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Age doesn’t slow metabolism, but lifestyle does: Study

-- 2021-09-26 16:55:01

A new paper has shown the capacity of the human body to burn calories, or our metabolism, does not generally decrease as we grow old, overturning previous assumptions. Rather, it suggests, our metabol...

Vaccinated pregnant women pass antibodies to babies

-- 2021-09-25 15:28:24

The following is a summary of some recent studies on Covid-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review, Reuters r...

Moderna chief executive sees pandemic over in a year

-- 2021-09-24 19:43:58

Moderna Inc Chief Executive Stéphane Bancel thinks the coronavirus pandemic could be over in a year as increased vaccine production ensures global supplies, he told the Swiss newspaper Neue Zue...

Dengue menace: Children are more vulnerable than adults

-- 2021-09-24 16:38:27

Six-year-old Fahim is in anguish as he spends his ninth day in hospital care after coming down with a high fever. Apart from a few moments of suppository-induced respite, his temperature would not dr...

Caution, a must for using painkillers

Imtiaz Ahmed 2021-09-24 12:05:40

There is not a single person who never experiences any sort of physical pain. It is a common practice to help relieve the physical pain with medications called painkillers. In our country, painkiller...

WHO issues first air quality guidelines since 2005 to save millions of lives

-- 2021-09-22 20:32:18

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday issued its first air quality guidelines since 2005 aimed at reducing deaths from key pollutants that cause cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Th...

Serum Institute to invest $68m in UK vaccine maker

-- 2021-09-22 17:16:27

Vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) will invest 50 million pounds ($68 million) in Oxford Biomedica to help fund the development of a plant that manufactures COVID-19 shots, the British compa...

Tuberculosis patients getting remarkable recovery, health minister says

-- 2021-09-21 22:43:37

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said tuberculosis (TB) patients are getting remarkable recovery as the government has expanded treatment facilities across the country. "Every year, nearly 300,000 p...

J&J second shot COVID vaccine 94pc effective

-- 2021-09-21 17:32:27

Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday a second shot of its COVID-19 vaccine given about two months after the first increased its effectiveness to 94 per cent in the United States against moderate to seve...

Pfizer-BioNTech say Covid-19 vaccine safe and protective in kids

-- 2021-09-21 10:29:28

Pfizer and BioNTech said on Monday their Covid-19 vaccine induced a robust immune response in 5 to 11 year olds, and they plan to ask for regulatory authorisation as soon as possible to use the shot i...

Misuse of antibiotics: Avoid at all costs

Imtiaz Ahmed 2021-09-19 10:28:15

One of the most significant health challenges of the modern world is the abuse or misuse of antibiotics. Indiscriminate use of these drugs leads to the development of resistance among the bacteria the...

Over 139m people hit by climate crisis, COVID-19

-- 2021-09-17 18:42:15

Climate-related disasters have affected the lives of at least 139.2 million people and killed more than 17,242 since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, say a new global analysis. The analysis is...

Moderna says Covid vaccine protection wanes over time

-- 2021-09-16 10:04:54

New data from Moderna large Covid-19 vaccine trial shows that the protection it offers wanes over time, supporting the case for booster doses, the company said in a news release on Wednesday, rep...

Will Covid-19 ‘end’ in the next 6-8 months? Here's what experts say

-- 2021-09-15 17:48:47

For those hoping for an imminent end to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which has the world in a chokehold, there is some bad news. Epidemiologists say that we ought to brace for more of what we'v...

COVID-19 antibodies drop within four months of vaccination, Indian study finds

-- 2021-09-14 21:27:05

A study of 614 fully-vaccinated health workers in India found a ‘significant’ drop in their antibodies to fight against COVID-19 within four months of the first shot. The findings could h...

Sputnik V's efficacy against Delta varies from 83-94 pc

-- 2021-09-11 22:22:39

The Sputnik V Covid vaccine's efficacy against the Delta variant varies from 83-94 per cent, depending on the calculation method, which is much higher than foreign-made vaccines, Alexander Gintsburg,...

Booster shots may be unnecessary, says AstraZeneca vaccine creator

-- 2021-09-10 16:57:46

Booster shots to extend the protection of COVID-19 vaccines may be unnecessary for many people, a leading scientist behind the AstraZeneca vaccine said on Friday, reports AP. Oxford University Profes...

EU adds rare nerve disorder as possible side-effect of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

-- 2021-09-09 18:47:48

Europe's medicines regulator has added an extremely rare nerve-damaging disorder, Guillain-Barré syndrome, as a possible side-effect of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, regular safety updates fr...

WHO seeks COVID-19 vaccines for poor nations, 'not empty promises'

-- 2021-09-08 23:36:42

The World Health Organisation on Wednesday said low-income countries were ready to run effective COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and manufacturers and rich countries should deliver the pledged doses to...

COVAX vaccine delivery target reduced to 1.425b doses this year

-- 2021-09-08 19:30:57

The COVAX vaccine-sharing facility will likely receive 1.425 billion doses of anti-COVID-19 shots from donor countries this year, down from a July estimate of 2 billion, the GAVI Vaccine Alliance said...

New kidney problems linked to 'long Covid'

-- 2021-09-04 08:50:09

Japan finds another Moderna vial suspected to contain foreign substance

-- 2021-09-01 17:45:01

Japan's Kanagawa prefecture said it has found another vial of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine suspected of containing a foreign substance and has put the rest of the lot on hold, reports Reuters. In a...

Controlling costs for consumers is aim of China's healthcare reform

-- 2021-09-01 11:09:35

China stepped up its reform of healthcare service pricing at public medical institutions on Tuesday with the announcement of a pilot programme aimed at controlling costs for consumers, ensuring servic...

Brazilian viper venom may become tool in fight against Coronavirus?

-- 2021-09-01 10:45:48

Brazilian researchers have found that a molecule in the venom of a type of snake inhibited coronavirus reproduction in monkey cells, a possible first step toward a drug to combat the virus causing COV...

'Vaccine inequity' concerns IMF, WB, WHO, WTO

-- 2021-08-30 21:11:45

The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organisation and World Trade Organisation recently met with the leaders of the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT), Af...

Evercare conducts Chattogram’s first successful thoracic endovascular aortic repair

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-30 14:27:51

Evercare Hospital Chattogram has recently completed the successful treatment of aortic aneurysm through thoracic endovascular aortic repair, a rare and complex method of treatment that has not been us...

Denv-3 variant of dengue dominant now, says study

-- 2021-08-29 21:53:11

The Denv-3 variant of the dengue virus is dominant in Bangladesh now and contracting the strain after a previous infection could be fatal, researchers warn. The Bangladesh Council of Scientific and I...

Mexican researchers created facemask that 'neutralises Covid-19'

-- 2021-08-28 10:29:35

Researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) have created a facemask using silver and copper nanolayers that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, the universit...

Coping up with the Vitamin-D deficiency

Kaniz Fatema 2021-08-27 19:37:29

Being in the sunlight was already a rarity in city life. But in the continued existence of the pandemic, people are actually forgetting to bathe in the sun. The human body needs Vitamins to survive a...

Vaccine complications dwarfed by virus risks: BBC

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-27 18:55:28

A major review of vaccines suggests the AstraZeneca jab does raise the risk of blood clots and another serious condition that can cause bleeding, according to the BBC. But, it says, the study found t...