Health

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), ...

Massive heatwaves across East Asia and the Pacific could place millions of children at risk, the UN warned Thursday, calling for action to protect vulnerable people from the soaring temperatures. Global monitors have warned that 2024 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record, marked by climate extremes and rising greenhouse gas emissions. The UNICEF data showed over ...

Faced with sky-high inflation, low salaries and an overstretched healthcare system, doctors and nurses are leaving Nigeria in their thousands every year for better opportunities abroad. Between 15,000 and 16,000 doctors have departed in the past five years, according to Nigeria’s Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate. Today, Africa’s most populous country has just 55,000 doctors for a population of 220 ...

Twelve more COVID-19 cases were reported across the country during the last 24 hours as of Monday morning. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), a total of 286 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 4.2 percent. The country’s total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,493 as no further death was reported during the ...

Just a single, unguarded glance at a solar eclipse can result in a lifetime of vision loss, eye health experts warn. On Monday, tens of millions of spectators across Mexico, the United States and Canada will witness the Moon completely obscure the Sun’s light, a rare celestial spectacle that won’t be visible for most of North America again until 2044. ...

The government is working to ensure healthcare services to all across the country by 2030, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Samanta Lal Sen. The minister told this while addressing a discussion held at Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Convention Hall at Shahbagh in the capital on Saturday on the occasion of World Health Day 2024. The government has fixed a ...

Most patients using Jersey’s health and community services felt like they were treated with “respect and dignity” , a survey has found. The health and social care charity Picker Institute Europe surveyed more than 5,500 people to answer questions on inpatient, outpatient, maternity, urgent and emergency care, and community mental health services. It was conducted between October 2023 and January ...

The number of new prostate cancer cases around the world will more than double over the next two decades as poorer countries catch up with the ageing of richer nations, according to a Lancet report published Thursday. “Our findings suggest that the number of new cases annually will rise from 1.4 million in 2020 to 2.9 million by 2040,” said ...