Health

Indonesia To Start Rolling Out COVID-19 Vaccination For Children Under Six

JAKARTA, Jan 29 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia is set to roll out COVID-19 vaccinations for children under six, starting in the…

Cholera Breaks Out In Eastern Zambia With One Death Recorded

LUSAKA, Jan 27 (NNN-ZANIS) – Zambia has recorded its first four cholera cases and one death, in the eastern part…

Poliovirus Detected In Environmental Sample In Punjab

ISLAMABAD, Jan 25 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s first sample of wild poliovirus in 2023 has been detected, in an environmental sample…

93 Percent Of Pakistanis Stand For Ban On Cigarette Sale

ISLAMABAD, Jan 24 (NNN-APP) – The findings of a study showed yesterday that, 93 percent of Pakistanis agreed that the…

Indian Gov’t To Set Up Centres In Hotels To Promote Yoga, Traditional Medicine

NEW DELHI, Jan 24 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government mulls over setting up centres of yoga and traditional medicine systems,…

Pakistan’s Pharmaceutical Goods Exports Grow In First Half Of FY 2023

ISLAMABAD, Jan 24 (NNN-APP) – Exports of pharmaceutical goods have grown more than 26 percent, during the first half of…

Israeli Doctors Go On Strike Over Hospital Violence

JERUSALEM, Jan 24 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli doctors staged a 24-hour warning strike yesterday, said the Israeli Medical Association (IMA), which…

Freezing Weather Claimed 104 Lives In Afghanistan In Two Weeks

KABUL, Jan 23 (NNN-ANA) – Heavy snowfall and freezing weather have claimed 104 lives, including children and women in Afghanistan,…

Seasonal Flu Spread Across Japan As Case Numbers Surge

TOKYO, Jan 22 (NNN-NHK) – The average number of flu patients per medical institution in Japan, in the week through…

U.S. Records Over 25 Million Flu Illnesses This Season

LOS ANGELES, Jan 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – There have been at least 25 million illnesses, 270,000 hospitalisations, and 17,000 deaths from…