US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive Wednesday for COVID-19 and will shift to a virtual work schedule, the State Department said. “The Secretary is fully vaccinated and boosted against the virus and is experiencing only mild symptoms,” the department said in a statement. Spokesman Ned Price said Blinken would no longer deliver a مزید پڑھیں

At least 228 probable cases of hepatitis of unknown origin in children have now been reported to the World Health Organisation from 20 countries, the UN health agency said Tuesday. “As of May 1, at least 228 probable cases were reported to WHO from 20 countries, with over 50 additional cases under investigation,” WHO spokesman مزید پڑھیں

The Chinese capital Beijing shut dozens of metro stations and bus routes on Wednesday in its campaign to stop the spread of COVID-19 and avoid the fate of Shanghai where millions of residents have been under strict lockdown for more than a month. New evidence has emerged that China’s uncompromising battle against the coronavirus, believed مزید پڑھیں

Beijing closed some public spaces and stepped up checks at others on Thursday, as most of the Chinese capital’s 22 million residents turned up for more mass COVID-19 testing aimed at averting a Shanghai-like lockdown. Most people in the commercial hub were one month into stressful home isolation, struggling to meet basic needs. But there مزید پڑھیں

US President Joe Biden’s administration said on Tuesday it would appeal a judge’s ruling ending a mask mandate on aeroplanes if public health officials deem it necessary to stem the spread of COVID-19. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to whom the administration was deferring, said that it would continue to study whether the mandates مزید پڑھیں

Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has risen to 1,526,829. The nationwide tally of fatalities stands at 30,362 on Wednesday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 101 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across مزید پڑھیں

Dr Palitha Gunarathna Mahipala, the country head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Pakistan, on Saturday handed over two ambulances, 10 motorcycle ambulances and other medical equipment to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) health department. Appreciating the cooperation of the UN agency, Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi expressed the hope that the مزید پڑھیں

US doctors announced Thursday they had successfully performed a double lung transplant on a patient with terminal lung cancer, giving new hope to others who also are in advanced stages of the deadly disease. Albert Khoury, a 54-year-old non-smoker, underwent a seven-hour surgery to receive his new lungs at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago on September مزید پڑھیں

Consuming artificial sweeteners could increase the risk of developing cancer, a large-scale study suggested Thursday, but experts not involved in the research said it was not enough proof to consider changing current health advice. Sweeteners are consumed by millions every day in products like diet soda, partly as a way to avoid weight gain from مزید پڑھیں

More than 600 children with cancer have now been evacuated from Ukraine in order to resume life-saving treatment in Europe and North America. About 200 hospitals worldwide have offered care – without which, the children have no chance of survival. Doctors helping to co-ordinate the international effort say it’s the largest rescue mission of its مزید پڑھیں