She lived a life of adventure that spanned two continents. She fell in love with a World War II fighter pilot, barely escaped Europe ahead of Benito Mussolini’s fascists, ground steel for the U.S. war effort and advocated for her disabled daughter in a far less enlightened time. She was, her daughter said, someone who didn’t make a habit of giving up.

Laboratory studies show that Merck & Co's (MRK.N) experimental oral COVID-19 antiviral drug, molnupiravir, is likely to be effective against known variants of the coronavirus, including the dominant, highly transmissible Delta, the company said on Wednesday.

AstraZeneca Plc's Covid-19 vaccine demonstrated 74 percent efficacy at preventing symptomatic disease, a figure that increased to 83.5 percent in people aged 65 and older, according to long-awaited results of the company's US clinical trial published on Wednesday.

With Covid-19 transmission rates declining -- yesterday’s daily positivity rate of 4.12 percent marked the seventh consecutive day of sub-five percent infection rates -- Bangladesh has ranked 39th among 53 countries in Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking for September.

At least two more dengue patients died while 217 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

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

At least two more dengue patients died while 217 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the new cases, only 43 are from outside Dhaka.

The country more than doubled its previous record of single-day vaccinations as the government inoculated more than 66 lakh people against Covid-19 yesterday.

The number of deaths from Covid-19 has increased as the health directorate yesterday reported 31 more deaths.

At least two more dengue patients died while 219 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday. Of them, 52 are from outside the capital, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The World Health Organization (WHO) is aiming to eliminate the most deadly form of meningitis by 2030 through increased awareness and access to treatments, global plans launched by the UN-agency on Tuesday to combat the inflammatory disease showed.

Thirty-one 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). 

Two more dengue patients died while 219 were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

India today reported less than 20,000 new Covid-19 cases for the first time in over seven months, reflecting the sustained downward graph of the infectious disease, Indian health ministry data said.

A nationwide mass vaccination campaign began today with a target to vaccinate 75 lakh people on the occasion of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's birthday.

Twenty-five lakh more doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, under the COVAX facility, arrived in Bangladesh early today.

The government begins a special daylong drive at 9:00am today to administer the first dose of the Covid vaccine to 75 lakh people marking the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The government reopened schools and colleges after 18 months, instructing authorities to strictly maintain health rules. The government is supposed to monitor whether the educational institutions are ensuring health guidelines.

The number of child patients has shot up at hospitals in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts as cold-related diseases including cough, fever, respiratory infections, diarrhoea spread due to fluctuation of temperature between day and night time.

Seventy-five lakh people will receive the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to mark the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tomorrow, said Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, during an online briefing this afternoon.