Health

Any disaster, whether natural or man-made, leaves not only direct damage but also indirect impacts, one of the most significant being on mental health. When a person experiences an accident, violence, disaster, or witnesses the tragic death or injury of a loved one, it can have a profoundly harmful effect on their mind. Any terrifying and painful experience can leave ...

A Nigerian professor who alerted the world to the re-emergence of mpox in his home country has warned that experts are working “blind” on the viral disease’s latest surge in Africa because of a lack of adequate surveillance systems. Dimie Ogoina, chair of the World Health Organization’s emergency committee of independent experts on mpox, said case numbers in an outbreak ...

A father and daughter who fraudulently claimed £65,000 in Covid loans have been given suspended jail sentences. Catherine Deegan, 43, used some of the money to rent a caravan, insolvency officials said. She was given a 10-month sentence, suspended for 18 months, while her father Gerard Deegan, 65, was given a 16-month jail sentence, also suspended for 18 months. Claire ...

A 67-year-old man has become the first person in the UK to try what doctors hope will be a revolutionary new treatment for lung cancer – a vaccine that tells the body how to fight and kill the disease. It uses the same mRNA technology as some Covid jabs to give instructions to the immune system. The early-stage trial in ...

The first drug to slow the progression of early stage Alzheimer’s will not be available on the NHS in England because health assessment body NICE says the benefits “are too small to justify the costs”. Lecanemab has been licensed for use in Great Britain by the medicines regulator, the MHRA, which means it can be prescribed privately. In trials, the ...

The first mpox case reported by the Philippines this year is a mild variant and not the deadly strain sparking global alarm, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said Wednesday. The highly transmissible Clade 1b strain of the virus has killed hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has also been detected Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Sweden. “It’s ...

In a detailed study, researchers identify which diets are effective in lowering the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Findings were published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Diet’s Role in Modifying Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease: History and Present Understanding. The role of nutrition in lowering the risk of Alzheimer’s disease has been extensively studied. Plant-based diets, such as the Mediterranean ...

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said that Bangladesh is on high alert for Mpox (previously Monkeypox), an infectious disease which has spread across various countries, particularly in Central Africa. The disease, which leads to symptoms such as pain, swollen lymph nodes, and fever, has been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya. ...

The infectious disease Mpox (monkeypox) has spread in several countries around the world including Pakistan precautionary measures are yet to be taken to check for the virus at Dinajpur’s Hili International land port. Hundreds of people use the land port to go to neighboring India, Nepal and Bhutan from Bangladesh and residents of those countries also use it regularly, indicating ...

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) has started screening the temperatures of the arriving passengers in view of the global public health alert on Mpox issued by the World Health Organization (WHO). Group Captain Kamrul Islam, executive director of the airport, said the authority is screening arrival passengers with the ‘Thermal scanner archway’ and if required, passengers with symptoms will be ...