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20 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

20 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

No fresh death due to dengue was reported in Bangladesh in the 24 hours till Monday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). However, 20 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever during this period, according to the DGHS. Of them, seven were admitted to hosp

New strategy to fight aggressive brain tumour shows promise 

New strategy to fight aggressive brain tumour shows promise 

A new strategy to fight an extremely aggressive type of brain tumour showed promise in a pair of experiments with a handful of patients. Scientists took patients' own immune cells and turned them into "living drugs" able to recognise and attack glioblastoma. In the first-step tests, those cells sh


Global child deaths reached historic low in 2022: UN Report

Global child deaths reached historic low in 2022: UN Report

The number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022, according to the latest estimates released by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) from Geneva on Wednesday. The report reveals that mo

Ambassador Iwama Kiminori hands over COVID-19 kits to DGHS

Ambassador Iwama Kiminori hands over COVID-19 kits to DGHS

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori has handed over Covid COVID-19 testing kits to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Stockpile Project supported by the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Socie

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