ISLAMABAD -Terming the polio eradication Muslim Ummah's issue, the religious leaders from Pakistan and other countries have declared that parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated against polio commit a sin and such refusals are against the teachings of Islam.They also condemned the ...

Lahore - The Lahore High Court on Tuesday warned against administering spurious anti-measles vaccine to children, observing that guilty people would jailed no matter whether they are ministers or advisers.The court issued warning while hearing a petition over the deadly measles outbreak. Directing ...

tando muhammad khanThe unavailability of vaccines for children in public sector healthcare facilities mainly due to the indifference and negligence of the District Health Department has been posing threats to newborns across the district, complained the health experts and parents.“Most of ...

SHANGHAI - US public health experts said developing a vaccine for the H7N9 strain of bird flu could take "many months", as China seeks to control an outbreak which had killed 11 people by Friday. Chinese authorities have confirmed 43 human cases of H7N9 avian influenza since announcing nearly two ...

MADRID - A team of Spanish researchers say they have developed a therapeutic vaccine that can temporarily brake growth of the HIV virus in infected patients. The vaccine, based on immune cells exposed to HIV that had been inactivated with heat, was tested on a group of 36 people carrying the virus ...

KARACHI - Chest Society of Pakistan President Prof Nadim Rizvi has strongly dispelled the impression, being deliberately created by sections with commercial interest, that any vaccine or group of vaccines could prevent or help control asthma.Talking to APP on Monday, he said Asthma was triggered by ...

 KARACHI (PPI) - 700 GAVI vaccinators announced boycotting polio vaccine drive beginning this month as a token of protest against non-payment of their salaries. Vaccinators Welfare Association Chairman Junaid Ahmed Shah, Maula Bux Chandio and Nabi Bux Jalbani made the announcement after ...

LAHORE – A delegation, headed by WHO Special Advisor Dr Hussein A Jezairy, called on Special Assistant to Chief Minister Kh Salman Rafique and Secretary Health Arif Nadeem and discussed with them a strategy for the eradication of polio from Pakistan, especially from Punjab. Kh Salman Rafique ...

KARACHI – Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval of the Company’s pneumococcal conjugate vaccine Prevenar 13 (Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine) as a single dose for use in adults, says a press release. Prevenar 13 is ...

KARACHI The first consignment of 2 million doses of measles vaccine procured by the World Health Organization for Pakistan routine EPI arrived in Islamabad and has been stored in the EPI (Extended Program of Immunization) cold rooms, says Press release. The next consignment of the remaining 1.1 ...

A 'UNIVERSAL vaccine, which is part of a new generation of drugs that use the bodys own defences to fight the disease, stopping tumours in their tracks, could be available in just two years. The TeloVac jab could revolutionise the treatment of cancer. But it is hoped it will be effective against ...

For children with a kidney problem called nephrotic syndrome, giving them the meningococcal C vaccine seems to increase the likelihood that they'll have a relapse, British doctors report. "The risk of relapse after vaccination might be greater for this group of patients than the risk of ...

LAHORE (PR) - Film star and father of four girls Shaan has pledged his support to the Pampers-UNICEF '1 Pack = 1 Life Saving Vaccine campaign as he made a personal appearance at Hyperstar, Fortress Stadium Lahore to talk to mothers, fathers and media fraternity to raise awareness of the ...

National Security Advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani will hold meetings with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee today. Upon arriving in New Delhi yesterday, Durrani met his Indian counterpart M.K. Narayanan and exchanged views on improving bilateral relations between ...

A super-vaccine that could give permanent protection against all forms of flu is being developed by British doctors. The once-in-a-lifetime vaccine could do away with the need for an annual jab, according to researchers at Oxford University. At present, the current jab has to be given every ...

An experimental vaccine designed to treat the most common and deadly brain tumor has more than doubled the survival of patients, according to results of a small clinical study. The vaccine, produced by the US firm Avant Immunotherapeutics Inc, stimulates the immune system to attack the ...