COVAX, a global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines for all countries yesterday announced the signing of an advance purchase agreement with Pfizer for up to 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which has already received WHO emergency use listing.

Cold-related diseases are spreading in different northern districts due to the ongoing gloomy and foggy weather.

The Health Services Division of the health ministry today issued a circular saying that the Indian government will provide 20 lakh doses of Oxford-Astrazenca Covid-19 vaccines (Covishield) to Bangladesh.

Bureaucrats should not exceed their limit of authority, and should not act like politicians, Prof Dr Syed Modasser Ali, former advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said today.

The 12th foundation anniversary of Saaol Heart Centre Bangladesh Limited was celebrated recently at the capital, says a press release.

The gut microbiome appears to be altered in patients with COVID-19, finds a study in Gut. Researchers compared blood and stool samples of roughly 100 patients with COVID-19 in Hong Kong with samples from other people taken before the pandemic. Nearly half the COVID-19 patients had mild disease.

Stable, supportive shoes seem to be better for pain linked to knee osteoarthritis, compared with flat, flexible shoes, according to trial results published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Other studies have contended that flat, flexible shoes could offer more pain relief.

A common question that I get from the patients and acquaintances - is it necessary to vaccinate once you become infected? Yes, everyone needs a vaccine, whether they were infected or not. But why does everyone need to be vaccinated?

Lung cancer is the leading cancer worldwide in terms of incidence and mortality. Only 15% of patients who develop lung cancer survive for 5 years. There is no definitive population-based cancer registry in Bangladesh, so it is difficult to find out the incidence and mortality of any kind of cancer.

South African scientists have discovered chemical compounds that could potentially be used for a new line of drugs to treat malaria and even kill the parasite in its infectious stage, which most available drugs do not.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today said Bangladesh has the capacity to preserve 14 to 15 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses.

The first consignment of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, produced by Serum Institute of India (SII), will reach Dhaka on January 25 or 26, health minister Zahid Maleque said this afternoon.

Researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have tested more than 60,000 healthy individuals in China for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and concluded that thousands of Wuhan residents were infected with asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 after the infection was believed to be under control in China.

It is an involuntary action, but you can still get better at breathing. When you breathe at a balanced tempo, you maintain healthy levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your blood.

Poor air quality is associated with a considerable proportion of pregnancy loss in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.

Star Health recently interviewed Mr. Farrukh Alam, Country Director of Medtronic Bangladesh, a global healthcare solutions company. He shares his insights into the healthcare sector of Bangladesh in this interview. Here is a glimpse of the interview for the readers of Star Health.

The Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital, in collaboration with the JMI group, has inaugurated a new state-of-the-art kidney dialysis centre equipped with 36 kidney dialysis units recently at the capital, says a press release.

Physical medicine and rehabilitation also known as “physiatry” or rehabilitation medicine is a medical specialty that helps people regain bodily functions they lost due to medical conditions or injury. Rehabilitation can help many bodily functions, including bowel and bladder problems, chewing and swallowing, problems thinking or reasoning, movement or mobility, speech, and language.

Facebook has said it is making it easier for users in Bangladesh to connect with helplines by partnering with local organisations in an effort to support and raise awareness on mental health.

Multiple bouts of blood feeding by mosquitoes shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites and increase malaria transmission potential,