The government has launched a coronavirus vaccination campaign for school children under which it is mandatory to get them fully vaccinated by November 30. According to the national broadcaster, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan, while addressing a media briefing, said the campaign is targeted at school children مزید پڑھیں

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have asked U.S. regulators to authorize emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, a group for whom no shot is currently allowed, Pfizer said on Thursday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set a date of Oct. 26 for its panel of outside advisers مزید پڑھیں

Japan’s wholesale prices likely hit a 13-year high in September, buoyed by lofty commodity prices, while firms’ machinery orders are expected to have risen for the second straight month in August, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. The corporate goods price index (CGPI), which tracks the prices companies charge one another for their goods, likely مزید پڑھیں

Anti-polio drive has begun across the country with an aim to administer anti-polio and vitamin A drops to more than 40 million children up to the age of five years. All arrangement for the anti-polio campaign in the country and training of the polio workers are put in place. The polio workers have been asked مزید پڑھیں

A no holds barred investigation of each of the three approved Covid immunizations in the United States discovers the Moderna antibody is somewhat more compelling than Pfizer’s, in actuality, use in keeping individuals out of the medical clinic, and Johnson and Johnson’s Janssen immunization comes in third, yet gives 71% insurance. Pfizer’s immunization gave 88% مزید پڑھیں

US Food and Drug Administration scientists said on Wednesday that booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine may not be needed, even though the third shot generates a higher immune response in recipients. The FDA staff members said in a document prepared for outside advisors that it is still unproven that the efficacy of Comirnaty – مزید پڑھیں

Pakistan has received another shipment of 3.5 million COVID-19 Pfizer vaccines from the United States, the US Embassy in Islamabad said Wednesday. This takes the total “number of COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the United States to Pakistan to 15.7 million,” the US Embassy in Islamabad wrote on Twitter. Earlier, the US donated 6.6 million مزید پڑھیں

Teen Smoking: A Serious Problem in Pakistan Widespread tobacco use is a huge problem in Pakistan. According to the latest Aug 2021 figures of WHO, tobacco kills more than 160,000 Pakistanis every year. The greatest cause for concern is that tobacco use doesn’t seem to be slowing down. In fact, it seems more and more مزید پڑھیں

Additional COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are not needed for the general population, leading scientists including two departing senior US Food and Drug Administration officials and several from the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in an article published in a medical journal on Monday. The scientists said more evidence was needed to justify boosters. That view مزید پڑھیں

This present summer’s most-perused plans on Voraciously are an intriguing blend of occasional and season-less. From one perspective, you have dishes that feature the produce we love this season: tomatoes, corn, watermelon, cucumbers. On the other, you have those that can be made regardless of the month: biscuits, cake, flavored chicken. Obviously, our perusers are مزید پڑھیں