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Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence protests after being locked out of his...

The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him out of his lab. Virologist Zhang Yongzhen...

Organ Donation: Relieving Pain and Reviving Hope

Najlaa Al-Sudairi, a consultant in international media relations, never thought that she would one day embark on two different journeys — one in which she would donate an organ to one of...

Cameroon starts world’s first malaria vaccine program for children

Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa. The campaign due to start Monday was...

Defense Secretary Austin has been hospitalized since Jan. 1, but the Pentagon kept the...

— Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Monday due to complications following a minor elective medical procedure, his press secretary said, in the Defense Department’s first acknowledgement that Austin had been admitted...

Japan eyes banning cannabinoid HHCH after gummies render many ill

Japan's health ministry said Monday it is planning to ban HHCH, a synthetic substance derived from cannabis, as soon as this week after people who consumed gummies containing the cannabinoid had to...

NIH confirms six new Corona cases in last week

Health officials on Tuesday said that six new coronavirus cases were reported during the last week across the country. As per data shared by the National Institute of Health...

Polio virus detected in Karachi’s environmental sample

The Ministry of Health on Thursday confirmed that the polio virus has been found in the environmental sample in Karachi district of Sindh. According to the spokesperson of the...