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Evercare Hospital conducts PFO device closure successfully

-- 2020-11-03 21:41:30

Evercare Hospital Dhaka has made a landmark historical achievement with the nation’s first ever successful PFO (Patent Foramen Ovale) device closure on a young lady (age 27) with cryptogenic str...

WHO chief says investment in health system can help bring coronavirus under control

-- 2020-11-03 11:35:53

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed the need for boosting the health system through investment for bringing the Covid-19 virus under control. “Public health is m...

WHO chief goes into self-quarantine after contact tests positive for Covid-19

-- 2020-11-02 13:51:00

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), has said that he is self-quarantining after someone he was in contact with tested positive for COVID-19. He sa...

Under pressure, WHO plans COVID-19 vaccine insurance scheme for poor nations

-- 2020-10-29 23:15:58

A vaccine scheme co-led by the World Health Organization is setting up a compensation fund for people in poor nations who might suffer any side-effects from COVID-19 vaccines, aiming to allay fears th...

Sanofi, GSK to supply 200m vaccine doses to WHO-backed alliance

-- 2020-10-28 18:11:31

French drugmaker Sanofi and Britain's GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will supply 200 million doses of their COVID-19 candidate vaccine to a global initiative to ensure equitable distribution backed by the Worl...

Oxford COVID-19 vaccine generates immune response among elderly and young, AstraZeneca says

-- 2020-10-26 17:14:20

The COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford produces an immune response in both elderly and young people and adverse reactions were lower among the elderly, British drug maker Ast...

Australia's coronavirus lockdown prevented about 400 deaths from other illnesses

-- 2020-10-26 16:25:24

Physical distancing and lockdowns in Australia not only slowed the spread of COVID-19, they saved the lives of about 400 people who would have been expected to died in June from respiratory illnesses...

12 new dengue cases registered

-- 2020-10-25 17:50:28

Twelve new dengue cases were reported in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB. Thirty dengue patients are currently taki...

‘Consider all evidences, including trial flop, before approving remdesivir’

-- 2020-10-24 17:39:08

Health officials reviewing Gilead Science Inc's remdesivir against COVID-19 should consider all evidences, including a trial in which the medicine failed, before giving it the green light, the top WHO...

Gilead's remdesivir gets US approval to treat hospitalised Covid patients

REUTERS 2020-10-23 11:43:03

The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir for treating patients hospitalised with Covid-19, making it the first and only drug appro...

EU urges WHO to change handling of pandemic

-- 2020-10-22 18:26:33

The European Union wants the World Health Organisation to become more transparent about how states report emerging health crises, a draft proposal on reforming the UN agency says, following criticism...

Scientists detect possible new organ in human throat

CNN 2020-10-22 17:40:56

Dutch scientists have claimed that they have found a potential new organ in the human throat while researching prostate cancer. A secret set of salivary glands has been hiding behind the nose, report...

Brazil volunteer in AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine trial dies

REUTERS 2020-10-22 10:19:07

Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University had died but added that the trial would...

3.0b people likely to have no access to Covid-19 vaccine

-- 2020-10-20 19:47:03

From factory to syringe, the world’s most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need non-stop sterile refrigeration to stay potent and safe. But despite enormous strides in equipping developi...

China's Sinovac vaccine is safe, Brazil institute comments

-- 2020-10-20 16:39:41

An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech appeared to be safe in a late-stage clinical trial in Brazil, preliminary results showed on Monday, reports Reuters. Sã...

Britain to allow infecting volunteers in trials for Covid-19 vaccines

REUTERS 2020-10-20 15:51:12

Britain said on Tuesday it would back “human challenge” trials, where young and healthy volunteers are deliberately infected with Covid-19, to accelerate the development of vaccines for th...

Hospitalised COVID-19 patients can have ongoing symptoms for months: Study

Reuters 2020-10-19 20:15:06

More than half of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital still experienced symptoms of breathlessness, fatigue, anxiety and depression for two to three months after their initial infection, accord...

‘Coronavirus lives on human skin for 9 hours’

-- 2020-10-18 16:51:29

Japanese researchers in a study have found that the lethal coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours while they also saw the frequent hand washing is a need to combat the deadly disease....

Almost 80pc Bangladeshi hypertension patients receive care at private units: Study

FE REPORT 2020-10-18 09:41:16

More than 77-per cent hypertension patients receive treatment at private facilities while 14 per cent at public units, making disease controls difficult in Bangladesh, a study has found. It shows abo...

Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V to undergo trial in India

Xinhua 2020-10-17 22:55:50

Late-stage trials of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V will be conducted in India, confirmed an official source at the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Saturday. An adaptive phase 2 and...

Covid-19 can infect brain tissue, affect memory, language: Study

-- 2020-10-16 10:42:12

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus, is capable of infecting brain tissue and affecting the structure of the cortex, a region of the brain responsible for functions such as memory, conscious...

Activists call for limiting trans fat to 2.0pc

FE REPORT 2020-10-16 09:55:46

Safe food activists have urged the authorities to craft policies immediately following the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on limiting trans fat to 2.0 per cent of total fat in all fats, oi...

WHO vaccine drive bedevilled by familiar question: who pays if things go wrong?

Reuters 2020-10-15 18:52:01

Who foots the bill if people in poor countries fall sick with unexpected side-effects from coronavirus vaccines? It's not clear and that's a big problem in the battle to beat COVID-19. The World Heal...

Policy sought to fix trans fat limit at 2.0pc

-- 2020-10-15 18:24:55

On the occasion of the World Food Day, advocacy group PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) on Thursday said policies must be formed fixing the maximum limit of trans fat to 2.0 per cent of total fat in all...

'Long COVID' may affect multiple parts of body and mind, doctors say

-- 2020-10-15 16:55:40

Ongoing illness after infection with COVID-19, sometimes called “long COVID”, may not be one syndrome but possibly up to four causing a rollercoaster of symptoms affecting all parts of the...

Oxford scientists develop five-minute COVID-19 antigen test

Reuters 2020-10-15 16:51:36

Scientists from Britain's University of Oxford have developed a rapid COVID-19 test able to identify the coronavirus in less than five minutes, researchers said on Thursday, adding it could be used in...

40pc of world’s population lack handwashing facilities at home: UNICEF

-- 2020-10-15 16:41:44

Some forty per cent of the world’s population -- or three billion people – do not have a handwashing facility with water and soap at home, according to new estimates from UNICEF. The numb...

Experts: Teach hygiene habits in early childhood

FE REPORT 2020-10-15 11:15:16

Good hygiene habits should be taught in early childhood as simple handwashing with soap can prevent viral diseases like Covid-19, speakers told a programme on Wednesday. They suggested that handwas...

Why Bangladeshi children, women need special care during pandemic

FE REPORT 2020-10-15 09:58:02

Health experts during a webinar stressed the need for giving serious attention to mental health problems to fight adverse impact of Covid-19 on women and children. They said mental health is generall...

Malnutrition could claim lives of more 10,000 children per month this year

-- 2020-10-14 21:49:41

Malnutrition could claim lives of more 10,000 children per month may die this year from malnutrition amid the COVID-19 crisis, the head of the World Health Organization warned on Wednesday. In his ad...