Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma highlighted the significance of yoga as India's gift to the world

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said there may be gaps in the city corporations' efforts to control the spread of Aedes mosquitos, resulting in deterioration of the dengue situation

French-Austrian drugmaker Valneva's vaccine candidate against chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that causes occasional outbreaks across the world, showed promising results in a large new trial, a study said on Tuesday.

At the age of 16, Tanya Laube had acne all over her chest, face and back, and although she wasn't eating more than average, she had trouble controlling her weight

The European Commission has followed the United States in approving the world's first vaccine for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus, to be used by adults aged 60 and over, its maker GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday

"When you stop smoking, a lot of positive things happen in your life very quickly," Addiction physician Tobias Rüther said.

Medicine for hypertension and diabetes will be included in the drug list of community clinics to ensure primary healthcare in rural areas.

At least 46 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours till this morning.

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma has highlighted the important role of millet in ensuring food security, popularising nutritional diet, promoting sustainable agriculture, and securing financial empowerment of farmers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government has been able to bring healthcare services at the door steps of the common people due to the community clinics.

On the occasion of World Hypertension Day 2023, Abhishek Bhadra, a public health expert and lecturer at Popular Medical College, Dhaka, spoke to The Daily Star about the significance of the day and the dangers of hypertension

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken various steps to provide healthcare to the people and under her able leadership, maternal and child mortality rates have decreased.

A team from the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control, and Research (IEDCR) has started visiting different parts of Chattogram to investigate into the cause of a diarrhoea outbreak

Despite being a preventable disease, thalassaemia continues to spread in Bangladesh, with an average of around 15 children born with this blood disorder every day.

Health experts have warned that the country may witness an even worse outbreak of Aedes mosquito-borne dengue this year as the presence of this virus-carrying insect has increased in the early days of summer

"In few hospitals it happens that physicians gossip. They don't pay attention to the patients, which should not happen..." he said

Prof Dr Kamrul Hasan Khan, former vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), has been re-elected as the deputy speaker of International Physician of Nuclear War (IPPNW), said a press release

At least 13 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours till this morning

A Spanish hospital has carried out a lung transplant using a pioneering technique with a robot and a new access route that no longer requires cutting through bone, experts said on Monday

Under-5 mortality rate in Bangladesh saw a sharp decline in the past 5 years, according to a new report by the National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT)