Using higher doses of antibiotics in a bid to tackle the growing problem of drug resistance may end up strengthening certain bacteria, according to research released on Wednesday that highlights a previously unthought-of risk.

Scores of bodies are washing up on the banks of the Ganges as Indians fail to keep pace with the deaths and cremations of around 4,000 people a day from the novel coronavirus.

India’s indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, manufactured by Bharat Biotech, has been approved by the government’s panel of experts for phase 2/3 clinical trial on children aged 2-18, official sources said today.

Five lakh doses of China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine have been handed over to Bangladesh today.

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was reviewing coronavirus data from Seychelles after the health ministry said more than a third of people who tested positive for Covid-19 in the past week had been fully vaccinated.

Bangladesh wants four to five crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine from China, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Battered by a severe second Covid-19 wave, India today said an early trend of fall in daily new Covid-19 cases and related fatalities has been noted across several parts of the country.

Thirty-three people have died from Covid-19 during 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

An aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force went to China this morning to bring five lakh doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine.

A 23-year-old Italian woman was under observation in a hospital in Tuscany after receiving six doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in error, news agency AGI reported on Monday (May 10).

Doctors in India are warning against the practice of using cow dung in the belief it will ward off Covid-19, saying there is no scientific evidence for its effectiveness and that it risks spreading other diseases.

US regulators on Monday expanded the use of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to children as young as 12, offering a way to protect the nation’s adolescents before they head back to school in the fall and paving the way for them to return to more normal activities.

Imagine you’re 17 years of age, standing in the lunchroom and idly minding your own business. Suddenly, someone points an accusing finger at you and alerts everyone to the fact that you are losing your hair. How would you feel? What would that do to your psyche? Suffice to say, you’d be absolutely devastated.

Deaths from Covid-19 in Cox’s Bazar today reached 100 and 11 among them are Rohingyas, according to the district Civil Surgeon’s office.

Thirty-eight people have died from Covid-19 during 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming today officially announced the arrival of 5 lakh doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine on May 12.

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

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) agree that the COVID-19 vaccines should be offered to pregnant individuals who are eligible for vaccination.

May 8 is World Thalassemia Day - celebrated every year to raise awareness among the people about the prevention of thalassemia. Bangladesh Thalassemia Foundation (BTF), Sandhani, Medicine Club and Platform observed the day like every year, says a press release. This year’s theme was “Addressing Health Inequality in Thalassemia Patients Worldwide.”

Blood pressure (BP)–lowering treatment is associated with lower risk for cardiovascular (CV) events across a wide range of BP levels and in patients with and without CV disease, according to a meta-analysis in The Lancet.