A cruise ship which sparked a global health alert over a deadly outbreak of hantavirus was on Saturday cleared to put to sea again after cleaning and disinfection. “From a public health perspective, there are no longer any obstacles to putting the Hondius back to sea,” the public health agency in the Dutch port of […]
Pakistani doctor dies in US before life-saving liver transplant
NEW JERSEY: Dr Maryam Shoukat, a 27-year-old Pakistani doctor pursuing her residency in the United States, passed away today just 30 minutes before her scheduled liver transplant. She had been admitted in critical condition with acute liver failure. Dr Maryam had travelled to US with the dream of serving humanity, but her life was cut […]
New monkeypox case detected in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The federal health authorities have confirmed a new case of monkeypox after laboratory tests at the National Institute of Health (NIH) identified the viral infection in a 42-year-old man from Attock district who had recently returned from the Gulf country. According to NIH officials, the patient from Village Malla Mansoor, Tehsil Hazro, Attock, arrived […]