Health

A health care agreement was signed between Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) and Evercare Hospital at CMP’s conference hall in Chattogram city on Sunday. The agreement was signed to provide healthcare to the policemen and their family members. CMP Commissioner Krishna Pada Roy was present at the signing ceremony as the chief guest. Additional Commissioner (Traffic) Faisal Mahmood, Additional Commissioner (Administration ...

New York City rats can also be the carriers of Covid, a study showed. The study which was released in mBio- an open-access journal of the American for Microbiology- noted that New York rats are susceptible to three Covid variants. New York City has an estimated rat population of 8 million, Hindustan Times reported. The study warned that infected wild ...

With joint investment from Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia, Beximco Pharmaceuticals is set to start producing medicines in the kingdom from next year, Prime Minister’s Private Industries and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman said on Saturday. Bangladesh will provide Saudi Arabia with manpower and technical support for the plant, he said while speaking to reporters after a visit to Beximco Pharmaceuticals ...

For many children, the winter season comes with regular exposure to circulating viruses at school or daycare. A warm forehead is often one of the first clear signs a child has caught a bug. But some parents may not be properly measuring or responding to elevated temperatures in children, a new national poll suggests. While most parents recognize that a ...

A requirement that travelers to the U.S. from China present a negative COVID-19 test before boarding their flights expired Friday after more than two months as cases in China have fallen. The restrictions were put in place Dec. 28 and took effect Jan. 5 amid a surge in infections in China after the nation sharply eased pandemic restrictions and as ...

The admissions tests for MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) will be held on today (March 10,2023). The one-hour MCQ exam will start at 10:00am at 19 centres across the country, according to Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council (BM&DC). A total of 1,39,217 applicants will compete for 11,122 seats in the medical college admission test this year. Of ...

Implementing sodium reduction policies could save an estimated seven million lives globally by 2030, WHO said in a new report launched on Thursday (Mar 9). “Unhealthy diets are a leading cause of death and disease globally, and excessive sodium intake is one of the main culprits,” the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared. A first-of-its-kind WHO global ...

For many children, the winter season comes with regular exposure to circulating viruses at school or daycare. A warm forehead is often one of the first clear signs a child has caught a bug. But some parents may not be properly measuring or responding to elevated temperatures in children, a new national poll suggests. While most parents recognize that a ...

Bangladesh reported eight more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Tuesday morning. With the new cases, the country’s total caseload rose to 2,037,879, 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 rose to 0.44 ...

A large number of kidney patients of the country die every year in the country due to lack of proper and timely treatment, say experts. “If we can ensure timely and proper treatment to kidney patients then it is possible to save many lives,” Prof. Dr. Firoz Khan, former director of National Institute of Kidney Diseases & Urology (NIKDU) said. ...