Health

A representational image of an inside view of a hospital ward. — AFP/File KARACHI: With the rising temperature in Karachi, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of diarrhea patients, said Pakistan Pediatric Association Sindh President Dr Waseem Jamalvi on Thursday. Talking to Geo News, Dr Jamalvi stated that dozens of diarrhea patients are being brought to government …

Kelly Morgan BBC News, West of England Listen: How horses help young people facing emotional and mental health challenges A charity has called on the NHS to fund equine-assisted services which help children with their emotions and mental health. Cotswolds-based Horses for Wellbeing helps young people develop trust, emotional regulation and confidence. Its users told the BBC being around horses …

People walk on the dry riverbed of the Indus River in Hyderabad on April 24, 2025. — Reuters Indian strikes damaged dispensary, disrupted health services. Pakistan reaffirms commitment to WHO health agenda. Islamabad backs global pandemic treaty adoption at WHA. GENEVA: Health Minister Mustafa Kamal has called for holding India accountable for threatening to halt the flow of Indus River …

Mosquitoes should be given malaria drugs to clear their infection so they can no longer spread the disease, say US researchers. Malaria parasites, which kill nearly 600,000 people a year, mostly children, are spread by female mosquitoes when they drink blood. Current efforts aim to kill mosquitoes with insecticide rather than curing them of malaria. But a team at Harvard …

Getty Images Women with very dense breasts should be offered additional scans as part of the UK’s NHS breast screening programme to help detect more cancers and save lives, researchers say. A Cambridge University-led study of more than 9,000 women found using different scans from traditional mammograms could treble the number of cancers detected in this group of women. Around …

Gavin Kermack BBC News, West Midlands Allison Gardner spoke through tears as she described her experiences in a Westminster Hall debate An MP has described the “debilitating and excruciating” experience of living with a chronic urinary tract infection (UTI). Allison Gardner, the Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, made an emotional speech in a Westminster Hall debate on the condition, which …

Health Secretary Wes Streeting, is “actively reviewing” banning or restricting the private prescription of cross-sex hormones to young people, according to evidence given to the High Court. Government lawyers say an expert panel will report in July on the use of this type of medication by under 18s wishing to change their gender. An application by campaigners for a full …

A new online support group has been created to help gay and bisexual men across Wales. Jake Devline-Reed, who appeared on BBC Three programme I Kissed a Boy, has teamed up with the mental health hub Helpu to launch it. Jake, from Swansea, was bullied at school and said the group will be “really beneficial” for a lot of men …

Polio workers give polio vaccine drops to a child as police stand guard during a vaccination campaign in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.— Reuters/File Of total, five cases are from KP, four from Sindh, and one from Punjab. No vaccination drive carried out in parts of KP since Oct 2023. Third nationwide polio campaign of 2025 is set to …

West Nile virus has been detected in UK mosquitoes for the first time, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. It added that the risk to the general public is “very low” but advice to healthcare professionals will be issued. West Nile virus causes either very minor symptoms or none at all – but around 20% of cases can experience …