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Researchers aim to develop vaccines for breast and pancreatic cancer — leading oncologist

Alexander Gintsburg mentioned that based on funding availability, two or three new sets of animal studies on cancer models will also be conducted MOSCOW, January 23 - Russian...

US records first human bird flu death: health authorities

The patient, aged over 65, had been hospitalized for a respiratory ailment, and was the first serious case of human infection of the H5N1 virus to be detected in the...

Pakistan begins last anti-polio vaccination campaign of the year after a surge in cases

• 44m kids to be vaccinated during weeklong campaign• Balochistan reports 41pc of 63 cases across Pakistan ISLAMABAD : Prime Mini­ster Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday launched the last anti-polio...

Four polio cases reported from Pakistan

Islamabad - The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of four wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan, bringing the number...

Ethiopia, Pakistan Agree to Enhance Health Sector Cooperation

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on Monday explored various avenues of enhancing the bilateral cooperation in the health sectors, mainly joint efforts in research...

Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities

Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, sickening nearly 2 million people and shrouding vast swathes of the province in a toxic haze Average air quality index readings...

Health campaign promotes quality care in Saudi Arabia

KSA - The Ministry of Health has launched a campaign to promote health by enhancing access to and the quality and efficiency of health services and raising awareness of health risks, the...

Philippines says new mpox case ‘not’ deadly variant

The highly transmissible Clade 1b strain of the virus has killed hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo Nine mpox cases were reported by Philippine...

Jeddah hospital performs robotic pancreatic surgery

The robot-assisted procedure involved removing the pancreatic head, part of the stomach, the duodenum and the bile duct RIYADH: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research...

Saudi team trains Indonesian doctors in child heart surgery

Surgeons, support staff sponsored by KSrelief arrived in Medan last month Only 50% of Indonesian children born with heart disease receive treatment