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New Delhi, Sep 22 : An international freedom advocacy group and research organisation has found Pakistan among top 10 countries in the world where Internet freedom has been on the decline and raised concerns over the rules proposed by the country tha…

New Delhi, Sep 22 : There would be around five million Chinese nationals working in Pakistan by 2025, The News has reported.To meet the health needs of these Chinese nationals, a collaboration between the Pakistani and Chinese medical universities, r…

New York, Sep 22 : Patients hospitalised with severe Covid-19 infection are highly at risk of developing cognitive impairment — including depression and delirium — both during the treatment and after it, finds a study.Delirium is a serious disturba…

Jerusalem, Sep 22 : Israel’s Ministry of Health has reported 8,691 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the tally of infections in the country to 1,242,262.The death toll from the coronavirus in Israel rose by 26 to 7,567, while the number of patients in ser…

Dhaka, Sep 22 : The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Tuesday fixed Thursday for passing an order on the bail petition of Jhumon Das in a case filed under him under the Digital Security Act for an “objectionable” post on social media against a Hefazat-e…

United Nations, Sep 21 : UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday projected a gloomy prognosis for the world, warning that it was on the “edge of an abyss” and called for immediate action to save it from the plethora of crises ranging from th…

Washington, Sep 21 : Johnson (and) Johnson on Tuesday announced that its booster shot, given two months after the first shot, provided 94 per cent protection against Covid-19 in the US.When given two months after the first shot, the antibody levels…

Washington, Sep 21 : US intelligence agencies should be tasked with investigating emerging public health threats overseas to combat future disease outbreaks, a former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner has said.The public has lost trust in US …

Tokyo, Sep 21 : Japan will begin to inoculate the elderly with the third dose of a Covid-19 jab early next year, as the country seeks to better deal with the spread of more infectious variants, Vaccination Minister Taro Kono said on Tuesday.The Minis…

Seoul, Sep 21 : While there are numerous health benefits of exercise, physical activity may paradoxically also hasten the build-up of calcium deposits (plaque) in the coronary arteries, the amount of which is used to measure potential risk of cardiov…