Health

The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot, a major shift in strategy despite a long list of questions about how to best protect against a still rapidly mutating virus. The Food and Drug Administration asked its scientific advisers Thursday to help lay the groundwork for switching to once-a-year boosters for most Americans — ...

Critically ill COVID-19 cases in China are down 72% from a peak early this month while daily deaths among COVID-19 patients in hospitals have dropped 79% from their peak, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. The figures, published on the centre’s website, come after a prominent government scientist said over the weekend that 80% of China’s ...

Nine new Covid-19 cases were reported in the country in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), with the new number, the country’s total caseload rose to 2,037,478. However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,441 as no new fatalities were reported. The daily case test positivity dropped to ...

North Korea has ordered a five-day lockdown in the capital over “respiratory illness”, a report said Wednesday, in what appears to be the first city-wide restrictions since Pyongyang declared victory over Covid-19 in August 2022. Residents of the North Korean capital have been ordered to stay in their homes from Wednesday to Sunday and must submit to multiple temperature checks ...

The overall number of Covid-19 cases around the world has now surpassed 673 million, with a sudden surge of cases in Asia and some other parts of the world. According to the latest global data, the total Covid-19 case count mounted to 673,506,825 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,748,110 this morning, AP reports. The US has recorded ...

‘Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council (amendment) Bill-2023’ was passed on Monday in the Jatiya Sangsad with a view to bring an amendment of the previous act. Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malek moved the bill in the House which was unanimously passed by voice votes with Speaker Dr Shirin Shrmin Chaudhury in the chair. Placing the bill, the health ...

Bangladesh reported 11 more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning. With the new number, the country’s total caseload rose to 20, 37,444, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,441 as no new fatalities were reported. The daily case test positivity fell to 0.41 per ...

One more dengue patient died and 11 people were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning. With the new number, the official death toll from dengue rose to six this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the new patients, nine were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and two outside it. Seventy-four dengue patients, ...

Bangladesh reported 4 more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Friday morning. With the new number, the country’s total caseload rose to 2,037,416, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,441 as no new fatalities were reported. The daily case test positivity increased to 0.41 percent ...

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has unveiled plans to speed up the licensing and use of effective novel vaccines against tuberculosis (TB), the second leading infectious killer after COVID-19 and the 13th leading cause of death worldwide. Tedros announced the creation of the TB Vaccine Accelerator Council at a high-level panel at the World ...