Tag Archives: disease

“World Health Day is marked every year on the 7th of April to highlight the significance of a healthy life style and importance of awareness regarding it. This year’s theme of World Health Day is ‘Universal health coverage: everyone, everywhere’. …

Less people around the world lack access to basic drinking water service than some years ago – but several countries, especially in Africa, still have a way to go to provide their citizens with safe water access. 844 million people around the …

Across the United States, 93.3 million people were obese in 2015-2016 while 36.6 percent of the country’s adults consumed fast food on a given day according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new study published in the Journal of …

Three centuries ago, Jonathan Swift anticipated our post-truth world when he said: “Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late.” Recent research has quantified Swift’s observation for the …

Life in Pakistan is fast paced, and it doesn’t seem to be getting slower any time soon. In the hustle bustle of everyday tensions, a headache is something that’s taken for granted. Regardless it being a headache or a more …

There is increasing number of ‘extensively-drug resistant’ (XDR) typhoid cases being reported in the Karachi city and public has been told to adopt good hygiene practices, drink boiled water and avoid eating raw food. Experts have called upon the government …

All pandemics start as a small outbreak somewhere. When the next potential pandemic begins, will we detect it early? Will we recognize its pandemic potential? Will we have the means to prevent a limited outbreak from becoming a pandemic? The …

The number of patients suffering from Hepatitis C virus (HCV) disease continues to rise and the disease is becoming a major health hazard. Pakistan has the world’s second highest prevalence of Hepatitis C while Egypt occupies the first position in …

It’s fair to say parasites are generally bad for their hosts. Many cause disease and death so, like most species, we humans usually try to avoid infection at all costs. But it turns out that some parasites, although potentially harmful …