Health - Geo News https://www.geo.tv/ Latest Health news and updates from Geo.tv Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:45:30 +05:00 en-US <![CDATA['Alcohol consumption to decline globally despite rising demand in India']]> ]]> Global alcohol consumption is set to drop over the next decade, despite population growth and rising demand in India, which is set to become the world's biggest...]]> <![CDATA[Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases rises to nearly 600]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Nearly 500 confirmed cases in Central Africa Ebola outbreak: WHO]]> ]]> GENEVA: Nearly 500 Ebola cases have now been confirmed in the deadly outbreak raging in central Africa, a WHO...]]> <![CDATA[China, Pakistan deepen cooperation in traditional medicine]]> ]]> BEIJING: A milestone in China-Pakistan scientific collaboration was achieved on Thursday with the official unveiling of the Zhejiang-Pakistan Joint Laboratory on R&D of Herbal...]]> <![CDATA[In a first, 'universal vaccine' designed by AI]]> ]]> PARIS: A vaccine targeting a broad range of viruses that was designed using artificial intelligence had a...]]> <![CDATA[Unsafe food kills 1.5m people a year worldwide: WHO]]> ]]> GENEVA: Food contaminated with harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals kills 1.5 million people worldwide each year, with young children worst...]]> <![CDATA[Ebola had 'big head-start' but response catching up: WHO]]> ]]> <![CDATA[WHO says suspected Ebola cases drop to 116 after hundreds ruled out]]> ]]> The World Health Organisation said there have been 321 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic...]]> <![CDATA[Federal cabinet approves 'track and trace system' to combat counterfeit medicines]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Dutch health officials clear hantavirus ship to sail again]]> ]]> A cruise ship which sparked a global health alert over a deadly outbreak of hantavirus was on Saturday cleared to put to sea again...]]> <![CDATA[WHO chief rallies community in Congo's Ebola response, calls for more funding]]> ]]> The World Health Organisation chief on Saturday called on communities in the centre of...]]> <![CDATA[African Union's health agency vows Ebola Bundibugyo vaccine by end of 2026 ]]> ]]> A vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain...]]> <![CDATA[Social media as bad for children as smoking, say British doctors]]> ]]> Social media ranks...]]> <![CDATA[Ebola patients flee in attacks on Congo health facilities, hobbling response]]> ]]> Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo,...]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan tightens airport screening after Ebola outbreak in Africa ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Doctors suspended after HIV-positive patient operated on at Multan hospital]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Uruguay records first death by euthanasia]]> ]]> MONTEVIDEO: A cancer patient in Uruguay became the first person to die by euthanasia in the small South American country on Friday, a...]]> <![CDATA[Dr Naseem Salahuddin, senior infectious diseases specialist, dies in Morocco road accident]]> ]]> Leading infectious diseases specialist and professor emeritus at Indus Hospital, Dr Naseem Salahuddin, has died in a tragic road accident in Morocco, her family said, in a sudden loss...]]> <![CDATA[Ebola risk upgraded to 'very high' in DR Congo: WHO chief]]> ]]> <![CDATA[EU says risk of Ebola infection in the bloc is 'very low']]> ]]>