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Just 21,000 opt for free Hepatitis C screening in Islamabad, minister irked

July 28, 2026

Islamabad: Only around 21,000 people have voluntarily undergone free Hepatitis C screening in Islamabad a month after the launch of the Prime Minister's Hepatitis...

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Just 21,000 opt for free Hepatitis C screening in Islamabad, minister irked

July 28, 2026

Islamabad: Only around 21,000 people have voluntarily undergone free Hepatitis C screening in Islamabad a month after the...

Unregistered group pressuring DRAP for ‘illegal favours’, officials say

HPV vaccine does not cause infertility, prevents cervical cancer: Experts

Pakistan attracts $440m Chinese investment in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology

Life-saving medicines disappearing as 105 price hike cases remain frozen for over two years

Shifa joins world’s elite academic medical centers with prestigious JCI accreditation

June 16, 2026

Are students losing interest in medical education as 743 seats remain vacant?

June 3, 2026

Students going abroad for medical, dental education must clear MDCAT: PMDC committee

May 12, 2026

MDCAT to be held on August 16 this year, Mustafa Kamal announces

May 7, 2026

‘Over 90% medical practice unethical in Pakistan, blind reliance on AI can be fatal’

May 2, 2026

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India joins over 40 countries in approving Japanese dengue vaccine

Probe launched against Karachi’s Darul Sehat hospital over woman’s death

PIMS doctors defend colleague after FIA arrests three employees in fake MLC case

16 more children diagnosed with HIV in Karachi’s Valika hospital, ombudsman told

Media urged to spotlight Pakistan’s childhood lead poisoning crisis

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Infectious Diseases

Just 21,000 opt for free Hepatitis C screening in Islamabad, minister irked

Pakistan moves to end Global Fund’s ‘discriminatory’ Additional Safeguard Policy

Over 1.11m antibiotic units sold in Islamabad in first quarter of 2026

Prices of 52 new life-saving medicines approved on health minister’s push

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Unhealthy school food fuelling obesity and undernutrition, WHO warns

Two-thirds of Pakistanis did not play any sport in past year, cricket remains most popular: Gallup

Pakistan moves to end Global Fund’s ‘discriminatory’ Additional Safeguard Policy

Over 1.11m antibiotic units sold in Islamabad in first quarter of 2026

Namaz-e-Janaza of Dr Naseem Salahuddin to be held on Wednesday in Karachi

May 24, 2026

Veteran infectious diseases expert Dr Naseem Salahuddin dies after road accident in Morocco

May 22, 2026

‘Pakistan largest contributor to global hepatitis C burden’, WHO says

April 29, 2026

Suspected Congo-virus case reported in Sindh, samples sent to AKU for testing

April 22, 2026

Another mpox case reported in Karachi as intra-family transmission confirmed

April 17, 2026

At least 25 killed as protests turn violent in Karachi, Islamabad and GB; hospitals on high alert

March 1, 2026

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