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
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
Bangladesh reported nine more COVID-19 cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning. With the new numbers, the country’s total COVID-19 caseload rose to 2,049,728, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,493
Deaths caused by the mosquito-borne dengue disease have more than tripled in Peru so far this year, according to data from the South American nation's government, which is redoubling efforts to contain an epidemic that has hit poor areas the hardest. The government of President Dina Boluarte this
Dairy farmers in the United States are raising their defenses to try to contain the spread of bird flu: banning visitors, cutting down trees to discourage wild birds from landing, and disinfecting vehicles coming onto their land. North Carolina on Wednesday became the seventh state to report an ou
Moderna shares rose 8 per cent in morning trade on Tuesday after the company's individualized cancer vaccine developed with Merck, showed positive response in an early-stage trial in patients with a type of head and neck cancer. The vaccine is designed to train the immune system to recognize and a
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, 5 patients were hospitalised across the country with viral fever during this period, according to the DGHS. Of them, three were adm
Public specialists on Saturday called for more budget allocation for health sector in the upcoming 2024-25 fiscal as the country is witnessing an alarming surge in the deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The budgetary allocation to combat NCDs is significantly inadequate, they said, addi
