A Heart Foundation will be set up in the southern district of Bagerhat to provide health services to patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases and associated conditions. Professor Dr Chowdhury Hafizul Ahsan, Director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program of the University of Nevada, and t
About one in five samples of commercial milk in the US tested positive for traces of bird flu in a national survey, with a greater proportion coming from areas with infected herds, the US Food and Drug Administration said. There is no evidence that the milk poses a danger or that a live virus is p
Health specialists fear that the ongoing supply crunch of birth control products at government family-planning centres can fuel unwanted pregnancy and subsequent maternal mortality due to abortion. The government usually provides contraceptives, including condoms, pills, injectables to people, par
More than 70 per cent of the global workforce is exposed to risks linked to climate change that cause hundreds of thousands of deaths each year, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday, adding governments would need to act as the numbers rise. Workers, especially the wor
The government will fix diagnostic test fees at all private hospitals by formulating the Health Protection Act, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen has said. “We are in the process of formulating the Health Protection Act. I am travelling from one village to another for the
The World Health Organization is likely to issue a wider warning about contaminated Johnson and Johnson-made children’s cough syrup found in Nigeria last week, it said in an email. Nigeria’s regulator recalled a batch of Benylin syrup last Wednesday, having found a high level of diethy
Dengue cases have created an "emergency situation" in the Americas, although cases in hotspots Argentina and Brazil appear to have stabilised, the head of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Thursday. PAHO, a United Nations agency, has confirmed more than 5.2 million cases of dengu
Amid the intense heat wave affecting the nation, people are falling ill with symptoms like colds, fevers, and stomach aches. There is also a higher risk of heat stroke. Doctors advise taking extra precautions to stay healthy during the summer. Bangladesh is experiencing mild to moderate heat waves
The World Health Organization issued an alert on Monday warning drugmakers of five contaminated batches of propylene glycol, an ingredient used in medicinal syrups, that appear to have been falsely labelled as manufactured by Dow Chemical DOW.N units in Asia and Europe. The Drug Regulatory Authori
Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen on Monday urged all keep their houses clean and directed the authorities concerned to work in a coordinated way to prevent dengue. “We have directed the hospital authorities to take measures as the physicians are well aware of dengue trea
