Disease

Disease

Cancer patients cut off from vital lifeline

All six radiotherapy machines of the NICRH have been out of order for 19 days, depriving over 200 cancer patients of their scheduled therapy every day.

10h ago

Five Reovirus cases found for 1st time in Bangladesh

The Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has found the presence of reovirus for the first time in Bangladesh.

10h ago

HMPV: Health check begins at Benapole port

Benapole Immigration Health Department today started to check the passengers travelling between India and Bangladesh as part of its initiative to prevent the spread of the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV)

1d ago

Two die of dengue

Two patients died from dengue while 70 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

4d ago

Children take a hit from winter diseases

The influx of child patients suffering from pneumonia, winter diarrhoea and other cold-related diseases has been straining hospitals.

5d ago

Mosquito menace grips Mymensingh

Unclean drains, scattered waste key contributors, say locals

1w ago

2024: continued struggle against dengue

The year 2023 was one of dengue devastation, breaking all previous records. As the new year approached, there was much discussion about improving the situation. However, it turned out to be all talk and no show, as dengue still claimed hundreds of lives in 2024.

1w ago

Two die of dengue, 84 get hospitalised

The death toll rises to 575

1w ago

28 more hospitalised with dengue

Twenty-eight dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till this morning

11m ago

Dengue Outbreak: 1 dies, 10 get hospitalised in a day

One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till yesterday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 15 this year.

11m ago

Dengue: 1 dies, 10 hospitalised in a day

One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till this morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 15 this year

11m ago

Covid-19: Positivity rate 7.35pc

25 more cases reported in 24hrs

11m ago

Cancer increasing in Bangladesh, may double in 2050

The number of cancer patients is steadily increasing in Bangladesh, and in the year 2050, the country may record more than double the new cases of 2022, according to a World Health Organization report.

11m ago

Covid-19: 34 more cases reported in 24hrs, positivity rate 8.31%

Bangladesh reported 34 more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till this morning

11m ago

New cancer cases to soar 77pc by 2050: WHO

The number of new cancer cases will rise to more than 35 million in 2050 -- 77 percent higher than the figure in 2022, the World Health Organization’s cancer agency warned yesterday.

11m ago

Cold brings misery for the little ones

Nasima Akter was seen anxiously looking for attendants while trying to nebulise her daughter Tasnim Rabbi at paediatric ward of Chattogram Medical College Hospital on Saturday.

11m ago

17 more hospitalised with dengue

Seventeen dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till this morning

11m ago

53 more Covid-19 cases in 24hrs; positivity rate 5.81pc

Bangladesh reported 53 more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till this morning

11m ago