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Moderna to make milestone payments to US for Covid-19 vaccine

Moderna to make milestone payments to US for Covid-19 vaccine

-- 2023-02-25 16:52:12

Moderna Inc will make certain contingent development, commercial and regulatory milestone payments to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) related to the development of COVID-19 vaccines, the co...

Bird flu situation 'worrying', WHO working with Cambodia

Bird flu situation 'worrying', WHO working with Cambodia

-- 2023-02-24 20:15:10

The World Health Organization is working with the Cambodian authorities after two confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu were found in the country among one family. Describing the situation as "worry...

A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN report

A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-02-23 16:44:57

Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest estimates released in a report by United Nations agencies today. This report, Trends in maternal mortality, rev...

Oral dose of azithromycin at normal birth can reduce 33pc maternal sepsis and deaths: Study

Oral dose of azithromycin at normal birth can reduce 33pc maternal sepsis and deaths: Study

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-02-23 15:40:33

A single two-gram oral dose of azithromycin at normal birth can reduce 33 per cent maternal sepsis and deaths, a new study has found. The recent multicountry study called Azithromycin Prophylaxis in...

Can topical treatment alone fix acne scars?

Can topical treatment alone fix acne scars?

Mahia Afrin 2023-02-22 17:31:59

Acne or pimples are caused due to access sebum production in the skin. People with oily skin types can face severe acne issues. Due to environmental pollution, this issue is getting worse.  Acne...

Vitamin A-plus campaign for 22.0 million children held

Vitamin A-plus campaign for 22.0 million children held

-- 2023-02-20 21:26:58

The National Vitamin A-plus campaign was conducted on Monday with a target to feed over 22.0 million children aged six months to 59 months vitamin A-plus capsule to prevent childhood blindness and red...

Why the success of making an artificial heart remains elusive?

Why the success of making an artificial heart remains elusive?

Shuvro Saif 2023-02-20 17:34:02

The technological achievements of humankind since John F. Kennedy's challenge to land a man on the moon and safely return him to Earth in 1962 have been remarkable. However, building an artificial h...

No specific research on zinc level in rice

No specific research on zinc level in rice

FE REPORT 2023-02-20 08:31:14

The country has no specific research to measure zinc level in rice after it is cooked, experts said at a roundtable on Sunday. According to them, such research is needed as the government has bet a...

Uterus cancer jabbing scheme to start in Sept

Uterus cancer jabbing scheme to start in Sept

FE REPORT 2023-02-14 08:43:26

The government will vaccinate women from September to save them from uterus cancer, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Monday. "The vaccination programme to prevent women from...

How sugar affects our brain

How sugar affects our brain

Pushpita Khan 2023-02-13 19:35:41

Regardless of age, everyone enjoys sugar. While sugar can provide a quick energy boost, its impact on the brain is astonishing. These impacts can be both positive and negative. In this article, we sha...

Bangladesh to roll out free HPV vaccines against cervical cancer in September

Bangladesh to roll out free HPV vaccines against cervical cancer in September

-- 2023-02-13 18:54:29

The government will roll out free vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) to help prevent deaths from cervical cancer in September. Girls aged between 10 and 15 will get the vaccines initially, a...

1.5m families to get Tk 50,000 worth of free healthcare

1.5m families to get Tk 50,000 worth of free healthcare

-- 2023-02-13 18:04:59

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said the government will provide free health care services worth Tk 50,000 to some 1.50 million poor families in six districts. “We have expanded the ‘he...

270,000 children face eye fatigue each year in Dhaka

270,000 children face eye fatigue each year in Dhaka

FE ONLINE REPORT  2023-02-12 19:28:52

Visual Pollution in Dhaka city has been causing heavy damage to people's lives, including an estimated 270,000 children facing eye fatigue each year and road accidents rising by 40 per cent, says a st...

Awareness is the best medicine for Nipah virus

Awareness is the best medicine for Nipah virus

Dr Imtiaz Ahmed 2023-02-08 16:38:34

Nipah virus is zoonotic, spreading from infected animals to humans. The animal host is usually fruit bats foraging trees producing ripe fruits, and drinking from the sap collection containers. The vir...

Operations of five medical colleges suspended

Operations of five medical colleges suspended

-- 2023-02-05 20:04:42

Activities of five medical colleges were suspended and approval of one medical college was revoked for not conducting quality education as per law and policy. Health Minister Zahid Maleque came up wi...

