York City’s […]
By Qamar Bashir It is an extraordinary moment in American history. The city that never sleeps—New York, the heartbeat of the United States, its cultural melting pot, financial powerhouse, media hub, and the global face of freedom—has elected, for the first time ever, a Muslim mayor. And not just any […]
KARACHI -UNS: Sindh has recorded this year’s first case of the Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Karachi. A patient, infected with the virus, passed away after contracting the disease. The provincial health department said in a statement that a 42-year-old man, who was a resident of Karachi’s Malir, contracted […]
New York, NY -UNS: NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue today announced a new strategic partnership with the Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS), a Tokyo-based agency which serves as a world-class Integrated Science Center for Infectious Diseases to protect people from various diseases and health emergencies such as infectious diseases. The […]
By Dr Imran Baloch The Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) is a cornerstone of public health, aiming to protect children from life-threatening vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) such as polio, measles, diphtheria, tetanus and hepatitis B. Immunization reduces long-term healthcare costs by preventing outbreaks and lowering disease burdens. In Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest but most underserved province, […]
New York, NY -UNS:NYC Health + Hospitals today released the seventh episode of season 2 of its podcast, The Remedy, featuring leaders and health care providers from the nation’s largest municipal health care system. Season 2 Episode 7: No Wrong Door: Addiction Care in NYC covers how NYC Health + Hospitals is treating […]
