Health & Fitness

The cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain May 11, 2026. — Reuters An American national and a French woman evacuated from the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have tested positive, officials said Monday, as the complex operation to repatriate…

Persons wearing hazmat suits are pictured as passengers board a plane bound for US carrying passengers evacuated from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia airport on the island of Tenerife in Spain´s Canary Islands on May 10, 2026.— AFP  Here is a roundup of which countries have confirmed…

A representational image of three mosquitoes on a surface. — AFP  The deadliest animals are not lions, spiders or snakes, but the tiny mosquitoes that suck our blood, make us itchy and infect us with disease. Mosquitoes kill around 760,000 people every year, according to research site Our World in Data, with humans themselves coming…

A test tube labelled “Hantavirus positive” is held in this illustration taken May 7, 2026.— Reuters/File World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday “our work is not over” to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness. The fate of the MV Hondius…

An officer holds seized red Tapentadol tablets at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) facility in Lagos, on February 19, 2026. — AFP NEW DELHI: They come in blister packs of 10 like any normal painkiller, and you can buy them easily in roadside kiosks and street pharmacies across West Africa. Millions of tapentadol…

Test tubes labelled “Hantavirus positive and negative” are held in this illustration taken May 7, 2026. — Reuters  GENEVA: Eight people infected in the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship have tested positive for the Andes virus, the only strain transmitted between humans, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. “Eight cases were laboratory-confirmed…

Achieving a massive weight loss milestone is a life-changing accomplishment. It requires immense dedication, unwavering discipline, and a complete overhaul of your daily nutritional and fitness programmes. Whether you achieved this through diet and exercise or with the assistance of bariatric surgery, reaching your goal weight is a monumental victory. However, many people who hit…

If you ever think about what heart problems look like, you’ll probably imagine something pretty dramatic. Chest pain that makes you clutch your heart, sudden dizziness that strikes out of nowhere, or breathlessness that makes you stop in your tracks. While all of these things can be real, they are almost always a result of…

Screengrabs from the viral video showing doctors performing the surgery and their colleagues recording the video. — Instagram/ hidesidemagazine Incident occurred during C-section at Lady Willingdon Hospital. Govt also suspends gynaecology dept head among others. Punjab govt vows strict adherence to professional ethics. LAHORE: The Punjab government on Saturday suspended the medical superintendent, the gynaecology…