PESHAWAR Kashmir English): The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Health Department has placed all public and private hospitals on high alert for mpox following a alarming rise in confirmed cases across the province. According to officials reports, more than two dozen, a total of 26, mpox infections have been detected across the province in the last 12 months. […]
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The National Assembly has passed the Mandatory Thalassemia Screening Bill 2025, which requires couples to complete thalassemia testing before they can marry. The legislation aims to prevent the spread of thalassemia in Pakistan and protect future generations from this hereditary blood disorder. The new law requires both future spouses to complete a
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CALIFORNIA (Kashmir English): Scientists have developed a revolutionary battery-powered oxygen gel that will help diabetic patients heal faster. The gel could reduce infections and potentially prevent amputations linked to chronic wounds. The newly developed gel developed by University of California, Riverside scientists works by continuously delivering oxygen directly to damaged tissues. This sustained oxygen
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Sindh has reported the first polio case of 2026. Pakistan’s National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication (NEOC) has confirmed the first wild polio case of this year in a four-year-old child from Bello Union Council, Sujawal district, Sindh. The case reported through the polio surveillance network was confirmed by the
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The protest of the health department employees continued for the 17th day in Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir. The employees have been demonstrating a two-hour strike every day, which has been announced to continue until the demands are accepted. Today, a protest demonstration was held outside the CMH Gate in Muzaffarabad, where the speakers demanded
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) Health Department has imposed an emergency across the state, cancelling the staff’s leaves. On the special instructions of Health Minister Syed Bazil Ali Naqvi and Health Secretary Brigadier Aamir Raza Tipu, the DG Public Health has ordered all medical centers to remain alert. Director General of
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is going to launch a comprehensive plan to overhaul the public health sector with an aim to strengthening healthcare delivery at the district level. The Director General of Public Health, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Dr. Sardar Aftab Hussain, presided over a high-level
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Minister for Public Health and Population Welfare Bazil Ali Naqvi said that the facility of Sehat Card has been restored for the people of Azad Kashmir under the Prime Minister’s National Health Program. For this purpose, the Government of Pakistan has signed an agreement with the State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan,
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has issued show-cause notices to 12 medical and dental institutions for charging annual fees above the approved cap of Rs. 1.8 million, PMDC President Dr. Rizwan Taj said during a media briefing. The council’s fee regulations will be enforced at colleges, which the council officials will
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan has reported its second death linked to mpox, indicating local mpox transmission within Pakistan. The 53-year-old man from Faisalabad, who was also suffering from HIV HIV cases rapidly surge across Pakistanand hepatitis B and C, died during the course of treatment at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), according
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