Health

Switzerland will need to destroy 10.3 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine against Covid-19, after they expired this week, the health ministry said Saturday. The ministry said it had no choice but to eliminate the jabs after the doses expired last Wednesday, according to Keystone-ATS. It told the news agency that 2.5 million of the doses were being stored at a ...

Bangladesh reported two more Covid-linked deaths with 572 fresh cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning. With the new numbers, country’s total fatalities rose to 29,353 while the total caseload to 2,021,690, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate declined to 12.96 per cent from Saturday’s 13.12 per cent as 4,413 samples ...

Bangladesh reported four more Covid-linked deaths with 350 fresh cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning. With the new numbers, country’s total fatalities rose to 29,351 while the total caseload to 2,021,118, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate declined to 13.12 per cent from Friday’s 15.38 per as 2,668 samples were ...

Bangladesh reported another death from Covid-19 with 620 more cases in 24 hours till Friday morning. With the new numbers, country’s total fatalities rose to 29,347 while the total caseload to 2,020,768, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate rises to 15.38 per cent from Thursday’s 14.13 per cent as 4,031 samples ...

Japan on Thursday announced that it will lift tough Covid restrictions on foreign tourists, reopening the borders after two and a half years. “Finally, Japan will reopen the border,” Digital Minister Taro Kono wrote on Twitter. “Visa waiver is back, no daily limit and free individual visits.” He made the announcement ahead of a speech at the New York Stock ...

Bangladesh on Thursday reported one Covid-19 death while it recorded 678 coronavirus positive cases during the same period. “Bangladesh reported 14.13 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 4,798 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. During the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka ...

Do you lather yourself with sunscreen to keep out that tanning? Beware! According to a new study, sunscreens are likely to impair sperm cell function, acting as a male contraceptive and lower a man’s chances of parenthood. The findings of the study showed that many ultra-violet (UV) filtering chemicals commonly used in sunscreens interfere with the function of human sperm ...

Ever wondered why we remember certain scenes from films or books without much effort, while forgetting others despite paying attention? New research suggests that people tend to remember only those things better that they expect to have future relevance. Much of what a person can remember is based on their expectation of the information they will need to recall, the ...

In a boon for trauma and emergency transplant patients, a new revolutionary technique promises to give results of complex blood tests in just 10 minutes – helping save precious lives, and also unwanted blood transfusion. The technique, developed by a German research firm, is currently being used in several European and Asian nations, including in neighbouring Sri Lanka. The technique, ...

“Rogue” beauticians who offer teeth whitening and people who sell illegal kits should face tougher penalties, councils in England and Wales say. Some kits contain 300 times the legal limit of hydrogen peroxide, the Local Government Association said. This would be like “brushing with bleach” and could cause blistering, burns and other damage, the LGA added. The government said it ...