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Reinfection cases raise concerns over immunity

Reinfection cases raise concerns over immunity

-- 2020-10-13 20:45:47

The case of a man in the United States infected twice with COVID-19 shows there is much yet to learn about immune responses and also raises questions over vaccination, scientists said on Tuesday. The...

WHO calls herd immunity approach against Covid-19 'problematic'

WHO calls herd immunity approach against Covid-19 'problematic'

BBC 2020-10-13 16:34:05

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has turned down a herd immunity response to Covid-19 pandemic, reports the BBC. Herd immunity occurs when a large portion of a community becomes immune...

Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine trial halted after 'unexplained illness'

Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine trial halted after 'unexplained illness'

Reuters 2020-10-13 10:20:46

Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it had temporarily paused its Covid-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant, delaying one of the highest profile...

Pandemic can be overcome promptly with right tools : WHO

Pandemic can be overcome promptly with right tools : WHO

-- 2020-10-12 22:57:07

The global COVID-19 pandemic can be overcome quickly if countries use the right tools, the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday, but warned that if those tools were not used it would r...

Covid-19 virus survives for 28 days on surfaces, scientists find

Covid-19 virus survives for 28 days on surfaces, scientists find

-- 2020-10-12 10:48:30

The virus responsible for Covid-19 can remain infectious on surfaces such as banknotes, phone screens and stainless steel for 28 days, researchers say. The findings from Australia's national science...

Seven new dengue cases reported in 24 hrs

Seven new dengue cases reported in 24 hrs

-- 2020-10-11 16:59:59

Seven new dengue cases were reported in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. Seventeen dengue patients are currently undergoing treatment at...

74pc Bangladeshi migrant workers mentally stressed

74pc Bangladeshi migrant workers mentally stressed

FE Online Report 2020-10-10 19:25:07

About 74 per cent of the Bangladeshi migrant workers are facing mental stress following impact of Coronavirus pandemic, according to a Brac study. The leading development organisation conducted the s...

Nurses suffer psychological distress in COVID fight: Global body

Nurses suffer psychological distress in COVID fight: Global body

-- 2020-10-10 18:58:48

Many nurses caring for COVID-19 patients are suffering burn-out or psychological distress, and many have faced abuse or discrimination outside of work, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) has sa...

Antibody drugs seem promising for COVID-19 treatment

Antibody drugs seem promising for COVID-19 treatment

AP 2020-10-10 17:06:21

They are not cures and it is not likely that everyone will be able to get them as President Donald Trump has suggested but experimental antibody drugs like the one Trump was given are among the most p...

Only 260 psychiatrists for Bangladesh’s mental health patients

Only 260 psychiatrists for Bangladesh’s mental health patients

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2020-10-10 15:54:09

Almost 90 per cent of the country’s mental health patients are not getting proper healthcare services, according to the director of National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital (NIMH). Prof...

Youth may face obesity, stress, eye strain for corona-induced excess screen time

Youth may face obesity, stress, eye strain for corona-induced excess screen time

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2020-10-10 09:52:26

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is forcing many children and youths to go for excessive use of screen time, which could cause an adverse impact on their mental and physical health both in the short and...

Covid-19: Where are we in the vaccine race?

Covid-19: Where are we in the vaccine race?

REUTERS 2020-10-07 12:03:09

Drugmakers and research centres around the world are working on Covid-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway. As...

Vaccine may be ready by year-end: WHO chief

Vaccine may be ready by year-end: WHO chief

-- 2020-10-06 20:44:28

Director-General of World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday said a vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end. However, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus did not give elaborat...

Breathing with face mask does not alter oxygen level; virus can last nine hours on skin

Breathing with face mask does not alter oxygen level; virus can last nine hours on skin

Reuters 2020-10-06 20:34:33

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Breathing with...

Top US health body revises guidance, says coronavirus can spread through air

Top US health body revises guidance, says coronavirus can spread through air

-- 2020-10-06 11:03:03

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday said Covid-19 can spread through virus lingering in the air, sometimes for hours, acknowledging concerns widely voiced by public health ex...

One in 10 may have caught COVID, as world heads into 'difficult period': WHO

One in 10 may have caught COVID, as world heads into 'difficult period': WHO

Reuters 2020-10-05 20:59:31

Roughly 1 in 10 people may have been infected with the novel coronavirus, leaving the vast majority of the world’s population vulnerable to the related COVID-19 disease, the World Health Organiz...

