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By Fatima Raza | Health Desk | Published: October 20, 2026 Karachi has reported its first polio case in nearly two years. The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) for Polio Eradication confirmed on Monday, October 19, 2026, that a six-month-old boy from Union Council Jamali Colony in Karachi East, Sindh, has been infected with wild…
By Fatima Raza · Health Desk · Updated October 15, 2026 One in every eight cancers diagnosed in the world last year was linked to an infection. A landmark analysis by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), published in The Lancet Oncology, found that 12 infectious agents classified as Group…
Blood Sugar Level Chart — Fasting, Post-Meal & Random (mg/dL) Your lab report says “Fasting: 118 mg/dL” and your cousin says that’s fine, your aunt says that’s diabetes, and now everyone at the dinner table is an expert. Let’s settle it properly. This blood sugar level chart shows the standard ranges recognised by the American…
Blood Pressure Chart by Age & Gender — Normal, High, Low Ranges So the clinic nurse wrote something like “142/91” on your report and moved on. Now you’re home, staring at two numbers, wondering what they mean and whether you should be worried. This blood pressure chart gives you the full picture — the standard…
A Russian laboratory worker has died after an unknown infection and hundreds of people have reportedly been placed in quarantine, in a case described by Geo News on October 5, 2026 as a mysterious virus incident. The report said the worker, based at a research institute in the Irkutsk region, developed pneumonia of unknown origin…