Health

Bangladesh has recorded one new death from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of fatalities this year to 31, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) The deceased, a woman aged between 61 and 70, had been under treatment at a government hospital in Dhaka Division. No new cases were detected during this period, despite ...

In a rampant digital-first world where screens dominate from day to night, they have taken up the lion’s share of our attention. With so much concentrated focus on the screens, eye health is slowly weakening. From leisure to essentials, everything now lives in our phones. At a time like this, our eye health is more vulnerable than ever. Whether it ...

One hundred and thirty-eight more new dengue cases were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Friday morning, bringing the total number of cases to 21, 118 this year. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), new cases were reported as follows: 49 in Barishal Division (Out of CC), 17 in Chattogram Division (Out of CC), 10 ...

The human body is equipped with a remarkable level of redundancy, with many organs having more capacity than we actually need to survive. This built-in backup system means that if one part fails, another often steps in to carry the load — a marvel of nature often overlooked. A recent article published by Harvard Health highlights how evolutionary advantages have ...

A staggering 28.9 per cent of children in Bangladesh, nearly three out of every ten, are affected by multidimensional poverty, a rate significantly higher than the 21.4 per cent for adults, according to the country’s first-ever national Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released on Thursday. The report, a collaborative effort by UNICEF, the General Economics Department (GED) of the National Planning ...

The government has formed a high-level taskforce to formulate a list of essential medicines and recommend measures to ensure its accessibility and availability for the population. Chaired by Professor Shahinul Alam, Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh Medical University, the taskforce consists of 16 members and a member secretary. It includes prominent national experts in fields such as medicine, pharmacy, health economics, gynaecology, ...

The number of people with liver cancer will nearly double worldwide by 2050 unless more is done to address preventable causes such as obesity, alcohol consumption and hepatitis, a study warned Tuesday. New cases of liver cancer — the sixth most common form of the disease — will rise to 1.52 million a year from 870,000 if current trends continue, ...

An estimated 61 million people are living with hepatitis B and another 9 million with hepatitis C across the WHO South-East Asia Region, according to the World Health Organization, which marked World Hepatitis Day on Monday with a call to “break down” the barriers to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. “Our Region bears one of the highest burdens of chronic viral ...

An estimated 61 million people live with hepatitis B, and 9 million with hepatitis C across the South-East Asia region, said the World Health Organization (WHO), stressing that progress is possible. “Our Region bears one of the highest burdens of chronic viral hepatitis globally, yet most people living with the disease remain undiagnosed and untreated,” said Dr Catharina Boehme, Officer-in-Charge, ...

China is facing a growing outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne illness, with thousands of cases now reported in the southern part of the country. As of Friday, chikungunya cases had surged to 4,014, marking a sharp increase since local authorities in Foshan, Guangdong province, began tracking the virus two weeks ago, according to health department data. Foshan has been particularly ...