Health

Dangerous bacterium found in Mississippi soil

US health officials say they have found a rare but dangerous type of bacterium in soil and water samples in the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi. The bug, called Burkholderia pseudomallei, can make some people extremely sick if they become infected. Most healthy people who come into contact will not …

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Resurgent Covid-19

AS if the country’s economic problems were not stressful enough, we now have to worry about resurgent Covid-19. According to the National Command and Operation Centre, new cases have risen to the highest in 80 days, with Karachi and Hyderabad now reporting positivity rates of above 10pc — a level which, in …

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Footprints: When cheap ghee loses its utility

HOW much does a packet of ghee cost? Rs650 a kilo if you ask the well-heeled; Rs300, humiliation and a few hours of waiting for those less fortunate. The air inside the Diwan-e-Khas Utility Store on Gizri Boulevard is rank with desperation. Tired citizens, both young and old, have lined …

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SOPs relaxed for people returning from Afghanistan

As there a change in the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Pakistani’s that are coming back to Pakistan from Afghanistan

Landhi Kotal: As there a change in the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Pakistani’s that are coming back to Pakistan from Afghanistan via the Torkham border as the mandatory stay at the quarantine centers in Khyber tribal district have been eased as arrival 413 people arrive last Saturday.Officials said …

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Patients need no rest of antibiotics:

get rid of antibiotics

Patients need no rest of antibiotics: UK medical experts say most patients should be advised to rest rather than propose antibiotics. Public Health England or PhE says one of the five prescriptions of antibiotics is unnecessary because many diseases automatically disappear.so that patients should be care this and get rid …

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