Health

Five more people died from dengue and 466 others were hospitalised after being infected by the viral disease during the last 24 hours till Friday morning. With latest casualties, the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease reached 45 in the first eight days of the current month. This year dengue has claimed 342 lives so far. Of them, 134 died ...

A lung-cancer screening programme that sees mobile clinics visit local communities in England has detected the disease earlier in more than 5,000 people. Specially adapted lorries have been visiting supermarkets, football grounds and town centres in areas with the highest rates of the disease, as part of the biggest initiative of its kind in NHS history. Since the programme’s launch, ...

Researchers are investigating how AI could help identify new treatments for children with brain tumours. Although rare, about 420 children in the UK are diagnosed with brain cancer every year. The team from the Cancer Research UK Children’s Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence in Cambridge will also look at how to improve survival rates. Youngsters with the most aggressive form ...

Police will no longer be able to hold people who are being detained for mental-health reasons in police cells, under government plans for England and Wales. Officers can currently use cells as a “place of safety” for up to 24 hours to allow those needing immediate care to be assessed by a doctor. New legislation will also introduce additional rights ...

Six more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 326 this year. During the period, 1, 370 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of them, 259 dengue patients were admitted in hospital under Dhaka ...

The UK Emergency Medical Team (EMT), funded by the UK government, has arrived in Bangladesh to provide specialised medical treatment to students injured during the July-August uprising. This deployment is taking place in response to a formal request for assistance from the interim government, said a press release. The team consists of an orthopaedic surgeon, a physiotherapist and rehabilitation expert ...

A new campaign by the NHS in England is encouraging people who experience the first sign of a stroke not to delay calling 999, after analysis of calls made in the last year showed the average time to do so was nearly an hour and a half. England’s most senior doctor says stroke symptoms might not appear obvious or dramatic, ...

Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum has said various forms of misinformation are being spread regarding the HPV vaccine administered for cervical cancer prevention. “There is always some misinformation. When we were working on family planning and diarrhoea, there was misinformation then as well. The power to counter misinformation lies in raising awareness among people,” the adviser said while speaking to journalists ...

Parents of children suffering from rare disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) find a ray of hope as the journey of a full-fledged neuromuscular disease treatment centre has started in the country. Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic disease affects the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system, and voluntary muscle movement (skeletal muscle). It occurs mainly among infants. Most ...

Seven more people died of dengue while 1,243 new patients were hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Thursday morning. According to the daily update of Directorate General of Health Services, with the new counts, the number of hospitalised dengue patients has reached 61,817 so far this year, and 297 people died among ...