The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer, launched recently, outlines three key steps: vaccination, screening and treatment.

Amid the rise in Covid-19 deaths and infections, the number of dengue cases are also seeing an uptick in the country, especially in Dhaka this month.

The government will set the fees for private healthcare services, including treatment and pathological cost, health minister Zahid Maleque said today.

The United States, through the US Embassy in Dhaka and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has delivered 100 state-of-the-art ventilators to Bangladesh that it had pledged earlier to assist the country's fight against Covid-19.

Ahead of World Diabetes Day on November 14, The Lancetpublished a new report calling for action to close the gap in diabetes prevention and care. Worldwide, 463 million people have diabetes, with 80% from low-income and middle- income countries (LMICs). In 2019, 4.2 million people died as a result of the condition and its complications.

The fourth Bangladesh International Medical Students’ Scientific Congress (BIMSSCON) was held recently with the theme “Healthcare in Pandemic: Integration of Clinical approach with Research and Public Health Education.’ The virtual events were held on 5-8 November 2020.

Type 1 diabetes is one of the most common endocrine and metabolic conditions in childhood and the number of children developing type 1 diabetes is increasing rapidly. According to International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Atlas, more than 1.1 million children and adolescents under 20 years are estimated to have type 1 diabetes worldwide.

More than half of people with acute COVID-19 infection continue to have persistent fatigue 10 weeks after their initial illness, according to a new study published November 9 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Liam Townsend of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and colleagues. Fatigue is

Just as bacteria can evolve resistance to antibiotics, viruses can evolve resistance to vaccines — and the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 could undermine the effectiveness of vaccines that are currently under development,

Yesterday (November 14) was the world diabetes day. The theme World Diabetes Day 2020 is “Diabetes: Nurses make the difference”.

Miscarriage is a common consequence of pregnancy. In most cases, 12-15% of miscarriages occur within 20 weeks of conception. However,

As temperatures fall, people are spending more time indoors. That heightens the risk of the coronavirus spreading, but there are some simple steps you can take to help protect yourself and everyone around you.

The first known reference to cancer or cancer-like diseases in man was documented almost 5,000 years ago. Cancerous disease has been

New research from north-west England published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) shows that during the first

A randomised, controlled phase 2 trial involving 464 patients failed to show an effect on progression from moderate to severe disease or mortality.

Germs are all around us, both in our environment and in our bodies. When a person is susceptible and they encounter a harmful organism, it can lead to disease and death.

The world has been left distraught by the premature demise of ‘King T’Challa’ on August 28, 2020. After a four-year battle with colorectal cancer,

October 29 is celebrated as World Stroke Day every year across the world. The day is marked in the calendar to raise awareness regarding stroke, physical complications caused by stroke, and its preventive measures.

Adults with type 2 diabetes who drink green tea and coffee — especially in substantial amounts — may have reduced risk for all-cause death, according to a study in BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care.

The results of a new clinical trial, published on October 23, 2020 in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that dexamethasone — a glucocorticoid (a type of steroid) can improve survival of premature babies when given to pregnant women at risk of early preterm birth in low-resource settings.