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Pandemic will drag on into 2022 as poorer countries still need vaccines, WHO warns

Pandemic will drag on into 2022 as poorer countries still need vaccines, WHO warns

-- 2021-10-21 10:14:28

The Covid pandemic will "go on for a year longer than it needs to" because poorer countries are not getting the vaccines they need, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Dr Bruce Aylward,...

WHO-led programme aims to buy antiviral COVID-19 pills for $10

WHO-led programme aims to buy antiviral COVID-19 pills for $10

-- 2021-10-19 15:08:27

A World Health Organization-led programme to ensure poorer countries get fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments aims to secure antiviral drugs for patients with mild symptoms for as li...

Merck's Covid pill sparks calls for access for lower income countries

Merck's Covid pill sparks calls for access for lower income countries

-- 2021-10-18 10:39:14

The plan to roll out Merck & Co's promising antiviral pill to treat Covid-19 risks repeating the inequities of vaccine distribution, potentially leaving the nations with the greatest need once aga...

Scorching heat triggers spike in viral fever cases

Scorching heat triggers spike in viral fever cases

-- 2021-10-16 11:04:34

Two weeks ago, Rakibul Islam had come down with a cold, cough and fever, which his family with three children contracted later. "All of a sudden I began to sneeze and had a runny nose along with a...

Second J&J Covid shot gets expert backing

Second J&J Covid shot gets expert backing

-- 2021-10-16 11:03:43

Outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday unanimously recommended the agency authorise a second shot of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine for a...

US FDA advisers back Moderna booster shots for older people

US FDA advisers back Moderna booster shots for older people

-- 2021-10-15 11:19:38

A panel of expert advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted on Thursday to recommend booster shots of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for Americans aged 65 and older and those...

Moderna didn't meet all criteria for Covid-19 boosters, says US FDA staff

Moderna didn't meet all criteria for Covid-19 boosters, says US FDA staff

-- 2021-10-13 08:49:47

Scientists at the US Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday that Moderna had not met all of the agency's criteria to support use of booster doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, possibly because t...

Moderna has no plans to share recipe for Covid vaccine

Moderna has no plans to share recipe for Covid vaccine

-- 2021-10-12 11:43:48

Moderna has no plans to share the recipe for its COVID-19 vaccine because executives have concluded that scaling up the company's own production is the best way to increase the global supply, the comp...

AstraZeneca drug cocktail succeeds in late-stage study to treat COVID-19

AstraZeneca drug cocktail succeeds in late-stage study to treat COVID-19

-- 2021-10-11 17:38:12

AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 antibody-drug cocktail succeeded in reducing severe disease or death in non-hospitalised patients in a late-stage study, the British drugmaker said on Monday. The...

Stay prepared for next pandemic: Firdausi Qadri

Stay prepared for next pandemic: Firdausi Qadri

-- 2021-10-10 14:15:26

A new disease may reach pandemic status at any time following the end of the COVID-19 crisis, warns Dr Firdausi Qadri. The Ramon Magsaysay Award-winning scientist advised authorities to take precau...

84.6pc students suffer from mental disorders during pandemic: Survey

84.6pc students suffer from mental disorders during pandemic: Survey

SM NAJMUS SAKIB 2021-10-10 09:00:41

The mental health status of the students especially at the country's universities has taken a turn for the worse with 84.6 per cent suffering from mental depression during the Covid-19 pandemic, acc...

Study reveals 84pc students faced depression during pandemic       

Study reveals 84pc students faced depression during pandemic      

SM Najmus Sakib   2021-10-09 20:08:00

The mental health situation of the country’s university students has turned to be a worrying situation with as many as 84.6 per cent experiencing mental depression in the pandemic, according...

Covid-19: Experts say Bangladesh close to reaching herd immunity threshold

Covid-19: Experts say Bangladesh close to reaching herd immunity threshold

-- 2021-10-09 17:36:58

Even though Bangladesh logged 15,61,463 Covid-19 cases as of Friday, experts believe around 70 per cent population of the country may have contracted the virus and developed natural antibodies. Some...

Delta does not appear to make children sicker

Delta does not appear to make children sicker

-- 2021-10-09 10:42:14

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, reports R...

No more excessive vitamin C

No more excessive vitamin C

Sirajum Munira Tuli 2021-10-08 14:41:07

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the advice that everyone heard the most is ‘Eat more vitamin C-enriched foods." Anticipating that this vitamin will enhance the immune system, many people took this...

