The World Heart Day 2024 is being observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere across the globe on Sunday to raise awareness about cardiovascular diseases. The World Heart Federation will campaign under the theme of ‘Use heart for action supporting individuals’ for the next two

The casualty from dengue keeps rising as a total of seven people died and 860 new cases were reported from different parts of the country in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning. With the latest death, the fatality count from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 150 as of today from 1

Three dengue patients died and 829 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till today (Sep 26).  During the period, 352 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, and rest were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital, said a

Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday called upon the world's leading charity organisation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to increase support to the health sector of Bangladesh. He made the call when Mark Suzman, CEO of the foundation, called on him at

Two dengue patients died and 854 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till today (Sep 25).  During the period, 355 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, and rest were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital, said a

Three dengue patients died and 801 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till today (Sep 24).  During the period, 268 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, and rest were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital, said a

The government has formed 10 vigilance teams to implement the anti-mosquito campaign properly across the country in the current season to prevent the nation-wide dengue outbreak.  "A total of 10 vigilance teams have been formed to properly implement, coordinate and closely

Six dengue patients died and 926 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till today (Sep 22).     During the period, 316 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, and rest were admitted to different hospitals outside the

Sudan’s cholera outbreak has infected more than 11,000 people and killed 348 in nine states, the health ministry said on Thursday, as heavy rains and floods worsen the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country. The outbreak began on Aug. 12 and has spread amid heavy rains and

Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic have left the world in a much better position to tackle the current mpox epidemic raging in Africa, according to the Gavi vaccine alliance. The COVID-19 catastrophe brought with it “important learnings, and those learnings were drawn

Six dengue patients died and 865 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till today (Sep 18).     During the period, 393 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, and rest were admitted to different hospitals outside the

Five dengue patients died and 872 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till today (Sep 17).     During the period, 353 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, and rest were admitted to different hospitals outside the

Malaysia’s health ministry reported on Tuesday one new case of the mpox virus infection of the clade 2 variety, a less severe variant of the disease, and said the patient had been isolated and was in a stable condition. The case was detected on Monday in a man who began showing

One dengue patient died and 264 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till this morning. “During the period, 206 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, while 58 were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital,” said

A total of 196 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till today (Sep 13).  During the period, 103 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, and rest were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital, said a press

A man who recently travelled from a country experiencing mpox transmission has tested positive for the disease, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The ministry said that a previously suspected case of Mpox (monkeypox) has been verified as a travel-related infection. Laboratory

A dengue patient died and 615 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till today (Sep 9).  During the period, 312 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, and rest were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital, said a press

A dengue patient died and 463 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till today (Sep 8).     During the period, 193 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, and rest were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital,

Three dengue patients died and 403 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till on Saturday (September 7) morning.  “During the period, 252 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, while 151 were admitted to different hospitals

A person in the state of Missouri has become the first in the United States to test positive for bird flu without a known exposure to infected animals, authorities said on Friday. The adult patient, who has underlying conditions, was admitted to hospital on August 22, received