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DoE suggests city dwellers wearing masks outside home

Department of Environment (DoE) on Wednesday floated two directions including wearing face masks outside home as the city’s air quality index (AQI) reached very unhealthy level. As the AQI here reaches over 250 this morning, the DoE suggests the city dwellers wearing face masks while going outside, an official release said. Simultaneously, the sensitive people, such as the ailing, elderly, ...

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CIA now says COVID-19 ‘more likely’ to have come from lab

The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is “more likely” to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature, an agency spokesperson said on Saturday, reports AP. The agency had for years said it could not conclude whether COVID-19 was the result of a lab incident or it originated in nature. But in the final weeks ...

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CIA says Covid ‘more likely’ to have leaked from lab

The Central Intelligence Agency has shifted its official stance on the origin of Covid-19, saying Saturday that the virus was “more likely” leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals. The new assessment came after John Ratcliffe was confirmed Thursday as the CIA director under the second White House administration of Donald Trump. Ratcliffe, who served as the director ...

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WHO chief to cut costs, reset priorities after US exit, document shows

The World Health Organization will cut costs and review which health programs to prioritize after President Donald Trump announced he was withdrawing the US from the agency, the WHO’s chief told staff in an internal memo seen by Reuters. Trump made the move on the first day of his second term in office on Monday, accusing the UN health agency ...

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Dancing can help ease depression in Parkinson’s patients

A recent study shows that dancing can reduce depression in people with Parkinson’s disease. This approach is fun, affordable, and doesn’t involve medication. Joseph DeSouza, a professor at York University, has been studying the impact of dance on people with Parkinson’s since 2013. He says dancing makes patients feel happy and energized. The research was mainly focused on how dance ...

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Treat eating disorders as an emergency, MPs urge

Lives are being lost and families torn apart because of “woefully inadequate care” for people with eating disorders, according to a group of MPs. The “alarming” rise in disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, over the past decade, has now become an “emergency”, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eating Disorders says in a report. And greater awareness about different types ...

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Expats protest outside Square Hospital over vaccine shortage

Middle East-bound expatriates are staging demonstration, blocking road in the capital’s Panthapath area due to the shortage of vaccines. Around 300 expatriates gathered near Square Hospital at about 10:30AM on TuesdayAccording to police sources, many of the protesters are expats, from Saudi Arabia, and some are Umrah pilgrims waiting for vaccinations. They were scheduled to take vaccines from different hospitals ...

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Cervical screening knowledge gap ‘costing lives’

A knowledge gap around cervical screenings is currently “costing lives”, a cancer charity says. The Eve Appeal says more women need to know they can ask for adjustments to their cervical screenings, which can be painful, uncomfortable or distressing for some. The test is thought to save about 5,000 lives every year in the UK, but many women do not ...

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DMCH students protest at Shaheed Minar

A group of students of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) have been staging demonstration on the Central Shaheed Minar premises since Monday morning demanding cancellation of quota in medical entry test. They started the protest as the result of medical admission test was published on Sunday keeping the quota system. Around 10AM, the students started gathering near Shaheed Minar ...

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VAT reduction on medicines recommended: Health Adviser

A recommendation has been made to the relevant ministry to reduce the minimal VAT imposed on medicines, said Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum. She told this in response to questions after a discussion with teachers at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College on Saturday afternoon. She said that the government is increasing the VAT in various sectors to maintain the country’s overall ...

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