A visitor holds a wineglass outside the Black Sea resort of Anapa in the Krasnodar region, Russia. — Reuters/File Global alcohol consumption is set to drop over the next decade, despite population growth and rising demand in India, which is set to become the world’s biggest drinks market after China, according to market research firm…
An aerial view from a UN helicopter shows residential settlements and dirt roads, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in the outskirts of Mongbwalu, Djugu Territory of Ituri province which is the epicentre of the Ebola epidemic, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 9, 2026. — Reuters The…
Close-up of herbal ingredients and glass jars used in traditional Chinese medicine therapy. — Pexels BEIJING: A milestone in China-Pakistan scientific collaboration was achieved on Thursday (June 4) with the official unveiling of the Zhejiang-Pakistan Joint Laboratory on R&D of Herbal Medicine at the 2026 International Symposium on Traditional Chinese Medicine–Unani Medicine Cooperation and SCO…
Director-General of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tours the Evangelical Medical Centre (CEM), in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. — Reuters GENEVA: Nearly 500 Ebola cases have now been confirmed in the deadly outbreak raging in central Africa, a WHO overview showed Saturday, amid mounting concern over the swelling scale…
A boy holds a hamburger made with a doughnut bun at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, California September 4, 2013. — Reuters GENEVA: Food contaminated with harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals kills 1.5 million people worldwide each year, with young children worst hit, the World Health Organisation warned on Thursday. After analysing…
A person poses with a dose of Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine in this illustration picture taken in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US October 2, 2025. — Reuters PARIS: A vaccine targeting a broad range of viruses that was designed using artificial intelligence had a “modest” effect on immune systems in a small, early trial, according to a…
A boy holds a hamburger made with a doughnut bun at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, California September 4, 2013. — Reuters GENEVA: Food contaminated with harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals kills 1.5 million people worldwide each year, with young children worst hit, the World Health Organisation warned on Thursday. After analysing…
Medical team from the Alliance for International Medical Action, an international NGO, set up a treatment centre for the Ebola response, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 29, 2026. — Reuters The Ebola outbreak…
Health workers get dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Center in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. — Reuters Nine confirmed cases, one associated death in Uganda: WHO. Democratic Republic of Congo confirms 321 cases, 48 deaths. Numbers of cases will fluctuate over time: WHO spokesperson. The…
Representational image of different medicine pills seen in their original packaging in Brussels, Belgium August 9, 2019. — Reuters Consumers can verify expiry dates, price information. Drug makers must add 2D barcodes on medicine packs. Serialisation data to be mandatory on all medicines. ISLAMABAD: Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal said that the federal cabinet…
