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Broken healthcare services at forefront ahead of UK vote

Fatme Ibryanova, 36, will travel from Britain to Turkey next month, not to holiday but for a medical appointment about surgery she is struggling to get on the UK\'s ‘broken’ state-run health service.

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Scientists warn of new 'most dangerous' mpox strain

A new deadlier strain of mpox that transmits more easily between people is killing children and causing miscarriages in the Democratic Republic of Congo and may have already spread to neighbouring countries, researchers have warned.

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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....

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Health sector sees little uplift in new budget proposals

Though he emphasised the government’s 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....

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Bangladesh to play leadership role in fighting against blindness: FM

Expressing Bangladesh’s 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...