Health

Chinese organisation Sinovac Biotech, through the Sinovac Foundation, donated 380,000 doses of WHO pre-qualified polio vaccine to Bangladesh to support the government’s immunisation programme and strengthen its Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) activities. Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain formally received the vaccine doses at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare conference room at the ...

Clinical assessments and testing of passengers who were on board the MV Hondius are “well under way” at a Merseyside hospital after they were evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship, health officials have said. The passengers – which include 20 British nationals, a German national who is a UK resident and a Japanese passenger – are more than 24 hours ...

While the chemically rich shampoos and haircare products still dominate the market, most people are turning towards kitchen ingredients for healthier hair. For years, onion has remained one of the most widely used ingredients in natural haircare remedies. Due to its high sulphur content, it helps support keratin production and improve scalp circulation. Garlic is now also gaining attention for ...

Bangladesh has recorded 50,500 suspected measles cases so far, with 1,341 new infections reported in the past 24 hours, the authorities said on Monday. The country also recorded 350 deaths with measles-like symptoms, including six fatalities in a 24-hour span, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin. The DGHS said that since 15 March, the total number ...

The country recorded 11 more deaths from measles and its suspected symptoms in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 409 since mid-March, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). In its latest bulletin issued on Sunday, the DGHS said four of the deaths were laboratory-confirmed measles cases, while the remaining seven were classified as ...

The WHO chief told the people of Tenerife Saturday that the risk to them from an arriving cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak was “low”. “I need you to hear me clearly: this is not another Covid,” World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote in an open letter to the people of the Spanish island where the ...

The outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship carrying passengers from across the world is a situation that authorities say they are taking incredibly seriously. Three passengers have died either on board or after travelling on the ship, which set sail from Argentina a month ago. Four others have been medically evacuated from the ship for treatment. A huge operation ...

No need to panic about hantavirus was the overriding message from the World Health Organization (WHO) at its briefing on Thursday. This is an outbreak of a rare virus, WHO officials said, on a cruise ship, with so far just five confirmed cases among a total of eight suspected. It is definitely not comparable to Covid, they insisted. That virus ...

A long-term Adventist Health Study-2 published in the Journal of Nutrition found that people who eat eggs up to 5 times a week may be less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. According to the study, eggs are a rich source of nutrients relevant to brain health. “They provide choline, critical for memory and synaptic function. They also contain lutein and ...

Twelve more children died from measles and related symptoms in the 24 hours till Thursday morning, taking the total death toll to 336 since 15 March. Among the deaths, one child succumbed to confirmed measles infection, and 11 other children died from suspected measles or measles symptoms. Half the deaths were reported in Dhaka division, including the confirmed measles death. ...