Tuberculosis remains a major public health threat: icddr,b

Tuberculosis remains a major public health threat: icddr,b

-- 2020-10-05 20:29:41

Tuberculosis, a highly infectious disease, remains a major public health threat in the country with 99,000 cases reported in the first six months of this year, data show while an estimated 247 cases p...

COVID-19 disrupts mental health services: WHO survey  

COVID-19 disrupts mental health services: WHO survey  

UNB 2020-10-05 17:59:16

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93 per cent of countries worldwide while the demand for mental health is increasing, according to a new WHO survey. Th...

Coffee on empty stomach negatively effects blood sugar level

Coffee on empty stomach negatively effects blood sugar level

UNB 2020-10-04 18:27:21

Here's one bit of advice for those who solely rely on a cup of strong, black coffee to galvanise them into action in mornings after a bad night's sleep - the drink on an empty stomach can have a negat...

Trans fat: Threat to life

Trans fat: Threat to life

-- 2020-10-03 17:08:48

A by-product of a process called hydrogenation that is used to turn healthy oils into solids, Trans Fatty Acid (TFA), commonly known as trans fat, has now emerged as a deadly threat to life on Earth a...

Globe Biotech's 'BANCOVID' okay for human trial

Globe Biotech's 'BANCOVID' okay for human trial

Jubair Hasan 2020-10-03 10:29:57

Bangladeshi lone coronavirus vaccine candidate Globe Biotech has achieved another much-needed milestone, as a globally recognised journal has certified its 'BANCOVID' scientifically okay for human t...

New global lab network to compare data from potential Covid-19 vaccines

New global lab network to compare data from potential Covid-19 vaccines

Reuters 2020-10-02 13:28:43

A major non-profit health emergencies group has set up a global laboratory network to assess data from potential Covid-19 vaccines, allowing scientists and drugmakers to compare them and speed up sele...

US broadens probe into AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

US broadens probe into AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

Reuters 2020-10-01 11:17:25

The US Food and Drug Administration has broadened its investigation of a serious illness in AstraZeneca Plc’s Covis-19 vaccine study and will look at data from earlier trials of similar vaccines...

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine appears safe: Study

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine appears safe: Study

-- 2020-09-30 19:36:45

Results from an early safety study of Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine candidate in older adults showed that it produced virus-neutralising antibodies at levels similar to those seen in younger...

One million corona deaths "a very sad milestone", but virus suppressable: WHO

One million corona deaths "a very sad milestone", but virus suppressable: WHO

-- 2020-09-29 17:02:23

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that one million deaths from COVID-19 was “a very sad milestone”, after many victims suffered “a terribly difficult and lonely dea...

‘Breast milk may protect babies from coronavirus infection’

‘Breast milk may protect babies from coronavirus infection’

-- 2020-09-29 16:34:02

Breast milk may help protect babies from being infected by the novel coronavirus, a new study suggests, reports Daily Mail. Researchers at a lab in China found that mother's milk prevented the pathog...

Experts suggest measures to tackle possible winter wave of Covid

Experts suggest measures to tackle possible winter wave of Covid

-- 2020-09-29 10:14:23

As there is an apprehension that Bangladesh may witness the resurgence of Covid-19 in the coming winter, health experts say educating people, encouraging them to follow health safety rules, ensuring a...

WHO says poorer countries to get 120m Covid-19 test kits

WHO says poorer countries to get 120m Covid-19 test kits

-- 2020-09-29 09:55:46

Some 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for coronavirus will be made available to low- and middle-income countries at a maximum of $5 each, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. The wid...

J&J Covid vaccine shows strong immune response

J&J Covid vaccine shows strong immune response

-- 2020-09-26 11:42:38

A single dose of Johnson & Johnson's experimental Covid-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response against the novel coronavirus in an early-to-mid stage clinical trial, according to interim res...

More contagious coronavirus strain now dominates: Study

More contagious coronavirus strain now dominates: Study

-- 2020-09-24 21:47:22

The first study to analyse the structure of the novel coronavirus from two waves of infection in a major city found that a more contagious strain dominates recent samples, researchers from Houston Met...