KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on Wednesday urged parents and guardians to reject negative propaganda against the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and ensure that their daughters are vaccinated against the potentially fatal disease of cervical cancer during the ongoing immunisation drive.
HYDERABAD: An eight-month-old girl, declared a poliovirus carrier by the National Institute of health (NIH) Islamabad, already passed away before her second sample was to be collected by local health officials here. According to information shared officially by the district administration here
KARACHI: The Sindh government has imposed an age limit on heavy commercial vehicles, including buses, prohibiting those 35 years or older from operating within cities and setting a maximum age cap of 25 years for vehicles operating on inter-city routes. According to
KARACHI: Nearly 35,000 parents in Sindh have reportedly refused to get their children vaccinated against poliovirus, with the majority of refusals reported from Karachi. The Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme, in collaboration with the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), had carried out a
ISLAMABAD: A new confirmed polio case in Hyderabad has pushed Pakistan’s nationwide tally to 27 and the number of cases in Sindh to seven so far this year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on September 22. According to Regional Reference
KARACHI: A federal sensitive agency has raised alarm over the growing trend of drug use among students across Sindh’s educational institutions, urging the provincial government to take immediate and strict measures to curb the menace before it escalates into a long-term national
SUKKUR: Four children were wounded when a big chunk of plaster from the ceiling of a classroom in a primary school fell on them near Khanpur Mahar taluka, Ghotki district, on September 17. According to details, a portion of the ceiling of
KARACHI: Speakers at a programme held on September 17 at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) underscored the need for collective efforts — by families, medical experts and communities at large — to ensure patient safety at levels of care.
Eight suspects, including two women, were arrested on September 15 after the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of Karachi police launched a crackdown on online drug sellers in the city. According to the SIU police spokesperson, the operation was conducted under the directives
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