HEALTH

Pfizer in talks on $5 billion acquisition: media

NEW YORK – American drugmaker Pfizer is close to a deal to purchase Global Blood Therapeutics, which manufactures a recently approved drug against sickle-cell anemia, for $5 billion, the Wall Read More

United States to donate 16 million pediatric COVID-19 vaccines to Pakistan

DNA Islamabad, July 27: U.S. COVID-19 vaccine donations to Pakistan will surpass 77 million doses following an agreement to ship 16 million pediatric doses from the United States to Pakistan Read More

WHO hands over medicines worth 800 mln dollars to Balochistan govt for flood affectees

QUETTA – World Health Organization (WHO)’s head in Pakistan, Dr. Palitha Gunarathna Mahipala handed over medicines and other equipment worth over 800 million dollars to the health department of Balochistan Read More

ICLAPA continues free treatment for Cleft lip and palate patients

Islamabad, July 24 (DNA): Islamabad Cleft Lip and Palate Association (ICLAPA) continued the process of providing free medical treatment to the children with cleft lip and palate. If needed, an Read More

New Covid-19 travel guidelines issued for Indian passengers

ISLAMABAD, Jul 22 (DNA): The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination has issued a new COVID-19 travel advisory, directing strict surveillance of Indian passengers in the wake of Read More

Sudan’s gold rush wreaks havoc on health

BANAT – Sudanese mother Awadya Ahmed has long wondered why her youngest child Talab was born blind and unable to walk; now she suspects the piles of poisonous waste left Read More