Sunak may ban cigarettes in UK for future generations
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering introducing measures that would ban the next generation from ever being able...
Health
How can the UK’s inactivity crisis be tackled?
London: It's National Fitness Day, a day to highlight the role physical activity plays across the UK. But this year's...
Families in UK demand access to new drug that slows brain tumours
London: On a fine spring day two years ago, Shay Emerton was in good spirits playing for an old pupils’...
Doctors in the EU: Which countries have the most physicians and healthcare workers?
Brussels: The World Health Organization (WHO) believes Europe has a "ticking timebomb" to address when it comes to a shortage...
Covid vaccine rollout begins early in the UK with new variant under watch
London: England on Monday began its winter Covid-19 and flu vaccination campaign ahead of schedule as it monitors a new...
What is the EU doing to tackle Alzheimer’s?
Brussels: In this episode of Smart Health, we travel to Ireland to hear from a family whose life was turned...
Australian High Commissioner calls on Health Minister
Abdulah Jan Islamabad: Australian High Commissioner Neil Hawkins Wednesday called on Caretaker Minister for Health Dr. Nadeem Jan and discussed...
UK regulator approves updated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine
London: The UK drug regulator said on Tuesday it has approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and its German...
Iranian ambassador calls on Health Minister
Abida Shaheen Islamabad: Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghaddam called on Caretaker Minister for Health Dr. Nadeem Jan and...
UK government invests £5.5 million in medicines manufacturing skills centre of excellence
London: The government is helping to sustain and grow the 280,000-strong UK life sciences workforce Tuesday announcing £5.5 million to...
UK: Flu and COVID autumn vaccine programmes brought forward
London: This year’s autumn flu and COVID-19 vaccine programmes will start earlier than planned in England as a precautionary measure...
Italy: Confirmed dengue fever activity reported in multiple regions through August
Rome: Health authorities have reported locally acquired dengue fever activity in multiple regions in Italy, with four confirmed cases reported...
UK-SHA team calls on Health Minister Dr. Nadeem Jan – Strengthening collaboration discussed
Celina Ali Islamabad: UK Health Security Agency (UK-SHA) Chief Executive Officer Professor Dame Jenny Harries along with her team called...
UK hospital fees left more than 900 migrants without treatment
London: Over 900 migrants in the UK have declined medical treatment after being required to pay upfront fees over the...
Asylum-seekers removed from controversial UK barge after bacteria discovered
London: Asylum-seekers have been removed from a controversial barge in southern England after Legionella bacteria was discovered in the water...
UK man bitten by cat contracts previously unknown and ‘extensive’ bacterial infection
London: A 48-year-old UK man bitten by a stray cat developed “painful” hand swelling and “extensive” infection caused by a...
Bilawal Bhutto inaugurates 200 bed children’s hospital in Sukkur
Sukkur: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari inaugurated a 200-bed children’s hospital under the Sindh Institute of Child...
Ethiopia, Pakistan discuss cooperation in health sector
Abdullah Jan Islamabad: The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) and Islamic Republic of Pakistan have worked out multiple avenues...
UK: Women’s health at risk from aid cuts, Foreign Office warned
London: Hundreds of thousands more women will face unsafe abortions and thousands will die in pregnancy and childbirth as a...
Italy eyes €19bn in EU post-COVID funds for energy investments
Rome: Italy has said it planned to use EU money to fund an investment programme worth around €19 billion to...
Royal colleges in the UK receive millions in marketing payments from drug and medical device companies
London: Royal colleges in the UK have received more than £9 million in marketing payments from drug and medical devices...
EU lawmaker points to mental health risks for online services’ addictive design
Brussels: A European Parliament draft report about online services’ addictive design paints a damning picture of the mental health consequences...
EU steps up action to prevent shortages of antibiotics for next winter
Brussels: The European Commission, the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) are today issuing recommendations...
European Union and WHO join forces to further strengthen medical evacuation operations in Ukraine
Brussels: The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has had devastating consequences for the health-care system. Keeping essential and resilient health...
EU fines US firm Illumina $475 million for jumping gun on buying cancer-screening company Grail
Brussels: The European Union has slapped a $475 million fine on U.S. biotech giant Illumina for buying cancer-screening company Grail...
World Bank Approves $46 million to Increase Access to Child Healthcare Services
Washington: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$46 million in financing for theKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Citizen Centered Service...
UK’s high rate of avoidable deaths linked to NHS woes
London: People in the UK are less likely to survive treatable conditions, such as breast cancer and stroke, than those...
Mosquito-borne diseases becoming increasing risk in Europe
Mosquitoes that carry viruses like dengue and chikungunya have moved into new parts of Europe, increasing the risk of illness,...
‘Join Kate’s Krew’ in UK dancer’s fight against cancer
Lexington: On Tuesday, a University of Kentucky student-athlete and nursing student started chemotherapy. Kate Kaughling’s family received the news on...
Mutual strategy to fight diseases committed at Pak-US health dialogue
Abdullah Jan Islamabad: Pakistan and the United States have affirmed their mutual commitment to continue close partnership in the health...
