By Noor Ali Wazir Dera Ismail Khan: Hospitals disposal of used equipment and waste according to regular and medical rules and regulations is not implemented, nor do most hospitals have a system to dispose of this waste.Actions are not taken to prevent the practice of re-usability of goods but no […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -UNS: U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 7 of her Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Danco Laboratories, a manufacturer of mifepristone, urging them to submit an application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to add miscarriage management to the medication’s label. Following the Supreme Court’s decision […]
By Our Correspondent WANA: A 5-day anti-polio campaign was inaugurated in Wana, the headquarter of South Waziristan Lower Tribal District, According to the details, Additional Deputy Commissioner South Waziristan Lower Kashmir Khan (Finance and Planning) and Assistant Commissioner Wana Yasir Salman Kundi formally inaugurated the polio campaign along with tribal […]
LAHORE -UNS: A petition to stop the sale of cigarettes and vapes to people under the age of 18 was filed in the Lahore High Court by Barrister Ahmad Pansuta and Shiza Qureshi Advocate. It was stated in the petition that under the Smoking Ordinance, cigarettes and vapes cannot be […]
By Sajjad Hussain Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is seeing alarmingly high numbers of patients with malaria and children with malnutrition among flood-affected communities it assists in Sindh and eastern Balochistan provinces, Pakistan. Catastrophic flooding began in June, and the situation remains an emergency, with […]
WT Special Report Pakistan’s current healthcare spending is 3% of GDP, well below the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommendation that a country should spend at least 6% of its GDP on healthcare. With the dollar reserve touching 4 billion dollars after the payment of a billion dollars on Friday the […]
NEW YORK-UNS: In response to continued anti-LGBTQIA+ actions targeted at Council members and Drag Story Hour events, including one on Thursday at the Queens Public Library in Jackson Heights, Queens, Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Members Shekar Krishnan, Erik Bottcher, and Crystal Hudson released the following joint statement. “Drag Story […]
BEIJING -UNS – Landing Med, a Chinese medical technology company based in Wuhan, China, dispatched three self-developed cervical cancer screening devices along with 5,000 sets of supporting consumable items to Pakistan. With these AI-powered devices, 10,000 Pakistani women will receive free cervical cancer screening and early diagnosis of tumors. This […]
RAWALPINDI -UNS/APP: National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) and International Vaccine Institute (IVI) South Korea agreed on Tuesday to collaborate in the indigenous development of vaccine through transfer of technology and by building capacity of Pakistani scientists. This understanding was reached after a delegation from NUMS led by its Vice […]
BEIJING-UNS/AFP: One of China’s top health experts has warned of a surge in Covid-19 cases, state media said on Sunday, in the wake of the government’s decision to abandon its hardline coronavirus strategy. Shops and restaurants in Beijing are deserted as the country awaits a spike in infections following the […]