Tag: Fever

Dengue is a widespread mosquito-borne infection in the human beings, which in recent years has become a major, international public health concern. The disease...

The military doctors have so far successfully treated over 4,500 patients for dengue fever ever since the initiation of proactive support plans by the...

A few doctors in public and private-sector hospitals, in a panic, are seen referring all patients with a fever for dengue tests. “My son has...

Dengue fever claimed two more lives in Lahore that has increased the toll to twenty on Thursday. A staff member of the Mayo Hospital...

Under section 144, all private and public swimming pools in Karachi have been closed for one month as a precautionary measure to deal with...

Agriculture Minister Punjab Malik Ahmed Ali Aulakh assured the press that the dengue fever epidemic will soon be controlled in the province. Talking to...

Dengue virus is on the rampage in Punjab, where Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif Thursday directed the concerned authorities to purchase medicines and machines...

Punjab is in the grip of a dengue epidemic with dozens of cases being reported daily at various hospitals across the province, said officials...

When people have a fever that persists, they usually go to a doctor and seek treatment.  Similarly, when they suffer a severe injury or...

The second patient, resident of Zhob, suffering from dengue fever has died in Karachi based hospital. “The said patient resident of Zhob town was admitted...

CANNES - British broadcasters are offering their international counterparts an array of royal-related products at the MIPTV trade show this week ahead of the much-anticipated royal wedding.
Up for sale at the world's premier market for buying and selling programming are documentaries about Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton to historical shows about royal weddings over the decades.
A one-off special production by Britain's BBC Worldwide, "William and Kate: A Royal

MUMBAI - Indian cricket fans clung to their dreams of a World Cup win on home soil Saturday as tens of thousands of people converged on Mumbai for the tournament climax under heavy security. Mumbai's sweeping Marine Drive promenade -- normally heaving with noisy traffic -- was transformed into a sea of blue India shirts, as the road was shut to all but match traffic and fans queued to get into the ground.
Many had the saffron, white and green Indian tricolor draped around their

KARACHI - The KSE-100 index, on Thursday, closed at 11,809.54 points marked by a gain of 0.93 points, while total volume and total value stood at 55,378,100 and 3,594,159,574 respectively. The KSE-30 index accumulated 18.63 points to close at 11561.50 levels, while All Share index closed at 8,276.78 levels after losing 0.17 points. End of the cricket fever failed to instill investor's interest. The index return in the concluded first quarter of the CY11 remained below par, at -1.77

MUMBAI - World Cup fever struck India seriously the moment it became apparent that the co-hosts would meet Pakistan in the second semi-final in Mohali this Wednesday. Yuvraj Singh's boundary off Brett Lee to win India's quarter-final against defending champions Australia last Thursday sparked national euphoria.
It also relegated Tuesday's first semi-final between 1996 champions Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Colombo to the status of a sideshow. For the first time three Asian teams

KARACHI - The Trust for Vaccines and Immunisation (TVI) has launched its Typhoid Fever Awareness campaign in schools and madressas of Jamshed Town. Through this campaign, awareness about typhoid and its prevention would be provided to school- and madressa-going children, and the parents and teachers. TVI is running this programme with the collaboration of the International Vaccine Institute, City District Government Karachi, Sindh Health Department, Sindh Expanded Programme on

LAHORE - The campaign for the Lahore High Court bar Association (LHCBA) polls, scheduled for February 26 has reached its peak with all groups promising lawyers welfare programme in a bid to win the polls at any cost. The corner meetings, tea parties, luncheons, dinner, elections campaign and traditional propaganda tools are being employed in a cut throat competition between Presidential candidate Rai Bashir Ahmed and his rival Asghar Ali Gill. Rai Bashir Ahmed is candidate of Friends