Health

Did you know that according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), in 2022, 17.45 per cent of the deaths in Bangladesh were attributed to heart attacks? The abrupt cutting off of blood flow to the heart muscle causes a heart attack. Because of this obstruction, the heart is unable to pump blood efficiently. “In Bangladesh, heart pains start from ...

With a cannula in her right hand, three-and-half-year-old Madeya Momtaz was receiving treatment while lying on a bed in the pneumonia ward of Dhaka Shishu Hospital. Madeya had a cough along with fever and cold symptoms for three days before Eid-ul-Fitr. On Eid day, she got admitted to the hospital as her condition deteriorated. She was later diagnosed with pneumonia, ...

Seven people died from dengue and 1,138 more people were admitted with the viral fever in last 24 hours till Wednesday morning. With the new fatalities, the death toll rose to 264, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the deaths, three  were reported in Barishal division (Excluding CC), two in Dhaka North City Corporation, One in ...

A vaccine is to be trialled on thousands of people to find out if it could protect against norovirus – a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea. The easily spreadable winter virus can affect people of all ages and have huge consequences – often closing hospital wards, taking children out of school and keeping parents off work. The vaccine ...

More than 39 million deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections could occur by 2050, according to the first global analysis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) trends. The study, conducted by the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM) Project, reveals that over one million people died annually from AMR between 1990 and 2021. It projects that by 2050, annual deaths directly from AMR could ...

Seven more people have died from dengue in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 257 in Bangladesh so far this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The mosquito-borne viral fever continues to spread, with 1,139 new patients admitted to hospitals during the same period. Of the newly hospitalised cases, 230 were admitted in ...

The first case of the new mpox variant has been detected in Germany, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for public health said on Tuesday, adding that it viewed the risk to the wider population as low. In a statement, the institute said an infection caused by the new variant, which had been acquired abroad, was detected on Oct. 18. It ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health and in Bangladesh, this vulnerability is exacerbated by delayed diagnoses, malnutrition, and limited access to healthcare. To address TB, especially among children, the icddr,b-led USAID’s Alliance for Combating Tuberculosis in Bangladesh (ACTB) Activity, in partnership with Prothom Alo, launched the Health Olympiad 2024 in May as a student engagement initiative. The event concluded on ...

Around nine lakh juvenile girls will be given Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines aimed at protecting them from being attacked with various diseases, particularly cervical cancer, in Rajshahi division. The girls aged between 10 to 14 years will be given the vaccines during the forthcoming 18-day HPV vaccination campaign in Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and eight districts under the division from ...

More than a thousand patients with advanced breast cancer are being denied a drug that can keep them alive for longer. It is already available in 19 countries in Europe – including in Scotland – but not in the rest of the UK. Jeannie Ambrose is warm and funny. But beneath the surface, she is raging. She was diagnosed with ...