A thriving illicit trade of more than 40 billion cigarettes a year is undermining Pakistan’s tax policy objectives Pakistan’s cigarette market has become a case study in how good-faith tax policy can yield unintended/negative results. Despite repeated increases in excise duties – most dramatically in the 2022–23 financial year – the country now hosts the…
A representational image of three mosquitoes on a surface. — AFP The deadliest animals are not lions, spiders or snakes, but the tiny mosquitoes that suck our blood, make us itchy and infect us with disease. Mosquitoes kill around 760,000 people every year, according to research site Our World in Data, with humans themselves coming…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived early Sunday off the Spanish island of Tenerife, where the evacuation of passengers is expected to begin. Passengers will be tested by Spanish health authorities to ensure they are asymptomatic before being transported ashore in small boats,…
People work out at a Planet Fitness in Alexandria, Virginia, on Jan. 8, 2024. Leah Millis | Reuters Shares of Planet Fitness plunged more than 30% Thursday after the company reported a drag on sign-ups and trimmed its guidance. The stock was having its worst day ever, as of midday trading. Even though the fitness…
A rare form of hantavirus is believed to have spread person-to-person on board a cruise ship. Three people are dead, four more are ill and nearly 150 others are stranded aboard the ship, where they will stay potentially for months until they are cleared to leave. Tom Hanson has more. Source link
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A health worker counts used vials of vaccine at a vaccination centre in Karachi. — Reuters/File Cabinet’s nod paves way for local vaccine production: Kamal. Says local vaccine production capacity essential for country. Until now, Pakistan lacks comprehensive policy on vaccines: Kamal. ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Health Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday announced that the cabinet…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rectal cancer deaths are rising at a significantly faster rate than colon cancer among younger Americans, a trend that researchers warn will continue to escalate without a shift in treatment. Mortality rates for rectal cancer are growing two to three times faster than those for colon cancer…
After taking the pill for a decade, Elodie Monnier Legrand decided to try “natural” birth control, an increasingly popular trend that requires tracking fertility to avoid becoming pregnant. “I wanted my body to return to its natural state,” the French 30-year-old business owner told AFP. However after getting two abortions within six months, she discovered…
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will make its newly approved gene therapy for a rare, genetic form of hearing loss available for free in the U.S. The company hasn’t yet decided how much it will charge in other countries, Regeneron CEO Leonard Schleifer told CNBC on Friday. “We haven’t set a price yet, but they should pay their…
