2.6m die annually due to alcohol: WHO
Alcohol kills nearly three million people annually, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, adding that while the death rate had dropped slightly in recent years it remained 鈥榰nacceptably high鈥�...
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Physician dies during surgery
A female physician allegedly died of anesthesia complications during a laparoscopic surgery at a private hospital located nearby Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Debipur area of Feni Sadar....
Govt urges caution, awareness about Russell鈥檚 viper
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change in a notice on Saturday urged everyone to take caution and create awareness about venomous...
Air pollution becoming 2nd leading risk factor for death: UNICEF
Air pollution is increasingly impacting human health and is now the second leading global risk factor for premature death, according to the State of Global Air report published in partnership with the UN Children鈥檚 Fund...
11pc people in Bangladesh at arsenic risk: minister
Local government, rural development and cooperatives minister Md Tazul Islam told Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday that 11 per cent of the people of Bangladesh were at risk of arsenic contamination....
icddr,b study shows poor toilet access, hygiene conditions in Dhaka hospitals
A recent study conducted by icddr,b found poor toilet access and hygiene in Dhaka hospitals that pose significant health risks....
2 in 3 children under 5 in Bangladesh face food poverty: UNICEF
Two in every three children in Bangladesh under the age of five live in child food poverty, according to UNICEF鈥檚 report, 鈥楥hild Food Poverty: Nutrition Deprivation in Early Childhood.鈥�....
Health sector sees little uplift in new budget proposals
Though he emphasised the government鈥檚 commitment to bolstering the health sector, finance minister AH Mahmood Ali has slightly increased the allocation for the ailing healthcare system in the National Budget for the fiscal 2024-2025....
First fatal human case of H5N2 bird flu identified: WHO
The World Health Organization said Wednesday a person in Mexico had died in the first confirmed human case globally of infection with the H5N2 variant of bird flu.
MCRI, Incepta Pharmaceuticals partner to protect children from rotavirus
Murdoch Children鈥檚 Research Institute and Incepta Pharmaceuticals, based in Bangladesh, embarked on collaboration on Monday, aimed at bringing life-saving innovation to the global healthcare landscape...
Pfizer drug extends life for people with rare form of lung cancer: trial results
A Pfizer lung cancer drug has been shown to greatly reduce tumor progression and improve survival outcomes for people in the advanced stages of a rare form of the disease, according to trial results published on Friday...
6.70 lakh children to get vitamin A capsule
Six lakh and 70 thousands children will be provided vitamin A plus capsules at 1,827 centres of the Dhaka South City Corporation on June 1...
Bangladesh to play leadership role in fighting against blindness: FM
Expressing Bangladesh鈥檚 support for the UN Special Envoy on Vision and a Global Eye Health Summit in 2026, foreign minister Hasan Mahmud has reaffirmed that Bangladesh would continue to play its leadership role in the global fight against vision impairment and blindness...
US reports second human case of bird flu tied to dairy cow outbreak
A second case of bird flu has been found in a human, US health authorities announced on Wednesday, less then two months after the first one as an outbreak of the disease circulates widely among dairy cows.....