Dow University Develops Vaccine for Dog Bites for Commercial Production
Karachi: Good news for the people of Karachi, as the vaccine for dog bites will now be easily available in the city as Dow University of...
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One day anti polio drive starts in KP
by Nasir Khan
PESHAWAR: A one-day polio drive started on Sunday in as many as 97 union councils of Kyhber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province of Pakistan....
Pakistan’s government to set up polio vaccination points at airports
by AFP
Islamabad: Pakistan’s government will set up mandatory polio immunisation points at its international airports in response to recommendations by the World Health Organisation, the health...
Polio vaccination mandatory for Pakistanis travelling abroad
by Hadi Aziz
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s federal government has decided to declare polio vaccination must for persons traveling abroad, sources said. The Federal government has taken emergent initiative to...
Anti-polio campaign starts in Khyber Agency despite polio workers strike
by Nasir Khan
Khyber Agency: A three-day anti-polio vaccination campaign has been started in Khyber Agency despite strike by the polio workers due to security threats here on...
Peshawar declared World’s ‘largest reservoir’ of polio: WHO
by AFP
Islamabad: The World Health Organization on Friday declared Peshawar as the world’s “largest reservoir” of polio and called for urgent action to boost vaccination....
Anxious British parents queue for measles vaccines
by AFP
SWANSEA, United Kingdom: Fears about the purported side effects once sent British parents running from vaccinations against measles. But now an outbreak of the potentially...
Measles contagious on planes, study shows
by AFP
Sydney: Measles can be spread on planes in rows far beyond infected passengers, a Australian study showed, raising questions over control guidelines for the disease....
Anti-measles campaign starts in Sindh
Karachi: Pakistan’s health department has announced to launch anti-measles campaign in seven districts of Sindh from Saturday (today)....