Covid more likely to have leaked from lab: CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency has shifted its official stance on the origin of Covid-19, saying Saturday that the virus was ‘more likely’ leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals....
Health
US announces 15 more drugs for price talks
The aim is to reduce or eliminate the amount paid by beneficiaries of Medicare, a health coverage program available to Americans over the age of 65...
BSMMU hosts seminar on HMPV
A special seminar on the globally concerning HMPV was held at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on Thursday...
Eight killed in Marburg disease ‘outbreak’ in remote part of Tanzania: WHO
The World Health Organisation said Wednesday an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania...
Experts decide obesity doesn’t always mean disease
The recommendations hoped to move past the blame and discrimination that often revolve around obesity, which is estimated to affect more than a billion people worldwide...
US reports first human death from bird flu
The patient, aged over 65, had been hospitalised in the southern state since at least mid-December, when the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention announced it as the country’s first serious case of human infection from the H5N1 virus...
Vietnam jails more officials over Covid flight bribes
The case is part of a major anti-graft drive that has led to the resignation of a president and two deputy prime ministers in a country where political changes are usually carefully orchestrated...
Bird flu mutates inside US patient, raising concern
The bird flu virus found in a severely ill patient hospitalised in the United States has mutated to become better adapted to human airways...
Multiple bird flu cases detected across England
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that ‘further’ cases of bird flu were detected in Norfolk, east England and East Riding of Yorkshire, northeast England in the past week...
Canada records 50,000 opioid overdose deaths since 2016
The prevalence of fentanyl in Canada has drawn additional attention after incoming US president Donald Trump cited the drug as part of his justification to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian imports...
US approves first drug treatment for sleep apnoea
Zepbound, from drugmaker Eli Lilly, is already approved for people who are obese or overweight and have a related health condition, such as type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol or high blood pressure...
Dengue hospitalisation tops one lakh for 3rd time since 2000
Bangladesh has recorded over one lakh dengue cases for the third time since 2000, when registering of dengue patients began in the country, while deaths and hospitalisation from the mosquito-borne disease continue.
Health Hazards caused by environment pollution: Public entities face no action
Lack of concern about public health among government agencies and inaction of the monitoring agencies continue degrading environment, bringing harmful impact on the city dwellers, particularly the residents of Dhaka city.
Addressing mental health crisis of victims stressed
Speakers, including academics, on Thursday stressed the need for initiatives to address the mental health crisis of those injured and families of those killed during the student-led mass uprising in July and August...
Cold diseases hit children hard as winter begins
Cold related illness like fever, sneezing, cough, neck pain and asthma has been increasing among the children as the winter begins...
