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Wegovy, other weight loss drugs ‘no silver bullet’, says WHO amid obesity review

The WHO last issued global guidelines on the topic in 2000

Published 12 May, 2023 12:13pm

High bio-hazard risk’ in Sudan after laboratory seized, WHO says

Humanitarian efforts have been paralysed by the level of fighting

Published 25 Apr, 2023 10:51pm

Pakistan and Malawi hit by malaria after ‘climate-driven’ disasters

Waters left after floods amplified the disease manifold

Updated 24 Apr, 2023 11:25pm

China CDC urges WHO to take ‘scientific, fair’ position on COVID origins

Shen Hongbing warned the WHO against politicising the source of the virus

Published 08 Apr, 2023 02:00pm

Elon Musk, WHO chief spar on Twitter over UN agency’s role

Musk says countries should not 'cede authority' to WHO

Published 24 Mar, 2023 01:03am

Finding Covid-19’s origins is a moral imperative: WHO’s Tedros

Says understanding Covid’s origins and exploring all hypotheses remains scientific imperative to prevent future outbreaks

Published 12 Mar, 2023 02:32pm

Contaminated food, water: Cholera threatens Pakistan, says WHO

Poverty, disasters, conflict and climate change consequences continue to be driving factors alongside a lack of access to safe water and sanitation

Published 27 Feb, 2023 11:42am

Airport screenings won’t stop spread of XBB subvariant: expert

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar says new strain more active and resilient

Published 04 Jan, 2023 08:20pm

WHO says Covid-19 is still a global health emergency

Virus continues to change, remain many risks and uncertainties: WHO chief

Updated 20 Oct, 2022 11:52am

WHO issues alert after Indian made cough syrups cause deaths

At least 66 children die in the Gambia from kidney injuries

Published 06 Oct, 2022 08:00am

WHO probing Indian cough syrup after 66 children die in The Gambia

Warns that the contaminated products could have been distributed to other countries

Published 05 Oct, 2022 08:44pm

WHO concerned over potential for second disaster in Pakistan

Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says body will issue a revised appeal shortly

Published 18 Sep, 2022 01:41pm

US CDC recommends boosters targeting Omicron

Pfizer-BioNTech shot is recommended for people 12 and older and Moderna's for those 18 years and up

Published 02 Sep, 2022 11:43am

New treatment emerges for drug-resistant TB

Reduces number of pills a patient has to take

Published 01 Sep, 2022 09:00am

WHO turns to public for monkeypox name change

Experts warn the name can be stigmatising to the primates it was named after

Published 16 Aug, 2022 04:58pm

London children to be offered polio booster as samples found

The last case of polio in UK was in 1984

Published 11 Aug, 2022 11:41am

Pakistan reports highest single-day Covid deaths since July 16

NIH urges people to follow SOPs in Muharram

Updated 03 Aug, 2022 07:06pm

India reports Asia’s first possible monkeypox death

WHO says more than 18,000 monkeypox cases have been detected throughout the world

Published 01 Aug, 2022 10:44pm

Pakistan increases surveillance for suspected monkeypox cases

No monkeypox cases have been recorded in Pakistan yet

Published 25 Jul, 2022 01:00pm

WHO declares global health emergency over monkeypox outbreak

More than 16,000 cases of monkeypox in more than 75 countries

Published 24 Jul, 2022 02:23pm

WHO triggers highest alert on monkeypox

Monkeypox has affected over 16,800 people in 74 countries

Published 23 Jul, 2022 11:41pm

منکی پاکس وائرس، عالمی ادارہ صحت نے دنیا میں ہائی الرٹ جاری کردیا

دنیا میں اب تک منکی پاکس وائرس کے 16 ہزار کیسز 75 مختلف ممالک سے رپورٹ ہوئے ہیں

Published 23 Jul, 2022 07:56pm

یورپ میں جاری گرمی کی لہر سے 17 ہزار سے زائد افراد ہلاک

یورپ میں درجہ حرارت میں اضافے کی وجہ سے گرمی کی شدت بڑھ گئی ہے

Updated 23 Jul, 2022 06:25pm

Covid claims seven more lives, positivity rate highest in a week

NCOC issues SOPs, advisory ahead for gatherings, processions during Muharram

Updated 23 Jul, 2022 12:35pm

منکی پاکس کیسز: ڈبلیو ایچ او کا دوبارہ اجلاس بلانے کا فیصلہ

وائرس سے متعلق ڈبلیو ایچ او کی ہنگامی کمیٹی کا دوسرا اجلاس بگڑتی ہوئی صورتحال کے شواہد کا جائزہ لینے کے لیے منعقد کیا جائے گا

Published 21 Jul, 2022 12:30pm

WHO warns Covid-19 pandemic ‘nowhere near over’

Cases increased in the past weeks

Published 13 Jul, 2022 01:16pm

Monkeypox cases top 5,000: WHO

WHO report about monkeypox cases.

Published 05 Jul, 2022 04:06pm

Monkeypox not presently a global public health concern: WHO

The viral disease occurs primarily in tropical rainforest areas of Central and West Africa

Published 27 Jun, 2022 10:46am

Hepatitis more prevalent in men than women, top moot told

Officials say routine immunisation of children necessary to eliminate it

Updated 18 Jun, 2022 04:09pm

Tobacco is not only harmful for you but also the environment

Tobacco industry leaves a long trail of destruction even before the product is sold

Published 31 May, 2022 08:14pm