The US hopes to have immunized 100 million people against Covid-19 by the end of February, a top official said Wednesday, which is approximately 40 percent of the country's adult population.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved in principle a proposal of the Health Services Division to procure Covid-19 vaccine directly from any organisation through negotiations without following any bidding process.

Moderna Inc said it will apply for U.S. and European emergency authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine on Monday based on full results from a late-stage study showing its vaccine was 94.1% effective with no serious safety concerns.

The government will initially provide three crore free doses of Covid-19 vaccine to citizens of the country, selecting the recipients following the protocol of the World Health Organization (WHO).

World Health Organization (WHO) urged nations and health partners to step up the fight against malaria, with better targeting of interventions, new tools and increased funding.

Although babies of women infected with Covid-19 during their pregnancies have been born with antibodies, it remains unclear if this means the baby is immune to the coronavirus or how long the immunity would last.

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.

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.

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.