First-ever malaria vaccine endorsed

First-ever malaria vaccine endorsed

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-07 11:25:00

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday endorsed the world’s first malaria vaccine and said it should be given to children across Africa in the hope that it will spur stalled efforts to...

Data initiatives stressed at UNWDF-2021 to strengthen public health system

Data initiatives stressed at UNWDF-2021 to strengthen public health system

-- 2021-10-06 13:49:04

Vaccine development in the shortest possible time has been the prime focus while paving the way out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data has played a critically important role, both nationally and globally,...

Pfizer vaccine effectiveness drops after six months: Study

Pfizer vaccine effectiveness drops after six months: Study

-- 2021-10-05 11:21:15

The effectiveness of the Pfizer Inc /BioNTech SE vaccine in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped to 47 per cent from 88 per cent six months after the second dose, according to data publishe...

Death tolls may rise for not following safety measures    

Death tolls may rise for not following safety measures  

Areeba Afrah   2021-10-04 20:28:08

Bangladesh has been in and out of lockdowns for varying periods till late August this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, since the relaxation of lockdown measures, including the reopening o...

Medi Express delivering medicine to city dwellers' doorsteps in 90 minutes

Medi Express delivering medicine to city dwellers' doorsteps in 90 minutes

-- 2021-10-03 19:08:29

Digital Hospital,provider of over 1.3 million digital doctor consultations, has recently launched Medi Express - delivering all the necessary medicines to the doorstep of patients in Dhaka within a pr...

Take care of your heart

Take care of your heart

SWASTIKA KARMAKER 2021-10-03 15:24:51

In recent times, there has been too much hue and cry regarding heart diseases as we are seeing people of young ages dying from cardiovascular diseases (CVD). We are worried about the COVID-19 pandemic...

Merck pill breakthrough boost hopes of preventing Covid deaths

Merck pill breakthrough boost hopes of preventing Covid deaths

-- 2021-10-02 11:22:25

A pill developed by US drugmaker Merck could halve the chances of dying or being hospitalised for those most at risk of contracting severe Covid-19, with experts hailing it as a potential breakthrough...

Four out of five older people suffer from chronic diseases in Bangladesh

Four out of five older people suffer from chronic diseases in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-01 21:47:59

About four out of five older people (60 years and above) suffer from chronic diseases, including hypertension, diabetes, depression, and dementia in Bangladesh, says a new study. The findings were sh...

Experimental Covid pill halves hospitalisations and deaths, says drugmaker Merk

Experimental Covid pill halves hospitalisations and deaths, says drugmaker Merk

-- 2021-10-01 18:35:49

Drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalisations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials...

India's Serum Institute to boost vaccine exports gradually

India's Serum Institute to boost vaccine exports gradually

-- 2021-10-01 14:29:20

The Serum Institute of India, which produces the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, will resume small exports via the global vaccine-sharing platform COVAX this month and raise it substantially by January,...

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine shows 74 per cent efficacy in large US trial

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine shows 74 per cent efficacy in large US trial

-- 2021-09-30 11:58:33

AstraZeneca Plc's Covid-19 vaccine demonstrated 74 per cent efficacy at preventing symptomatic disease, a figure that increased to 83.5 per cent in people aged 65 and older, according to long-awaited...

Effects of junk foods on youngsters

Effects of junk foods on youngsters

Sirajum Munira 2021-09-30 11:50:52

College student Mehedi Hasan (pseudonym) was scrolling the newsfeed on Facebook at 10:00pm. Suddenly, he saw the latest video of some famous food vloggers of Bangladesh. They took the challenge to fin...

‘37pc COVID-19 patients bear at least one long-term symptom after recovery’

‘37pc COVID-19 patients bear at least one long-term symptom after recovery’

-- 2021-09-29 18:07:59

At least one long-term COVID-19 symptom was found in 37 per cent of patients three to six months after they were infected by the virus, a large study from Oxford University and the National Institute...

Pfizer submits data for Covid vaccine use in younger kids

Pfizer submits data for Covid vaccine use in younger kids

-- 2021-09-29 09:54:12

Pfizer and BioNTech on Tuesday submitted initial trial data for their Covid-19 vaccine in 5-11 year olds and said they would make a formal request to US regulators for emergency use in the coming week...

Govt urged to finalist regulations to limit trans-fat intake

Govt urged to finalist regulations to limit trans-fat intake

-- 2021-09-28 21:23:10

Speakers at a webinar on Tuesday urged the government to finalise the regulations to limit the intake of Trans Fatty Acid (TFA) or trans-fat-laden foods, which is a major cause of heart diseases. On...