Category: 6. Health

MEHR (Dunya News) – Authorities have failed to control a dangerous throat virus in Mehar, an area of interior Sindh, as another child has died after prolonged illness.

Twelve-year-old Asif Ali Jiskani, a resident of…

Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a new light-based…

The Regional Health Agency (ARS) of French Guiana has announced the detection of the territory’s first locally acquired case of chikungunya. The individual, who had not traveled in the 15 days before the onset of…

Drinking a few cups of coffee a day is actually good for you, but new research suggests that when you sip makes all the difference when it comes to heart health and longevity. The 2025 study, published in the European Heart Journal, was the…

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…