Health - Geo News https://www.geo.tv/ Latest Health news and updates from Geo.tv Sat, 14 Nov 2026 16:55:16 +05:00 en-US <![CDATA[Pakistani drugmaker wins second WHO prequalification for manufacturing site]]> ]]> KARACHI: A Pakistani pharmaceutical company has secured World Health Organisation prequalification for its Astola manufacturing facility on November 2, 2026, becoming its second production site to receive international...]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan reports ninth polio case, virus linked to Afghanistan]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan's polio tally rises to eight with new case in KP]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan registers 3,900 children with HIV in 18 months]]> ]]> ISLAMABAD: A total of 3,900 children tested...]]> <![CDATA[Imperiled pregnancies: How heat storms threaten mothers and babies]]> ]]> Over the last...]]> <![CDATA[First patient undergoes pioneering stem-cell treatment for Parkinson's]]> ]]> A patient has undergone pioneering stem-cell therapy to treat Parkinson's disease, the Japanese drugmaker behind the treatment said on Friday, in a world-first following its conditional...]]> <![CDATA[Counterfeit flu vaccine stock seized in Lahore amid nationwide shortage]]> ]]> LAHORE: Authorities in...]]> <![CDATA[Karachi residents advised to mask up in crowded spaces amid surge in flu cases]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Drap directed to reassess drug pricing proposals, including flu vaccines]]> ]]> ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister...]]> <![CDATA[No shortage of flu vaccines in Pakistan, says health minister]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Experimental cancer vaccine reduces melanoma death or recurrence risk by 42%]]> ]]> Moderna and Merck have said that their mRNA cancer vaccine, when combined with Merck's widely used immunotherapy, cut the risk of melanoma death or recurrence by 42% in a large trial, potentially...]]> <![CDATA[France reports first human case of livestock virus Shamonda after patient dies]]> ]]> PARIS: France on Thursday reported the first human case of the Shamonda virus usually found in...]]> <![CDATA[Karachi reports polio case as Pakistan's 2026 tally hits seven]]> ]]> KARACHI: A polio case...]]> <![CDATA[Health ministry official says plague risk in Pakistan 'very low' after suspected Siberia case]]> ]]> ISLAMABAD: The federal health ministry has said the risk of plague spreading in...]]> <![CDATA[Explainer: What do we know so far about plague institute lab worker's death in Russia?]]> ]]> A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances...]]> <![CDATA[WHO chief urges transparency amid Russia plague reports]]> ]]> The WHO said on Wednesday it wanted more information from...]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan's polio tally reaches six as seven-year-old boy tests positive in Khyber]]> ]]> <![CDATA[US-German trio win medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics]]> ]]> STOCKHOLM: The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their...]]> <![CDATA['Mysterious' virus kills Russian lab worker, sends 'hundreds' into quarantine]]> ]]> A Russian laboratory researcher died from an unknown infection that was reportedly released as a result of a laboratory accident...]]> <![CDATA[For Pakistan rising fistula cases make SDG 3 goal elusive]]> ]]> “You’re living a life drained of joy,” is how Shehnaz Sher Ali describes her “perpetually wet and stinky” existence. “I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy,” says the...]]>