ISLAMABAD: Warning that Pakistan is fast approaching a point where there will be “no choice” left but to impose another lockdown, the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) said that there is an urgent and immediate need to ensure the implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for coronavirus prevention. The regulatory body noted that there […]
Nearly 13 percent of children between the ages of two and five years; suffered from some form of functional disability. The study revealed the National Nutrition Survey 2018 launched on Tuesday. It further pointed out that one in every eight adolescent girls and one in every five adolescent boys were underweight. Over half of the […]
Puberty may reboot the brain and behaviors and can reshape responses to stress in children who faced trauma early in life. A preschooler slips stickers under some of the colored cups on a lazy Susan tray, then gives the tray a whirl. When the spinning stops, the child must find the hidden stickers. Most kids […]
A landslide in northern Pakistan on Sunday buried a minibus with 16 people onboard under tons of mud and rock with rescue workers digging through the wreckage in the hopes of finding survivors, police said. Police officer Wakil Khan said the landslide overtook the minibus that was travelling from the city of Rawalpindi to the […]
Balochistan health department has reported two more cases of polio virus in the province on Saturday. With two fresh cases, the tally of polio virus infections this year has scored to 23 cases. Polio is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the polio virus. The virus spreads from person to person and can infect […]
Sindh’s Health Minister has opposed the Pakistan Medical Commission law adding that it will affect human resources of the medical sector in small provinces. Azra Fazal Pechuho in a statement said that the bill was passed in the parliament when most of the members were not present in the house. The same bill was earlier […]
Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has urged the nation to take standard operating procedures (SOPs) for curbing the spread of the coronavirus seriously once again in the face of a rising positivity rate. “National positivity of Covid cases was 2.37 percent. This is the highest positivity rate in more than 50 days. The […]
A 44-year-old single mother of three daughters, bought a shotgun in May for protection in the quaint middle-class town of Fishkill, New York. She joined a new and fast-growing local firearms club to learn how to shoot. Andreyah Garland, member of local Gun Club, opens a case with her Mossberg 590M 12 gauge shotgun as […]
The case of a man in the United States infected twice with Covid-19 shows there is much yet to learn about immune responses and also raises questions over vaccination, scientists said on Tuesday. The 25-year old from Reno, Nevada, tested positive in April after showing mild symptoms, then got sick again in late May with […]
SANFORD, Fla: President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail on Monday for the first time since he announced his COVID-19 diagnosis, touting his management of the pandemic as opinion polls showed him losing more ground to Democratic rival Joe Biden. Trump arrived at the outdoor rally in Sanford, Florida, the first of six planned […]