Around 10,000 children are diagnosed with cancer in Pakistan each year, yet fewer than 30 percent survive due to delayed diagnosis, limited pediatric oncology facilities, and financial constraints, health experts said during an awareness session organized by Indus Hospital & Health Network.

A tragic incident in Puri district of Odisha, India, has drawn attention to the dangers of untreated lice infestation after a Class 6 student reportedly died due to a severe scalp and skull infection during treatment. The case has sparked concern about delayed medical intervention and the importance of early detection of health issues in school-aged children.

The Islamabad High Court has banned the use of substandard polypropylene woven sacks for packaging food items, warning that the reuse of cement bags for flour and other edible products poses serious health risks, including cancer. In a detailed written judgment, Justice Azam Khan directed the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority to initiate a nationwide enforcement campaign within 30

The World Health Organization (WHO) has assessed the risk of the deadly Nipah virus spreading as low, following the recent confirmation of three cases in India and Bangladesh. Nipah, a virus transmitted from animals to humans, carries a high fatality rate of 40 to 75 percent and currently has no available vaccine. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted that the recent cases—two in

The Nipah virus, first identified in a Malaysian village, is a highly fatal infectious disease primarily transmitted by fruit bats, though pigs and other animals can also act as hosts. Recent cases in northeastern India and Bangladesh in early 2026 have reignited concerns about its potential for wider spread, prompting Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore to strengthen border controls.

The Punjab government has officially begun connecting public hospitals to the Safe City surveillance network to boost security and enable real-time monitoring across healthcare facilities.

The Balochistan government is set to launch a major health insurance scheme for public sector employees, with Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti announcing the official rollout during a high-level review meeting in Quetta. The program, scheduled to launch on March 7, 2026, will provide each government employee with medical coverage of up to Rs1 million at leading hospitals across Pakistan.

Moderna announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has refused to review its application for the company’s first mRNA-based flu vaccine. The FDA cited concerns that Moderna’s clinical trial was not “adequate and well-controlled” and had not compared the experimental shot against the best available influenza vaccine on the market. In the trial, Moderna had used Fluarix, an approved flu

Pakistan has inaugurated its first-ever vascular hybrid suite in Karachi, a facility expected to drastically reduce amputations caused by diabetes, chronic ulcers, and vascular diseases. The vascular hybrid suite was officially opened by Sindh Health Minister Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho at the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Institute of Trauma (SMBBIT). Dr. Pechuho stated that the Sindh government

The first national anti-polio campaign of 2026 in Pakistan has been successfully completed, with over 44.3 million children receiving the polio vaccine, according to the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC). The campaign covered all regions of the country, with Punjab vaccinating 22.9 million children, Sindh 1.05 million, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 7.13 million, Balochistan 2.363 million, Azad