Health & Fitness

Mexican police officers exercise at a station in Mexico City, part of a program to tackle obesity in the police force. AFP/Rodrigo Arangua It’s a sunny morning in Mexico City and police officers drip with sweat as they do push-ups and squats, part of a program for overweight cops in …

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s health department has announced to reserve separate beds for transgender people in government hospitals, in what comes as an unprecedented step in favour of trans rights. According to a notification, 74 beds have been allotted to transgender folks in various government hospitals of Peshawar. The department has …

Samoa´s government said the mobile vaccination teams had succeeded in ensuring 90 percent of the 200,000-strong population was immunised, up from around 30 percent when the epidemic began in mid-October. Photo: File APIA: A devastating measles outbreak has continued to spread in Samoa, with the death toll reaching 70, as …

APIA: A devastating measles outbreak has continued to spread in Samoa, with the death toll reaching 70, as the United Nations on Monday released $2.6 million in emergency aid to combat the epidemic. Official figures showed there were 112 new cases in the 24 hours to Monday morning, despite a …

Pakistan will be conducting the Silver Jubilee and 10th Global Convention from December 24. Photo: Youtube  KARACHI: United States-based organisation Medics International (MI) is set to organise its “Silver Jubilee and 10th Global Convention” in Pakistan starting December 24. A United Nations accredited body, the MI focuses on medical academia, global …

European Union is banning a controversial pesticide linked to developmental problems in humans by 2020. The commission, the EU’s powerful regulator, had proposed for non-renewal of the chemical agent following an assessment by the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) that had confirmed “risks to human health”. Eight EU countries have …

With the consultation of Prime Minister, government has constituted the National Strategic Advisory Group on Polio Eradication and Immunisation. The body will be led by Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Zafar Mirza and includes former focal person on polio eradication Shahnaz Wazir Ali and Senator Ayesha …

All types of vaccines are safe for children, especially those that prevent typhoid and polio, advised by medical experts. At a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Friday organised by the Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan (MMIDSP), Dr Ali Saleem said that doctors were hoping for …

Mother and Child Health Centre has been inaugurated by the Sindh health department in Lasi Goth, Karachi. The centre will have a labour room and EPI centre for vaccinations and will run 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “We don’t just want to address EPI and polio, we …

The global vaccine alliance GAVI had agreed to fund and create a $178 million stockpile of Ebola vaccines for emergency use in outbreaks. The aim is for a global stock of 500,000 doses of vaccine against the deadly haemorrhagic fever, GAVI said in a statement. The stockpiling will start with …