Donanemab is associated with a modest slowing of Alzheimer disease progression in patients with early symptomatic disease, according to an industry-conducted phase 2 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease.

AstraZeneca issued a statement recently to reassure the public about the safety of its COVID-19 vaccine after several European Union (EU) countries halted its use over concerns about blood clots.

Vitamin D deficiency is one of the most prevalent micronutrient deficiencies in the world. It has emerged as a public health problem in many developing countries of the world including Bangladesh.

Wealthy countries are blocking proposals to help developing nations increase their vaccine manufacturing capabilities, a BBC report said today.

Twenty-six people died of Covid-19 infection across the country in 24 hours (till 8 this morning), according to a press release issued by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

After six weeks of decline in January and February, cases of Covid-19 are now increasing in most regions of the world. Meanwhile, deaths are falling, though at a slower rate, according to the World Health Organization, specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received his first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Friday and urged the public to do the same, saying "he did not feel a thing."

Eighteen people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Germany, France and other European nations have announced plans to resume using AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after EU and British regulators moved to shore up confidence in the shot, saying its benefits outweigh the risks.

The EU’s drug watchdog said today it is still convinced the benefits of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine outweigh the risks following an investigation into reports of blood disorders that prompted more than a dozen nations to suspend its use.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said all the government agencies will jointly take a decision on imposing a lockdown.

Sixteen people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8 am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was admitted to Square Hospital in Dhaka with Covid-19 infection this morning.

Covid-19 appears likely to develop into a seasonal disease, the United Nations said Thursday (March 18), cautioning though against relaxing pandemic-related measures simply based on meteorological factors.

Taiwan has completed checks on its first batch of AstraZeneca Plc COVID-19 vaccines and the first shots may start being administered from Monday, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said.

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus.

Ten European Union returnees have so far been detected with the new strain of Covid-19 that was first reported in the UK, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Bangladesh is not planning to suspend its rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine, despite a number of countries doing so, said Md Abdul Mannan, secretary of the Health Services Division, today.

Bangladesh recorded 11 coronavirus deaths and 1,865 fresh cases in 24 hours (till 8am today).

A new UN report titled Direct and Indirect Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic and Response in South Asia claims that healthcare disruptions caused by Covid-19 may have led to an estimated 228,000 child deaths in South Asia.