Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged for a formal code of conduct to prohibit medical professionals from carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM), emphasizing the critical role health workers must play in ending the harmful practice. In newly released guidelines aimed at eradicating FGM, the UN health agency pointed to troubling evidence that in many regions, health workers are ...

Uganda declared the end of an Ebola virus outbreak Saturday, which has killed at least two people in the east African nation since late January. The announcement came 42 days after the discharge of the last confirmed patient from hospital. The outbreak marked the sixth time Uganda was affected by the deadly virus that has six different strains, three of ...

Nurjahan Begum, adviser to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has paid a visit to the possible site of construction of 500-bed hospital at Karnaphuli upazila in Chattogram on Saturday. She visited the area adjacent to Khalil Mir College beside the new upazila building in the crossing area at noon. Expressing optimism regarding the governemnt’s plan, Nurjahan Begum, during ...

Apart from our skin, our eyes are the most exposed organ to the harsh summer heat. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Jay Goyal, Eye Surgeon, LASIK and Retina Specialist and Director at Surya Eye Hospital in India, asserted that if precautions are not taken, our eyes are susceptible to – 1. Eye Allergies 2. Dry Eyes 3 . ...

Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, meningitis, and yellow fever are on the rise globally amid misinformation and cuts to international aid, the United Nations and the Gavi vaccine alliance warned Wednesday. “Vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives over the past five decades,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. “Funding cuts to global health ...

Allergy season can be miserable for tens of millions of Americans when trees, grass, and other pollens cause runny noses, itchy eyes, coughing and sneezing. Where you live, what you’re allergic to and your lifestyle can make a big difference when it comes to the severity of your allergies. Experts say climate change is leading to longer and more intense ...

Many Americans were forced to postpone cancer screenings – colonoscopies, mammograms and lung scans – for several months in 2020 as COVID-19 overwhelmed doctors and hospitals. But that delay in screening isn’t making a huge impact on cancer statistics, at least none that can be seen yet by experts who track the data. Cancer death rates continue to decline, and ...

Climate change could be resulting in higher levels of arsenic in rice, potentially increasing lifetime cancer and health risks for people in Asian countries by 2050, according to a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal. Researchers from Columbia University, US, explained that an increase in temperatures above 2 degrees Celsius and rising levels of carbon dioxide could ...

The White House on Friday unveiled a revamped Covid-19 website that promoted the contentious theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese laboratory, framing it as the pandemic’s “true origins.” The Covid.gov website, previously focused on promoting vaccine and testing information, now includes a full-length image of President Donald Trump and criticizes the pandemic policies implemented under former president Joe ...

The government plans to introduce ‘government pharmacies’ in all public hospitals nationwide, making it easier for citizens to access essential medicines at one-third of the regular price. “This initiative will provide 250 commonly used medicines, available at a price one-third of the current market rate,” said Professor Dr Md Sayedur Rahman, Special Assistant of the Ministry of Health and Family ...