Health

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has confirmed that five patients died of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours in Pakistan. The total count of coronavirus deaths reached to 6,370, whereas, 548 new cases were also…
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ZURICH/FRANKFURT: AstraZeneca should still know before the end of the year whether its experimental vaccine protects people against COVID-19, the drugmaker’s chief executive Pascal Soriot said on Thursday, as long as it can resume trials…
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The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. More young adults survive heart attacks than severe…
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ISLAMABAD: The novel coronavirus claimed six more lives across the country during the last 24 hours, taking the death toll from the deadly disease to 6,365. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 441 more people…
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LONDON: AstraZeneca has paused global trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine after an unexplained illness in a participant, denting the British drugmaker’s shares on Wednesday as the move was seen as dimming prospects for an early…
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ISLAMABAD: The novel coronavirus claimed nine more lives across the country during the last 24 hours, taking the death toll from the deadly disease to 6,359. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 426 more people…
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LAHORE: Punjab health department on Wednesday reported another confirmed case of dengue fever within 24 hours taking the number of total cases to 45 in the province thus so far. According to the spokesperson of the Primary and Secondary…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported 330 new cases of the novel coronavirus during the previous 24 hours, taking the national tally of infections to 299,233. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), five more people…
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QUETTA: Another polio case has been reported in Balochistan on Monday. According to well-informed sources within the health department, the case was reported in district Pashin of Balochistan, where a 15-month old baby girl was confirmed…
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A huge hairball weighing 6.8 kg was removed from the abdomen of a 17-year-old girl who had the habit of chewing on her hair. The teenager, identified as Sweety Kumari from India’s Jharkhand state, had the lump of hair removed from her…
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