Category: 6. Health

Having had a stroke caused by blocked blood vessels (ischemic stroke) more than doubled an expectant mother’s odds of having another stroke during pregnancy and within six weeks of childbirth, according to a preliminary study to…

In 2025, WHO’s polio programme in the Eastern Mediterranean Region advanced critical areas of eradication despite conflict, humanitarian crisis and funding pressures. From refining strategies in endemic…

​Pakistan has become the latest country to order enhanced screening of incoming travellers for signs ​of the deadly Nipah virus.

Thailand, Singapore Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam have already tightened airport screening. Authorities in Hong…

Research Highlights:

• Female stroke survivors were more than twice as likely as their stroke-free counterparts to have another stroke while pregnant and in the six weeks after childbirth, according to an analysis of a large national…

A research team from Spain’s National Center for Oncological Research (CNIO), led by scientist Mariano Barbacid, has eliminated the most common and aggressive form of pancreatic cancer in mice for the first time.

The therapy was…

LAHORE/HANOI, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Authorities in Pakistan have ordered enhanced screening of people entering the country for signs of infections of the deadly Nipah virus after India confirmed two cases, adding to the number of Asian countries…