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Pakistan: Punjab CM Maryam suspends MS and staff of Multan's Nishtar Hospital over HIV outbreak due to criminal negligencePunjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has suspended the Medical Superintendent and several senior medical staff at Nishtar Hospital in Multan,...
Mpox vaccine coming soon, says Covishield manufacturer SII's CEO Adar PoonawallaMpox Vaccine: Adar Poonawalla of the Serum Institute of India announced that the company was developing a Mpox vaccine, with results expect...
How drugs were used to spread HIV among 800+ students in TripuraTripura is grappling with a severe HIV outbreak among its student population, exacerbated by injectable drug use. According to Tripura Stat...
WHO: Monkeypox cases drop 21%, reversing month-long increase"As we know, the situation with monkeypox vaccine access is very topical, but there are not enough doses of vaccines," Nigeria Centre for D...
Smallpox vax protection against monkeypox may not be lasting: LancetAlthough the smallpox jab has shown to reduce the chance of symptomatic infection and severe illness from monkeypox, protection may decline...
Monkeypox is a health emergency now. Where could it spread next and who is at risk? ExplainedLast month, the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global public health emergency.
CDC is investigating the outbreak of the meningococcal disease in gay and bisexuals in Florida, here's all you need to know about the diseaseAfter what is being described among the worst outbreaks, CDC is investigating the meningococcal disease in bisexual and gay men in Florida....
Large meningitis outbreak reported among bisexuals and gay men in FloridaBisexual and gay men in Florida see a meningococcal disease outbreak. It can potentially be a deadly infection, and the health officials ar...
Fears of medical shortages and disease in Ukraine after Russian invasionFears of a wider public health crisis are growing as people flee their homes, health services are interrupted and supplies fail to reach Uk...
COVID-19 pandemic could lead to HIV surge in West & Central Africa, says UNAIDS chiefAlthough human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection rates, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related deaths have been on a st...
DNA-based coronavirus vaccine: What is it and how does it work?While still in early stages, this technology has been developed rapidly by experts and if approved, the vaccine developed by India's Zydus ...
Covid-19: China stalls supplies, India faces anti-retroviral shortageAntiretrovirals - used for treating coronavirus - are manufactured by around five major pharma companies in India. The demand for such drug...
What if you can't afford to fight coronavirus?Nearly three-quarters of all deaths from infectious disease in 2016 happened in Africa, Asia.
Recalling history's 10 deadliest diseases that came before the coronavirusBefore the coronavirus, the human race has had to deal with various epidemics and pandemics across the centuries. Many of them have claimed...
Pharma companies set to supply ARVs for ‘treatment’Though there is no formal cure discovered to treat the virus, the treatment protocol established in China and confirmation by physicians in...
Senior Congressmen urge Trump to raise Sindh human rights abuses with ImranSince 2001, the United States has given Pakistan more than $30 billion in various kinds of assistance.
Donald Trump nominates Jerome Adams in place of Vivek Murthy as US Surgeon GeneralThe White House said that Trump nominated Indiana's health commissioner Adamsto, a needle exchange advocate who helped lead the state's bat...
Over one lakh new HIV cases reported in China in 2014China has reported 104,000 new HIV/AIDS infections in 2014, up 14.8 per cent from the previous year- Central health authority
Government to set up 10 labs for hepatitis surveillanceGovernment will set up ten regional laboratories through the National Communicable Disease Centre (NCDC) for the surveillance of viral hepa...
- US House approves $50 bn AIDS package
The US House of Representatives have approved a nearly $50 billion aid package to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS in the developing world.