Health

Prime Minister’s wife and Vice President of the Ziaur Rahman Foundation, Dr Zubaida Rahman, on Thursday urged medical students to combine professional excellence with compassion, patriotism and a strong sense […]

Dr. M. A. Muhith has expressed optimism that Bangladesh will be able to eliminate cataract-related blindness within the next four to five years through coordinated national efforts. Speaking at a […]

US President Donald Trump has announced a phased tariff plan on imported generic medicines, ending their exemption from his pharmaceutical trade policy and giving manufacturers two years to shift production […]

Deaths from ischemic heart disease (IHD) in the United States have fallen sharply over the past three decades, but rising obesity and high blood sugar are threatening to slow progress, […]

Nearly one million people in Bangladesh are currently living with dementia, although the actual number of patients could be several times higher due to underdiagnosis, health experts said on Wednesday. […]

The Ebola outbreak declared in mid-May has killed more than 1,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, an overview published by the World Health Organization showed Wednesday. […]

XI’AN, China: Bangladesh has proposed the creation of a Digital Health Silk Road to promote equitable access to technology-driven healthcare for developing countries, calling for stronger global cooperation in digital […]

At least six more children have died with measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours, pushing the total death toll beyond 800 since March 15, according to the Directorate General […]

At least 10 children have died with measles-like symptoms in Sylhet over the past five days, raising serious public health concerns in the region. In the last 24 hours, two […]

For the first time in northern Bangladesh, the National Heart Foundation in Rajshahi has launched a special programme to screen and treat children with congenital heart disease. Under this initiative, […]