Number of arsenic patients decreases in Bangladesh

Number of arsenic patients decreases in Bangladesh

-- 2023-02-05 19:17:34

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said the number of patients suffering from arsenic poisoning has decreased in the country. In reply to a tabled question from Jatiya Party MP Moshiur Rahman Ranga in...

Bangladesh flags risk of Nipah virus in 32 districts

Bangladesh flags risk of Nipah virus in 32 districts

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-04 12:55:38

Health authorities have marked 32 districts in Bangladesh as being at risk of the Nipah virus infection and directed physicians to take adequate precautionary measures while attending to patients with...

India-made eye drop linked to infections, death: US FDA

India-made eye drop linked to infections, death: US FDA

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-04 11:58:47

The US Food and Drug Administration has warned against using an India-made eye drop that has been linked to the outbreak of a drug-resistant bacteria leading to adverse events in at least 55 patients...

WHO targets to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040

WHO targets to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040

-- 2023-02-03 22:29:36

The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new Global Breast Cancer Initiative Framework on Friday providing a roadmap to attain the targets to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040....

UN expert on leprosy to visit Bangladesh

UN expert on leprosy to visit Bangladesh

-- 2023-02-03 16:17:22

The UN Special Rapporteur on discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, Alice Cruz, will pay an official visit to Bangladesh from February 7 to 15. "The UN Committee...

Bone marrow transplant at Evercare Hospital Chattogram

Bone marrow transplant at Evercare Hospital Chattogram

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-02 11:18:41

Evercare Hospital Chattogram is proud to announce the successful completion of the first autologous bone marrow transplant (BMT) in Chattogram. The procedure was performed on a multiple myeloma patien...

Gum bleeding: Cause, prevention and treatment 

Gum bleeding: Cause, prevention and treatment 

Firuz Nawer 2023-02-01 19:39:16

Gum bleeding is a common oral health issue that affects many people. It is also known as gingival bleeding. It occurs when the gums, the soft tissue surrounding and supporting the teeth, bleed during...

Long-term Covid effect  found in recovered patients: Study

Long-term Covid effect found in recovered patients: Study

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-30 19:58:44

Long-term effects have been found in people recovered from Covid infection, with 12 per cent of the recovered developing depression from the mild to severe category as a long-term Covid psychological...

Suffering from joint pains? Try these

Suffering from joint pains? Try these

Dr Imtiaz Ahmed 2023-01-30 17:01:06

If you suffer from joint pain, you know how painful and inconvenient that is. Occasional joint pain happens to almost all of us at least once in our life. In addition, there is a group of diseases cal...

Nipah virus kills 5 this year, says health minister

Nipah virus kills 5 this year, says health minister

-- 2023-01-29 19:19:50

A total of five people died of Nipah virus across the country this year, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday. “Eight people were infected with Nipah virus and of them five people died,...

FDA's advisers back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinations

FDA's advisers back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinations

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-27 10:25:32

The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot, a major shift in strategy despite a long list of questions about how to best protect against a still rapidly mutating viru...

Walking 10000 steps a day: Is it optimum for health?

Walking 10000 steps a day: Is it optimum for health?

Dr IMTIAZ AHMED 2023-01-25 11:43:19

The benefits of regular walking are numerous. The 'US Department of Health and Human Services' suggests at least 140 minutes of weekly exercise, which includes walking. It has been shown that walking...

Nipah virus: Transfer of immunity from mother to newborn confirmed for the first time

Nipah virus: Transfer of immunity from mother to newborn confirmed for the first time

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-24 18:08:01

Transfer of immunity against Nipah virus from mother to child has been confirmed for the first time, according to a latest icddr,b study. Recently, the findings by icddr,b scientists, and partners pu...

WHO investigating links between cough syrup deaths

WHO investigating links between cough syrup deaths

-- 2023-01-24 17:11:15

The World Health Organization (WHO) is investigating whether there is any connection between manufacturers whose contaminated cough syrups it has linked to the deaths of more than 300 children in thre...

WHO investigating links between cough syrup deaths, considers advice for parents

WHO investigating links between cough syrup deaths, considers advice for parents

Reuters 2023-01-24 14:02:30

The World Health Organization (WHO) is investigating whether there is any connection between manufacturers whose contaminated cough syrups it has linked to the deaths of more than 300 children in thre...