AI fails to detect depression signs in social media posts by Black Americans, study finds

Analyzing social media using artificial intelligence may pick up signals of depression in white Americans but not in Black counterparts, according to a study that highlights the risk of training AI models for healthcare-related tasks without data from diverse racial and ethnic groups. The AI model used for the study was more than three times […]

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Study discovers a hormone can shield the kidney’s functioning in diabetic patients

 A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Bristol has uncovered a mechanism by which a hormone can protect the blood arteries of the kidney from the detrimental effects of diabetes. This discovery potentially offers an early therapeutic strategy to mitigate or halt the progression of kidney damage in individuals with diabetes. The […]

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Govt to open Covid vaccine registration for 19 years and above from May 27

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Post) – Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Wednesday has announced that the coronavirus vaccination registration for citizens of 19 years and above will open from May 27. In a post on social-networking website Twitter, the minister said that in today’s National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) meeting we […]

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British grandma is first in world to get Pfizer vaccine outside trial

LONDON (Reuters) – Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother, on Tuesday became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot outside of a trial as Britain began vaccinating its population. An early riser, Keenan received the vaccine at her local hospital in Coventry, central England, on Tuesday morning at 0631 GMT, […]

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Pakistan reports 55 deaths by coronavirus, 3,262 new cases in one day

LAHORE – Pakistan has reported 55 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 410,072. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 8,260 on Friday. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 3,262 persons tested positive for COVID-19 […]

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One In Seven Babies Born With Low Birthweight: Study

PARIS: More than 20 million newborns in 2015 — one in seven — came into the world weighing too little, according to a global assessment of birthweight, published Thursday. Over 90 percent of babies tipping the scale at less than 2.5 kilos (5.5 pounds) when born were in low- and middle-income countries, researchers reported in […]

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4 Pakistani students in China diagnosed with coronavirus

Four Pakistani students in China tested positive for the coronavirus, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference, Dr Mirza said that a large proportion of the Pakistanis living in China were students of which over 500 students were based in the central city of Wuhan, […]

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Over 600 people test HIV positive in Pakistan village

ISLAMABAD: Special Health Advisor Zafar Mirza said on Sunday over 600 people, most of them children, had tested HIV positive in a village in Sindh. Concern grew after hundreds of people were allegedly infected by a doctor using a contaminated syringe in Rato Dero and surrounding villages of Larkana district. “Some 681 people, of which […]

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WHO team arrives in Pakistan to investigate HIV outbreak

ISLAMABAD: An international team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday to support the response to an outbreak of HIV in Larkana in Sindh province. According to an official of WHO, the team has arrived at the request of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination. He […]

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One in seven babies born with low birthweight: study

PARIS: More than 20 million newborns in 2015 — one in seven — came into the world weighing too little, according to a global assessment of birthweight, published Thursday. Over 90 percent of babies tipping the scale at less than 2.5 kilos (5.5 pounds) when born were in low- and middle-income countries, researchers reported in […]

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