Health

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time on what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in an effort to avoid the confusion seen early in the Covid-19 pandemic that some scientists have said cost lives, reports Reuters. The Geneva-based UN health agency released a technical document on Thursday, ...

  Dr. Md. Mazibur Rahman has been appointed as a member (Biological Science) of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC). He is a prominent nuclear scientist who previously served as the Director of the International Affairs Division of the Commission and as the National Liaison Officer (NLO) to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). From 2017 to 2023, Dr. Rahman ...

Patients in the UK and European Union are facing shortages of vital medicines such as antibiotics and epilepsy medication, research published Thursday found. The report by Britain’s Nuffield Trust think-tank found the situation had become a “new normal” in the UK and was “also having a serious impact in EU countries”. Mark Dayan, Brexit programme lead at the Nuffield Trust ...

Women’s bodies have become political “battlegrounds”, putting at risk 30 years of progress on sexual and reproductive health for women and girls, the UN warned Wednesday. Though maternal mortality rates and unwanted pregnancy rates have been steadily falling, progress is now slowing or even flatlining on key measures, said the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN’s sexual and reproductive ...

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 Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) issued three alerts between January and March over high levels of ...

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 treatment. This year there will be no saline crisis as we have ...

Six divisions including Dhaka have been experiencing mild to moderate heat wave and it may continue for next five days commencing Monday, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department. County’s highest temperature was recorded in Rangamati at 40 degree Celsius on Sunday. “Mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, Sylhet divisions and Rangpur  and  Nilphamari districts and ...

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 as no new fatalities were reported during this period. The daily case test positivity rate was ...

There will be no shortage of saline in government hospitals this year in the treatment of dengue patients, said Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen. He said the government has taken effective steps in fighting against dengue and a meeting in this regard has already been held by the health department. The minister told this to media on Saturday after ...

Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen today made a surprise visit to the city hospitals to ensure health services during the Eid vacation. He visited the city’s Mugda Medical College Hospital, Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn & Plastic Surgery. The health minister went round the emergency departments, Coronary Care Units (CCU), ...