epidemic

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

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

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

LSD epidemic spreads to buffaloes too!

KARACHI: Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) epidemic, after infecting and killing hundreds of cows, has now… Read More

Islamabad marred with another 147 dengue cases

ISLAMABAD: The dengue case surge in the federal capital has seen another fresh 147 cases… Read More

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

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

Hopes Samoa measles epidemic close to peaking

Official government figures showed there had been one additional fatality since Tuesday, although the number… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

Poor countries increasingly targeted by tobacco marketing

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Faced with falling sales in richer nations, the tobacco industry has increasingly marketed… Read More

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

Meningitis epidemic kills 45 in Niger

NIAMEY: A meningitis epidemic that broke out in January in Niger has so far killed… Read More

First Ebola case hits New York: report

NEW YORK: A doctor who recently returned to New York from treating Ebola patients in… Read More

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

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

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