According to a report compiled by the Disease Surveillance System of the Punjab Information Technology Board and issued on Thursday, the number of measles cases in Punjab has reached 7,794 since Ja

Measles outbreak in a nomad family has claimed five lives including a teenage girl and four minor girls in Adda Bhoondi area near Rahim Yar Khan.

ALLAHABAD: With the objective of checking infant mortality rate (IMR), state health authorities have come up the Khasra Rakshak Abhiyan, a campaign to control spread of measles, as part of the nati

Over 6,000 cases of measles were reported in four months in different parts of Punjab, mostly in Lahore, during the current surveillance drive.

Over 6,000 cases of measles were reported in four months in different parts of Punjab, mostly in Lahore, during the current surveillance drive, said Director Health Services for EPI Punjab, Dr Tanv

Study Says A Trial On Vitamin Supplementation Among Preschoolers Did Not Substantiate Earlier Claim Of 30% Reduction

Two so-called magic bullets of the international health community’s armoury — pre-school vitamin A supplementation, assumed to reduce child mortality by a quarter and intestinal deworming, assumed to improve child nutrition, growth, and cognitive development — have been shown to have no significant effect on child mortality. This was revealed in one of the largest trials ever:

Measles spread has been reached alarming proportions in and around the city as 12 children including a boy and his sister were admitted to hospital here the other day.

As of the end of February, 151 cases of Measles had been confirmed in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, with two deaths caused by the highly contagious disease, Yunnan.cn, an official news porta

Justice Ijazul Ahsan of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought a detailed report from the health secretary and the Punjab Drug Regulatory Authority on a petition seeking judicial inquiry into the

Holy Family Hospital (HFH) Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Javed Hayat said on Wednesday that 21 patients suffering from measles had been admitted to the hospital this year.