Dengue cases have been reported in 60 districts as of yesterday, signalling a much wider and earlier spread of the mosquito-borne disease than in the last two years.
Hospital sources say that at least 250 people are currently living with HIV in the district
This is the highest single-day fatalities from the viral infection this year so far
The National Human Rights Commission has urged the secretary of the Directorate General of Health Services to halt unnecessary C-sections, enhance women’s awareness in this regard, and penalise those responsible for the abnormal spike in Caesareans
Deaths from tuberculosis dipped last year amid a dramatic increase in diagnosis and treatment of the world's second deadliest disease, the World Health Organization said Tuesday
Videos of AI-generated doctors giving health and beauty tips on social media are becoming hugely popular, generating millions of clicks. How accurate are their claims? And how dangerous is AI in the medical field
The crisis has reached a stage where a victim's family now accepts its fate as an unavoidable misfortune
.Most patients admitted to hospitals with acute viral infections are given antibiotics as a precaution against bacterial co-infection, but this practice may not improve survival, new research suggests..Researchers investigated the impact of antibiotic use on survival in more than 2,1
The campaign for administering first and second doses, however, will be continued, the health officials said
The prime minister said this while Prof Timothy E Walsh, director of Biology Department of Ineos Institute of Antimicrobial Research, Oxford University, UK, called on her at Gono Bhaban
With the new cases, the total number of dengue cases this year rose to 727 and the total number of deaths this year is nine.
One in three children worldwide does not have access to clean drinking water while at school, impacting their health and ability to learn, the United Nations said Wednesday.
Fifty-three-year-old Monetzar Rahman is one of only seven patients who have had their liver transplant surgeries in Bangladesh so far.
Up to 10 million deaths could occur every year by 2050 because of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the UN says.
Each year, millions of people across the globe receive a cancer diagnosis. For many, this news is scary. Two patients from Germany talk about how psycho-oncology helped them cope.
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new Global Breast Cancer Initiative Framework yesterday providing a roadmap to attain the targets to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040.
World Cancer Day is observed on the 4th of February each year. Through this campaign we can all band together to combat the cancer epidemic is World Cancer Day.
