Health

Bangladesh reported four more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Thursday morning. With the new numbers, the country’s total caseload rose to 20, 37,986 according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,445 as no new fatalities were reported. The daily case test positivity rate dropped to ...

China has approved its first locally developed messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine against Covid-19, its manufacturer said Wednesday, months after the relaxation of strict Covid-zero regulations sparked a surge in cases. The vaccine, developed by CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd, has been approved for “emergency use” by Beijing’s health regulator, the company said in a statement. It showed high efficacy in a ...

We have all heard that “age doesn’t matter if your heart is full of life,” while it may be true in some sense, one needs to be attentive about their age and address the complexities it brings into life. As women move to their 30’s, the body instantly starts experiencing the turbulence of hormonal changes. They become more susceptible to ...

The recently established NIHR Global Health Research Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases and Environmental Change started its operations in the capital Monday. The centre was launched at a seminar organised by the Non-Communicable Disease Control (NCDC) Programme of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and icddr,b, in partnership with Imperial College London, The George Institute for Global Health, Sri Ramachandra ...

The World Oral Health Day-2023 will be observed in the country tomorrow as elsewhere in the globe. This year’s the theme of World Oral Health Day is “Be Proud of Your Mouth.” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued a message on the eve of the day. The Prime Minister said Bangladesh has made a remarkable success in the health sector, which ...

Normal functioning of hospitals in Kerala was disrupted as the dawn-to-dusk statewide strike called by Kerala-chapter of Indian Medical Association (IMA) began on Friday. All hospitals in the public and private sector, except emergency services, have been affected by the total strike. Even small clinics, including the dental clinics, are also closed for the day in protest. Friday’s 12-hour strike ...

The governor of the US state of Wyoming has signed a bill banning abortion pills in the state and also allowed a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature, reports Al Jazeera. Governor Mark Gordon’s decision on Friday comes after the issue of access to abortion pills took centre stage this week in a Texas court. A ...

French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi announced on Thursday it would cut the US price of its most prescribed insulin by 78 percent, falling in line with two other major drug makers. Eli Lilly announced this month it would cut the US price of its insulin by 70 percent and Novo Nordisk followed suit by saying it would lower the price by ...

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will end in 2023, according to a statement on the WHO website. “The weekly number of reported deaths is now lower than when we first used the word ‘pandemic’ three years ago. The improvement is significant. I am confident that at some point this year we ...

An innovative strategy to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and other obesity-related disorders including hepatic steatosis may exist thanks to a peptide (small protein) called PEPITEM, according to recent research (fatty liver). To test if PEPITEM, given through a slow-release pump, could stop or undo the effects of a high-fat diet on the pancreas, researchers employed an obese ...