Disease

Disease

HMPV: Medical team deployed at Hili checkpost

Following instructions from the health ministry, a medical team, led by Md Jahangir Alam, a sub-assistant community medical officer from the upazila health complex, initiated its activities

2d ago

HMPV virus: Passengers urged to wear masks at Dhaka airport

The directives were issued one day after a case of HMPV virus was detected in the country

2d ago

One dies of dengue

57 hospitalised in the last 24 hours

3d ago

HMPV detected in Bangladesh

30-yr-old from Kishoreganj undergoing treatment

3d ago

Airborne superbugs lurk in Dhaka hospitals

Amid the bustling corridors of Dhaka’s hospitals, an invisible danger wafts silently through the air -- drug-resistant bacteria.

4d ago

1 more dies of dengue

At least one dengue patient died while 57 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

4d ago

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.

5d 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.

5d ago

Dengue Outbreak: 21-40 age group hit the hardest

Almost 35 percent of the people who died from dengue are aged between 21 and 40 years, according to the health directorate data.

1y ago

DNCC sues Marshal Agrovat over BTI purchase anomalies

Dhaka North City Corporation has filed a case against Marshal Agrovat Chemical Industries Ltd for not importing BTI pesticide as per the purchase contract

1y ago

Dengue cases top 1 lakh mark for the year

At least nine more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease

1y ago

US government to urge Americans to get new Covid-19 boosters

The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus this autumn to counter a new wave of infections, a White House official said on Sunday

1y ago

Dengue Cases: ‘End to outbreak can’t be predicted’

With 2,134 dengue patients hospitalised yesterday, the health directorate said when the outbreak will end cannot yet be firmly predicted.

1y ago

Dengue cases hit all-time high

With 2,192 new patients admitted to hospitals yesterday, dengue cases hit a record high since its first official outbreak in 2000, crossing the 1,00,000-threshold in eight months this year.

1y ago

Dengue: 10 more die, 2,134 hospitalised in a day

At least 10 more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease

1y ago

Aedes Control to Curb Dengue: ‘Unscientific methods are causing surge in cases’

Authorities have failed to control Aedes mosquitoes as the activities taken up in this regard are unscientific, resulting in a surge in dengue cases across the country, a group of entomologists said yesterday.

1y ago

Authorities using bizarre methods, failing in mosquito control: entomologists

Authorities are adopting "bizarre" methods in the name of mosquito control amid the surge in dengue infections, a group of entomologists said today

1y ago

Dengue: 13 more die, 1,983 hospitalised in a day

At least 13 more people died from dengue in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am today as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease

1y ago