The health authorities reported 21 new dengue cases across the country in the past 24 hours till this morning.

In these testing times of a global pandemic, many government & private hospitals small and big, NGOs and philanthropists alike have come forward to help strengthen the fight against Covid-19.

Disturbing new research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that more than half of men (55%) and some two thirds (65%) of women currently aged 20 years in India will likely develop diabetes in their lifetime,

Ibuprofen is associated with better fever reduction and less pain than acetaminophen in infants and toddlers, with similar levels of safety, suggests a meta-analysis in JAMA Network Open.

A gastric acid milieu facilitates intestinal iron absorption. For patients with iron deficiency anaemia who are treated with oral iron, some

December 3 is the international day of persons with disabilities. Every year this day is observed nationally and internationally.

Every year, on 1 December, the world commemorates World AIDS Day. People around the world unite to show support for people living with and affected by HIV and to remember those who lost their lives to AIDS.

Twenty-nine more dengue cases were reported across the country in 24 hours until Saturday morning.

The world has finally got two Covid-19 vaccines, which are said to be highly effective. Will the people of Bangladesh have access to those as fast as they expect? Experts say there are challenges.

In what some researchers are calling a “transformational approach to preventing heart disease,” an inexpensive Polypill, along with an aspirin, cut heart attacks and strokes by up to 40%, according to ‘The International Polycap Study (TIPS-3)” published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The research was also presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions on Friday, 13 November.

Children born via cesarean section may be more likely to be hospitalised for infection during early childhood. A study published in PLOS Medicine by Jessica Miller at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute,

Melatonin is a hormone, produced by a part of the brain called the pineal gland. Melatonin, also known as the darkness hormone as our body makes it predominantly when we are exposed to darkness. When the sun rises, melatonin level declines.

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.

Every year, World Antimicrobial Awareness Week aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and to encourage best practices among the general public,

The novel coronavirus was first described in a cluster of patients presenting with pneumonia symptoms in Wuhan, China in December of 2019.

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.

Bangladesh saw a rise in deaths from coronavirus infections as health authorities reported 28 more deaths in 24 hours until Saturday, pushing the death toll to 6,350.

Pfizer confirmed Friday that it and partner BioNTech have applied for emergency use authorization for their coronavirus vaccine, becoming the first to do so in the US or Europe as the pandemic rages around the world.

Although the intensity of Covid-19 pandemic has decreased a bit at present, it is likely to increase in the coming winter, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament today.

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