At least two dengue patients died and 182 patients were hospitalised in the 24 hours preceding 8am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

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

Campaign to vaccinate school students -- aged between 12 and 17 -- will start this week, said Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director-general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), today.

Water supply to Barguna’s 50-bed Amtali Upazila Hospital has remained disrupted for six months as the central water pump of the hospital went out of order on April 2 this year causing immense suffering to patients, attendants and the hospital staff.

In contrast to high blood pressure, low BP -- or hypotension -- becomes serious if certain symptoms persist for long.

Once the Directorate General of Health Services completes preparations, the education ministry will decide when, where and how children aged between 12 and 17 will be inoculated against Covid-19, DGHS Additional Director General Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora said yesterday.

At least two dengue patients died and 207 were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Maldives has gifted two lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Bangladesh.

At least two dengue patients died and 207 patients were hospitalised in 24 hours preceding 8:00 am today, of whom 45 are from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Drugmaker Merck asked US regulators Monday to authorise its pill against Covid-19 in what would add an entirely new and easy-to-use weapon to the world’s arsenal against the pandemic.

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

AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 drug has helped cut the risk of severe disease or death in a late-stage study, the British drugmaker said on Monday, a boost to its efforts to develop coronavirus medicines beyond vaccines.

The government will inoculate children aged 12-17 with Pfizer Covid vaccine soon, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

At least three dengue patients died and 211 were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today. Only 47 such cases were outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

At least 84.6 percent university students faced mental health problems during the pandemic, as per a recent study.

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

The director general of World Health Organization has agreed on Pfizer jabs for 12-17 year olds, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Italy reached the target of fully vaccinating 80% of the population over the age of 12 against COVID-19, according to official data, achieving a goal Rome had set as a safety cut-off point, government data showed on Sunday.

Russel Hossain has been afflicted with mental health issues for a long time. The Dhulauri village native -- under Chatmohar upazila -- was admitted to Pabna Mental Hospital several times, to be released upon temporary recovery and admitted back again.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said the government geared up its nationwide vaccination programmes to inoculate 70-80 percent population by March 2022.