-- 2022-05-22 19:07:47
The WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday announced six awards to recognise outstanding contributions to advancing global health, demonstrated leadership and commitment to regio...
-- 2022-05-22 18:20:56
Intake of excessive amounts of proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) or gastric medications can cause gastric ulcers among 45 per cent of patients, said the doctors at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical Univers...
-- 2022-05-22 14:59:55
Monkeypox is usually self-limiting but may be severe in some individuals, such as children, pregnant women or persons with immune suppression due to other health conditions, says the World Health Orga...
-- 2022-05-21 20:04:17
Global health officials have sounded the alarm over rising cases in Europe and elsewhere of monkeypox, a type of viral infection more common to west and central Africa. As of Friday, some 80 monkeypo...
-- 2022-05-21 19:58:59
The World Health Organization has said another 50 suspected cases are being investigated - without naming any countries - and warned that more cases are likely to be reported. Infections have been co...
-- 2022-05-20 21:53:31
The World Health Organization was due to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection more common in the west and central Africa, after more than...
-- 2022-05-18 22:43:30
Portuguese authorities said on Wednesday they had identified five cases of rare monkeypox infection and Spain's health services are testing eight potential cases after Britain put Europe on alert for...
-- 2022-05-18 20:53:05
The world is not better prepared for a new pandemic than it was when coronavirus emerged in 2019 and maybe in a worse place given the economic toll, according to a panel set up by the World Health Org...
-- 2022-05-18 11:16:57
Worsening outdoor air pollution and toxic lead poisoning have kept global deaths from environmental contamination at an estimated 9 million per year since 2015 – countering modest progress made...
-- 2022-05-17 14:23:39
Children with Covid-19 are at significantly increased risk for liver dysfunction afterward, according to a report posted on Saturday on medRxiv ahead of peer review. But most of the children with acu...
DR IMTIAZ AHMED 2022-05-17 14:22:10
There is a condition called prediabetes or borderline diabetes when someone doesn’t have a blood sugar level to be diagnosed as a diabetic, but still has high enough sugar to be concerned about....
-- 2022-05-13 23:22:59
Alcohol is increasingly being marketed across borders, with young people and heavy drinkers particularly targeted, according to a recent report by the UN health agency. The study shows how the digita...
FE REPORT 2022-05-13 09:19:17
Speakers at a programme on Thursday suggested the government raise allocation for primary healthcare in the 2022-23 national budget to ease the burden of out-of-pocket health expenditure on the public...
-- 2022-05-05 16:10:52
The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, unlike assumptions made in previous studies that it was more transmissible but less severe, a large stu...
-- 2022-05-05 14:09:45
The omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, unlike assumptions made in previous studies that it was more transmissible but less severe, a large study in...
-- 2022-05-03 21:01:21
A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday that it had received reports of at least 228 probable cases of child hepatitis with dozens more under investigation. "As of May 1, at least 22...
FE REPORT 2022-04-29 08:51:11
Indiscriminate and excessive use of antibiotics without prescription in Bangladesh requires strict regulation to prevent outbreak of drug-resistant diseases, Neely Kaydos-Daniels, Country Director, U....
-- 2022-04-28 20:38:00
Moderna Inc said on Thursday it asked US regulators to authorise its Covid-19 vaccine for children under the age of 6, which would make it the first shot against the coronavirus available for those un...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-28 19:30:14
Indiscriminate and excessive use of antibiotics without prescription in Bangladesh requires strict regulation to prevent outbreak of drug-resistant diseases, Neely Kaydos-Daniels, country director, U....
DR IMTIAZ AHMED 2022-04-25 13:45:27
A short daytime nap is often a great way to reinvigorate ourselves. Even for people who sleep soundly for 7-8 hours at night, it might be beneficial. Why? Because after 08 hours of wakefulness, natur...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-24 15:26:57
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson is leading UNICEF’s global immunisation initiative with a global message thanking the scientists, parents, health workers, and others who have been so crit...
-- 2022-04-24 11:33:05
The World Health Organization said on Saturday that at least one child death had been reported following an increase of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children, and that at least 169 cases had b...
-- 2022-04-22 23:02:18
A European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee on Friday recommended approving the use of Pfizer PFE.N and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, as a booster for adults who have previously been inocula...
Dr IMTIAZ AHMED 2022-04-21 13:36:00
The spine is related to a wide range of body movements. A strong spine can help to avoid back pain. If not properly taken care of, the muscles and ligaments of the spine can weaken making movements pa...
-- 2022-04-21 13:02:51
A 31-year-old healthcare worker caught Covid twice within 20 days - the shortest-known gap between infections, Spanish researchers have claimed. Tests show the woman was infected with two differe...
-- 2022-04-19 17:19:43
Worldwide demand for Pfizer Inc's oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid has been unexpectedly light due to complicated eligibility requirements, reduced testing, and potential for drug interactio...
-- 2022-04-18 19:53:42
A second Global Covid-19 Summit will be held virtually on May 12 for countries to discuss efforts to end the pandemic and prepare for future health threats, according to a joint statement on Monday....
-- 2022-04-18 16:28:39
Bangladesh will face a greater health crisis than that of Covid-19 due to antibiotics resistance by 2050, warned Prof Dr Md Sharfuddin Ahmed, Vice-Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical Univer...
Dr Imtiaz Ahmed 2022-04-17 17:40:04
All of us have suffered from boil at least once in our lifetime. It is an infection, caused usually by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus affecting the hair follicles and surrounding sweat glands. Thi...
-- 2022-04-16 15:36:33
Two COVID-19 vaccine candidates developed by units of China National Biotec Group (CNBG) to target the Omicron variant were approved for clinical trials as boosters in Hong Kong, the Sinopharm subsidi...
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