The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s logo and a US flag are seen in this illustration created on April 23, 2025. — Reuters The United States said on Wednesday that American citizens returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo must spend 21 days in a third country before entering the United States, citing…
In this image taken on May 8, 2019, a doctor examines the blood sample from a patient for a HIV test at a state-run hospital. — AFP/File Inquiry report led to suspension of overall 37 employees: minister. Show-cause notices issued to 10 Valika Hospital employees: Ghani. Treatment of HIV-affected children underway at different hospitals. Six…
This representational image shows a person holding an HIV test tube. — Reuters/File Among latest cases is three-year-old girl from Metroville. Father says daughter’s health declined after treatment at hospital. Rs2bn set aside for treatment of kids infected with HIV at hospital. KARACHI: Two more children have tested positive for HIV, taking the total number…
A greater crested tern walks on a beach. — X/@kirola_hemant Australia on Friday confirmed the first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in a native seabird, marking a new phase in the disease’s spread after it landed on the country’s shores last month. Laboratory testing by Australia’s national science agency confirmed the case…
Severe floods in Mingora, Swat, Pakistan, damaged homes, leaving water, sand, and mud inside. Walls and roofs partially destroyed, August 15, 2025. — Alamy As contaminated floodwater gushed into their home in Buner, north-western Pakistan, Khalid (name changed) and his wife helped their three children up to higher ground. Amid the chaos, the couple had one…
Nishtar Hospital in Multan. — Facebook@Nishtar Hospital, Multan/File Suspended individuals directed not to leave station sans permission. HIV tests conducted on doctors and paramedical staff after incident. Punjab health minister says negligence in treatment intolerable. MULTAN: The Punjab government has suspended nine doctors and one nurse after a suspected HIV-positive patient underwent surgery without prior…
Airport Security Force (ASF) personnel stand guard at the Islamabad International Airport on April 18, 2018. — Reuters No Ebola case reported in Pakistan, neighbouring countries: ministry. Kamal says measures aimed at protecting public from epidemics. Says situation being monitored in coordination with WHO. ISLAMABAD: In light of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) declaration of…
Medical Director of Mungwalu General Hospital Richard Lokudu speaks to Reuters next to the burned remains of a destroyed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency isolation tent. — Reuters Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo, already grappling with shortages of basic supplies, are now also having to deal with…
Students from Ricards Lodge and Rutlish High Schools in Wimbledon look at their mobile phones during an interview and discussion with Reuters about their thoughts on a social media ban for under 16s, in London, Britain, February 23, 2026. — Reuters Social media ranks alongside smoking as a danger to children, senior British doctors said…
A nurse wearing protective medical clothing draws a dose from a vaccine vial during the launch of an Ebola trial vaccination campaign at Mulago Referral Hospital during a previous Ebola outbreak in Kampala, Uganda, on February 3, 2025. — AFP A vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus will be ready by the…
