Trans woman rides to fight HIV spread & stigma in Pakistan
Kiran Danish has been an outreach worker in HIV control program since 2009, she bike-rides… Read More
1 year ago
epidemic
Dengue grips Islamabad as 81 more cases reported in 24 hours
Islamabad: The federal capital fears a dengue epidemic as 81 more cases of the mosquito… Read More
2 years ago
LSD epidemic: First consignment of vaccine arrives from Turkey
Karachi: Sindh DG livestock has confirmed the arrival of the first consignment of 1.1 million… Read More
3 years ago
LSD epidemic spreads to buffaloes too!
KARACHI: Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) epidemic, after infecting and killing hundreds of cows, has now… Read More
3 years ago
Islamabad marred with another 147 dengue cases
ISLAMABAD: The dengue case surge in the federal capital has seen another fresh 147 cases… Read More
3 years ago
A vaccine made of mosquito spit can stop the next epidemic
The vaccine, if it pans out, would protect against all of the pathogens the insects… Read More
5 years ago
Health experts warn of emerging threat of Nipah virus
A deadly virus called Nipah carried by bats has already caused human outbreaks across South… Read More
5 years ago
Hopes Samoa measles epidemic close to peaking
Official government figures showed there had been one additional fatality since Tuesday, although the number… Read More
5 years ago
Cost of diabetes epidemic reaches $850 billion a year
NEW YORK: The number of people living with diabetes has tripled since 2000, pushing the… Read More
7 years ago
Death toll from dengue fever climbs to 15 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR: The outbreak of dengue fever in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has so far claimed fifteen… Read More
7 years ago
Tuberculosis epidemic larger than previously thought, warns WHO
WASHINGTON: The tuberculosis epidemic is larger than previously thought, infecting 10.4 million people last year,… Read More
8 years ago
World must ready for global microcephaly ‘epidemic’: study
PARIS: The world should prepare for a "global epidemic" of microcephaly, a condition which restricts head… Read More
8 years ago
Heroin use at 20-year high in U.S. drug ‘epidemic’, U.N. says
WASHINGTON: A heroin "epidemic" is gripping the United States, where cheap supply has helped push… Read More
9 years ago
Poor countries increasingly targeted by tobacco marketing
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Faced with falling sales in richer nations, the tobacco industry has increasingly marketed… Read More
9 years ago
Rape on U.S. university campuses reaches ‘epidemic’ levels: study
NEW YORK: More than 18 percent of female students at one U.S. university reported incidents… Read More
10 years ago
Meningitis epidemic kills 45 in Niger
NIAMEY: A meningitis epidemic that broke out in January in Niger has so far killed… Read More
10 years ago
First Ebola case hits New York: report
NEW YORK: A doctor who recently returned to New York from treating Ebola patients in… Read More
10 years ago
Ebola adversely affected economic growth in West Africa: IMF
WASHINGTON: Economic growth in Liberia and Sierra Leone could decline by as much as 3.5… Read More
10 years ago
IMF says Ebola having ‘acute’ impact on West African economies
WASHINGTON: The worst ever outbreak of the Ebola disease is likely to lead to "sharply"… Read More
10 years ago
Ebola causing huge damage to West Africa economies: development bank
FREETOWN: Ebola is causing enormous damage to West African economies, draining budgetary resources and slashing… Read More
10 years ago