KARACHI (Kashmir English): Province of Sindh has reported 439 cases of dengue in October so far, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the running year to 1,083. The Sindh Health Department in its latest report further revealed that Karachi remained atop in October with 188 such cases. Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral […]
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RAWALPINDI (Kashmir English): The green will turn pink as Pakistan cricket team will walk out in especially designed pink-themed kits, in their first T20I match against South Africa next week to be part of the breast cancer awareness campaign. October is being observed as month of awareness campaign against cancer. The Pakistan Cricket Board
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has reported a new polio case taking this year’s tally of cases to 30. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Islamabad Tuesday said that one new case of poliovirus had been confirmed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Torghar. Pakistan is one of the last two countries in the world, alongside Afghanistan, where
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Health experts have revealed an alarming rise in breast cancer cases in the country, with over 2.3 million women in Pakistan suffering from breast cancer. Pakistan is reporting at least 90,000 new cases annually, making the country among the most affected globally. The health experts shared these shocking figures during the
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has initiated a countrywide investigation against firms engaged in the production, sale, and distribution of mercury-based skin-whitening creams. The action seeks to safeguard consumers from severe health harms as well as promote fair competition in the cosmetics sector. The CCP’s Office of Fair Trade and Market
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SRINAGAR (Kashmir English): Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Drug and Food Control Organization (DFCO) has imposed a ban on the sale, distribution, and use of three cough syrup brands after laboratory tests declared them “Not of Standard Quality” due to the presence of toxic impurities. These brands include ColdRif Syrup, RespiFresh-TR, and Relif Syrup.
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CHENNAI, India (Kashmir English): India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu has cancelled the licence of a cough syrup-maker linked to the deaths of several children over the past month. At least 19 children died in the central state of Madhya Pradesh after taking the syrup. The syrup was banned after a test this month
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GENEVA, Switzerland (Kashmir English): The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a health advisory warning about three contaminated cough syrups identified in India, also urging authorities to report any detection of these medicines in their countries to the organization. According to the WHO, the affected medicines are specific batches of Coldrif from Sresan Pharmaceutical,
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JHELUM VALLEY (Kashmir English): Jhelum Valley District Commissioner Ms. Benish Jaral formally inaugurated the National Door-to-Door Polio Campaign from 13 to 16 October 2025 by administering polio and vitamin A drops to children under the age of five. District Health Officer Jhelum Valley Dr. Tahir Rahim Mughal, Assistant Director Training Madam Qara-ul-Ain, Abdul Jabbar Lone,
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The national polio campaign will begin in 159 districts across the country from tomorrow. According to the National Emergency Operations Center, 45.4 million children will be administered polio drops during the weekly polio campaign. During the weekly polio campaign, children will also be given a supplemental dose of vitamin A along with
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