Tue, 21-Oct-2025

UN denounces racist, homophobic monkeypox reporting

UN

The United Nations AIDS agency called some monkeypox virus coverage racist and homophobic on Sunday, warning that it was exacerbating stigma and undermining the response to the growing outbreak. According to UNAIDS, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men account for “a significant proportion” of recent monkeypox cases. However, transmission is most … Read more

U2’s Bono puts on ‘freedom’ show in Kyiv metro

Kyiv

During a performance in a metro station in central Kyiv on Sunday, Irish rock artist Bono lauded Ukraine’s fight for “freedom,” and delivered his own “peace” prayer. The 61-year-old rock legend sang U2 hits “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “Desire,” and “With or without you” from the platform of a Kyiv metro station. “The people in Ukraine … Read more

AIDS: Years of research but still no vaccine

AIDS: Years of research but still no vaccine

PARIS, Nov 30, 2021 (AFP) – Covid vaccines began to show promise just months after the novel coronavirus started spreading across the globe. So why have decades of HIV/AIDS research yielded so little progress on a jab to prevent a disease that claimed some 680,000 lives in 2020? As the globe marks World AIDS Day on … Read more

More than 9 thousand cases of HIV AIDS reported in Pakistan this year

cases of aids

Over 9 thousand 565 cases of HIV Aids have been confirmed this year in Pakistan. According to details, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) AIDS is spreading rapidly in Pakistan and over 9 thousand 565 people are confirmed to have HIV AIDS so far this year. During this year, 895 people, including 754 children, are confirmed to … Read more

World AIDS Day: Street children most vulnerable in Pakistan

World AIDS day is celebrated on December 1st, every year and this year theme of the day is “”Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Community by Community.” AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) is a pandemic disease caused due to the infection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which causes damage to the immune system. A Burundi woman called … Read more

Govt introduced auto-disable syringes on this World AIDS Day

Govt’s big decision on this World AIDS Day

On this world Aids day Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr Zafar Mirza has announced that auto-disable syringes will be used in all private hospitals across the country by the middle of next year. He said that government has decided to introduce auto-disable syringes to prevent further complications for citizens as re-use of an … Read more

Malaysia to open an embassy to facilitate the Palestinians

Mahathir Mohamad

Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohammad, announced that his country is ready to open an accredited embassy to Palestine. He addressed the delegates and representatives from 120 countries at the 18th summit of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Mahathir during the conference said that the opening of this embassy would allow Malaysia … Read more

Number of HIV victims exceeds 4000 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

HIV

More than 4000 cases of HIV patients have been registered in Kyber Pakhtun Khuwa. The number of unregistered victims are countless, HIV virus is being transferred to children from their parents due to lack of proper treatment. The virus is being transferred due to more intake of drugs injection in men and due to the … Read more