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WEB DESK
February 9, 2025

Polio virus confirmed in 21 districts of Pakistan

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif launched the first nationwide anti-polio campaign for the year 2025 last week.

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WEB DESK
January 10, 2025

Polio tally for 2024 continues to pile up as more cases surface

Since the instance of the virus took place last year and the sample was collected in 2024, it is still counted among the tally for 2024.

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Reuters
January 9, 2025

China discovers cluster of new mpox strain

Mpox spreads through close contact and causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions.

Latest Pakistan

WEB DESK
December 24, 2024

Pakistan’s 65th polio case in 2024 emerges from Balochistan

The total number of children affected by polio in Balochistan province this year has increased to 27 with this new case.

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WEB DESK
November 1, 2024

Polio virus confirmed in 20 districts across country

Meanwhile, the countrywide anti-polio campaign continues with the target of immunizing 4.5 million children across Pakistan.

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WEB DESK
August 25, 2024

Poliovirus found in Lahore sewage, NIH confirms

Earlier, on August 23, Pakistan recorded another case of polio, with a 29-month-old girl confirmed to have contracted the virus.

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WEB DESK
August 19, 2024

Fact check: no link between mpox and COVID vaccination

The current mpox outbreak is being accompanied by misinformation online. A widely circulated claim suggests a link between mpox and COVID-19 vaccinations. What’s the truth behind it?

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Reuters
August 16, 2024

WHO confirms first case of new mpox strain outside Africa

Swedish health officials said at a press conference that the person was infected while in Africa with the clade Ib type of mpox involved in the recent outbreak.

WEB DESK
September 3, 2023

Dengue on rise in Rawalpindi again

Meanwhile, 69 cases have been registered and eight buildings have been sealed over violating standard operating procedures (SOPs) set to curb the dengue virus.

WEB DESK
August 24, 2023

Highly mutated COVID variant found in new countries but pandemic in ‘a different phase’

The Omicron offshoot carries more than 35 mutations in key portions of the virus compared with XBB.1.5, the dominant variant through most of 2023 – a number roughly on par with the Omicron variant that caused record infections compared to its predecessor.