Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is spreading at an unprecedented pace, while neighbouring Uganda has moved […]

Eight more children have died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours leading up to 8:00am  on Thursday, raising Bangladesh’s combined total of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 779. […]

Two sea ambulances introduced to ensure emergency medical transport for critically ill patients in the island upazilas of Maheshkhali and Kutubdia are now lying idle due to a lack of […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for urgent global action to strengthen cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care, warning that cancer cases are projected to surge sharply over the […]

New Zealand has detected the first case of H5 bird flu, after a migratory seabird was found on a beach in Wellington, officials said Wednesday. H5 bird flu has caused […]

The Institute of Nuclear Medical Physics (INMP) and the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at expanding cancer treatment […]

The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is continuing to outpace response efforts, with most new infections now emerging from unknown chains of transmission, a […]

Bangladesh recorded its highest single-day measles death toll of July on Tuesday, with seven fatalities reported in the past 24 hours as the outbreak continued to spread across the country. […]

A recent study in the United Kingdom has sparked global optimism, showing that girls vaccinated against HPV at ages 12–13 had nearly zero deaths from cervical cancer over the next […]

Bangladesh will introduce the Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) into its routine immunisation programme from August 1, aiming to provide long-term protection against typhoid fever among children. Under the Expanded Programme […]