Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Missing medicines

Missing medicines

LAHORE: Various essential and lifesaving drugs, manufactured by multinational as well as local pharmaceutical companies, have disappeared from the market, putting health and even lives of patients at risk, Bol News has learnt. Common citizens are the ultimate victims as the majority of the unavailable drugs hardly have any substitutes. In case of availability of … Read more

Australia approves Novavax vaccine amid battle against Omicron wave

novavax vaccine

CANBERRA – Australia approved the Novavax vaccine for people aged 18 and over on Monday, making it the fourth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for use in Australia after AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has recommended the Novavax vaccine be given in two doses, at least three weeks … Read more

Biden marks World AIDS Day with plan to eradicate disease

Biden marks World AIDS Day with plan to eradicate disease

WASHINGTON, President Joe Biden will mark World AIDS Day on Wednesday with a speech laying out his vision for ending the epidemic in the United States by 2030. The White House said Biden will deliver a speech outlining the plan for “redoubling efforts to confront the HIV/AIDS epidemic.” The target is for a 75 percent … Read more

Government of Punjab directs to open grocery stores and pharmacies for 24 hours

Punjab Government

The government of Punjab has directed to open grocery stores and pharmacies for 24 hours in wake of preventing the spread of coronavirus. The notification issued said the authorities have barred employees and general masses from visiting the government offices. Provincial government closed recreational places including Murree to contain the coronavirus whereas directives dispatched to … Read more