Health

Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has urged all to strictly adhere to seven health guidelines to ensure safety, amid a rise in COVID-19 cases in neighboring countries, also in the country. Director General Dr Abu Jafor came up with the call while speaking at a press briefing at the DGHS on Wednesday. The guidelines include ...

Bangladesh has reported 13 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, according to the country’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). However, no new fatalities were recorded during this period. A total of 101 samples were tested, resulting in a daily positivity rate of 12.87%, the DGHS said in its latest COVID-19 bulletin issued Tuesday. All newly infected individuals ...

India’s active Covid-19 case tally rose to 6,491 with 358 fresh cases reported in the past 24 hours, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released on Sunday. No deaths were reported during the same period. The latest surge is attributed to new variants including LF.7, XFG, JN.1, and the recently identified NB.1.8.1 subvariant, ...

Health surveillance and screening procedures have been intensified at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong following the sudden surge of COVID-19. A press release, signed by Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil, public relations officer at the airport, confirmed the matter on Sunday night. Necessary health screening equipment has been installed in the immigration zone for international passengers. Modern thermal scanners are being ...

UK doctors are attempting to clear dangerous superbug infections using “poo pills” containing freeze-dried faeces. The stool samples come from healthy donors and are packed with good bacteria. Early data suggests superbugs can be flushed out of the dark murky depths of the bowel and replaced with a mix of healthy gut bacteria. It is a new approach to tackling ...

Pharmacists in the Channel Islands have confirmed they are dealing with an ongoing shortage of a drug used by cancer patients. It follows a shortage of Creon, a pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (Pert), being described by pharmacists in the UK as “one of the worst” examples of a medicine shortage. The drug does not treat cancer but is used by ...

The NHS app will become the default method of communication for millions more patients in England and save the health service £200m over the next three years, the government has said. More test results, screening invitations and appointment reminders will be sent directly to smartphones as part of a £50m investment in the app, in a move away from traditional ...

Families travelling abroad this summer on holiday or to visit relatives are being warned about the rise in measles cases in Europe and other regions. Measles infections in Europe are at a 25-year high, while cases are also surging in countries such as Pakistan and Nigeria. Childhood vaccination rates in the UK that offer protection against measles, mumps and rubella ...

Women using weight-loss jabs have been warned by the UK’s medicines regulator that they must use effective contraception. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) says it is not known whether taking the medicines, such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, could harm an unborn baby. It also warns that weight-loss jabs may make the contraceptive pill less likely to work ...

A group of 97 patients had longstanding multiple myeloma, a common blood cancer that doctors consider incurable, and faced a certain, and extremely painful, death within about a year. They had gone through a series of treatments, each of which controlled their disease for a while. But then it came back, as it always does. They reached the stage where ...