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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.
Bird flu outbreak: Will it cause the next pandemic?
A new lineage of avian flu H5N1 is ripping through wild bird populations and also affecting mammals, such as minks, badgers, pigs, bears. Are humans next?.Scientists are already talking about the largest observed avian influenza epidemic in European history. And it started around the same
The impossible task of calculating global pandemic deaths
December's WHO calculations of excess deaths during the pandemic highlight a big, but largely unseen, problem in global health: Lack of proper mortality surveillance in half the world's countries.
Cutting out-of-pocket medical costs: Govt target ever elusive
A decade ago, the government set a target of bringing out-of-pocket health care expenses down to 32 percent by 2032, but the burden of medical spending on people has only gotten heavier over the years.
Hunger Index 2022: Bangladesh’s status borderline “serious”
Bangladesh has been ranked 84th in the Global Hunger Index 2022, among 121 qualifying countries.
Covid-19 pandemic is nearing end: WHO chief
The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed over six million people.
Man with no foreign travel history tests positive for monkeypox in Delhi
A 34-year-old man in Delhi with no history of foreign travel has tested positive for monkeypox virus, making it the fourth case of the infection in India and the first in the national capital.
Covid-19 cases on the rise in Southeast Asia, Middle East and Europe
The number of new coronavirus cases rose in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe last week, while the number of deaths globally dropped by 16%, according to the World Health Organization’s latest weekly pandemic report issued Wednesday.
Covid-19: Saudi Arabia bans citizens from travelling to India, 15 other countries
Following the re-emergence of Covid-19, Saudi Arabia has banned its citizens from traveling to 16 countries including India, according to the Gulf News.
India truck crash kills 18 workers
At least 18 workers have been killed after the truck they were traveling in overturned in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh
Snakebite antidote is running out
The world is running out of one of the most effective snakebite treatments, putting tens of thousands of lives at risk.
WHO calls to protect health workers in conflict zones
The World Health Organization is calling for "intensified action" to protect health workers treating people in crisis and conflict zone.