Pakistan Health News API

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            "id": "5d22b175d28526a386d7d7553412ceeb",
            "title": "Sindh reports one more dengue death as cases increase",
            "description": "77 new dengue patients were admitted to government hospitals across Sindh while 54 additional patients were admitted to private hospitals.",
            "content": "The Sindh Health Department has released an update on the dengue situation stating that one more death due to dengue has been reported in the province during the last 24 hours.\nAccording to the report, 77 new dengue patients were admitted to governme... [627 chars]",
            "url": "https://minutemirror.com.pk/sindh-reports-one-more-dengue-death-as-cases-increase-466196/",
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            "publishedAt": "2025-11-23T16:48:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3e8c71c8b8f6ffaec3a4b06ce73f1d25",
                "name": "Minute Mirror",
                "url": "https://minutemirror.com.pk"
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            "title": "Fight against polio enters its hardest stageFight against polio enters its hardest stage",
            "description": "Pakistan needs to build one of the world’s strongest systems to control polio. Even then, 40,000 families in Karachi refused to give polio drops to their children this year. This is worrying because the virus has been found in every district of the city. These refusals show the prevailing mindset among the public which creates last remaining gap in Pakistan’s long fight to end polio. Pakistan has made huge progress since 1994. The country has cut polio cases by more than 99.6 percent as at one time, 20,000 children were affected every year. This year, the number is 30, which needs to be brought down to nil. Pakistan also runs one of the world’s biggest surveillance networks, which includes 127 environmental sampling sites and more than 12,000 reporting points. Two of the three global polio strains have already been wiped out. But Pakistan and Afghanistan are still the only countries where the virus continues to circulate. In 2024, the WPV1 strain spread across 90 districts. This forced the authorities to adopt a new “2-4-6 roadmap” under the National Emergency Action Plan. Across Sindh, 42,000 families rejected the vaccine this year, and most of them were in Karachi. Dr Azra called this “vaccination fatigue”, while Dr Sebastian Taylor from the Technical Advisory Group said many families refuse the drops simply because they lack awareness. The WHO says progress continues. The number of children missed during campaigns has dropped from 1.48 million to 1.13 million. Still, low routine immunisation, hesitancy, and population movement create gaps where the virus can survive. The toughest challenge is in South Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Pakistan can be certified polio-free only after three years without cases or environmental traces, and this also depends on Afghanistan. The coming low-transmission season will be a critical chance to end polio for good.",
            "content": "November 23, 2025\nPakistan needs to build one of the world’s strongest systems to control polio. Even then, 40,000 families in Karachi refused to give polio drops to their children this year. This is worrying because the virus has been found in every... [1640 chars]",
            "url": "https://minutemirror.com.pk/fight-against-polio-enters-its-hardest-stagefight-against-polio-enters-its-hardest-stage-466165/",
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            "publishedAt": "2025-11-23T15:39:36Z",
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                "name": "Minute Mirror",
                "url": "https://minutemirror.com.pk"
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            "title": "Boosting one protein helps the brain protect itself from Alzheimer’s",
            "description": "Researchers discovered that raising the protein Sox9 can help the brain’s astrocytes clear out toxic plaque buildup linked to Alzheimer’s. In mouse models that already showed memory problems, activating these cells improved cognitive performance. The treatment also reduced plaque levels over time. The work points toward a natural, cell-based way to slow Alzheimer’s decline.",
            "content": "\"Astrocytes perform diverse tasks that are essential for normal brain function, including facilitating brain communications and memory storage. As the brain ages, astrocytes show profound functional alterations; however, the role these alterations pl... [3960 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251123085550.htm",
            "image": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/images/1920/amyloid-plaques-forming-between-brain-neurons.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-23T14:25:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
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                "name": "ScienceDaily",
                "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com"
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