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Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

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Bird flu is back: how worried should we be?

As a disease detective, the danger of the next pandemic is always on our radar. The 1918 flu pandemic, which killed 50 to 100 million people and...

09.04.2024 20

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

How could Maryam leave an impact?

Maryam Nawaz Sharif has been sworn in as the first female chief minister in Pakistan. This is a significant step towards gender balance in a society...

06.03.2024 20

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Disease X or Zombie Apocalypse: what will end the world?

R ecently, I have been bombarded by questions from friends and colleagues asking me about a “new” virus that is apparently more dangerous than the...

27.01.2024 30

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Next pandemic: the cost of unpreparedness

T he Covid19 pandemic is not over in practical terms. Still, thousands of people are dying due to it every month, though less than before. Apart from...

17.01.2024 20

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Global health security: can Pakistan show leadership?

P akistan has decided to hold the first Global Health Security Summit in Pakistan. This is a significant step for a developing country attempting to...

06.01.2024 60

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Return of Covid-19

G erman Chancellor Olaf Scholz has recently announced that he is positive for Covid-19 with mild symptoms. According to Germany’s Robert Koch...

30.12.2023 30

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Why political polls are mostly wrong

A s the election season approaches, we have started seeing different media outlets conducting political polls. We have already seen messages showing...

23.12.2023 50

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Why is blood pressure killing South Asians?

In the 1990s, I was a practising family physician in Lahore. In a lecture, a foreign cardiologist gave us a limit of permissible blood pressure levels...

11.12.2023 30

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Nipah virus: will it start the new pandemic?

A few weeks ago, the Punjab Department of Health suddenly issued a health advisory for a possible Nipah virus infection in Pakistan. While I was...

27.10.2023 20

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

From pink eye to blindness

T wo news stories about eye health are very hot these days. One about ‘red/pink eye’ which is ravaging our country, and the other about an...

28.09.2023 70

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

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