Health

Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen has said all the hospitals across the country are directed to be prepared in the awake of health risks associated with ongoing severe heat wave that sweeps over the country. Besides, the hospitals have been asked to admit only the patients with emergency needs. The minister told this while talking to ...

The author of the landmark Cass review into gender identity services for young people says she is “very angry” about “misinformation” spread about her work. Dr Hilary Cass’s review this month found “remarkably weak” evidence on treatments such as puberty blockers. The physician told the BBC some claims spread online about her evidence were “completely incorrect”. She said adults who ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced Friday it had approved a new, simpler version of an existing oral cholera vaccine, whichshould help increase the number of available doses as global cases surge. The Euvichol-S vaccine is a simplified formulation of Euvichol-Plus, withfewer components — which should allow for larger volumes to be produced faster. It is produced by EuBiologics, and ...

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 ...