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  • Bangladesh exports medicines to 157countries

    Staff Correspondent: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malek said that almost all types of medicines produced in Bangladesh are exported to 157 countries of the world including Europe and America.Health and Family Welfare Minister said this in response to a written question of Awami League Member of Parliament Anwar…

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  • Kariko, Weissman win Nobel for mRNA CovidVaccines invention

    Industry Desk: Katalin Kariko of Hungary and Drew Weissman of the United States won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that paved the way for Covid-19 vaccines.The pair, who had been tipped as favourites, were honoured for “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base…

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  • Dengue deaths reach a historic high in Sept

    Staff Correspondent: The dengue outbreak has taken a serious turn here as the death toll and new cases continue to reach new highs regularly.The previous month, September, recorded the highest single-month death toll in history, with a tragic total of 396 fatalities, pushing the preceding month, August, into second place…

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  • Still grappling with patients from outside

    Dengue: Dhaka hospitals Staff Correspondent: Though the Directorate General of Health Services recently requested health officials outside the capital not to refer patients to Dhaka, the number of patients from outside still remains high.According to health officials, over 30 percent of dengue patients being treated in Dhaka are from outside…

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  • Nearly 20m people at risk of extreme heat

    Staff Correspondent: More than 17 million people in five major cities of the country are at risk of extreme heat, experiencing various physical problems even during the monsoon. Among them, those under 9 years of age and over 65 are particularly affected by the physical impacts of the heat.These cities…

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  • Khaleda Zia now taken back to cabin from CCU

    Staff Correspondent: BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, who is now undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, was shifted to the cabin again from the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) yesterday morning.“Khaleda Zia was taken back to the cabin from CCU around 11 am,” AZM Zahid Hossain, medical board member of…

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  • NASA registers summer ‘23 as hottest on record

    Industry Desk: The summer of 2023 was Earth’s hottest since global records began in 1880, NASA announced on Thursday.The months of June, July, and August combined were 0.41 degrees Fahrenheit (0.23 degrees Celsius) warmer than any other summer in NASA’s record, and 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 Celsius) warmer than the…

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  • Adolescent health care essential to establish women’s rights

    17-point declaration at National SRHR Conference Staff Correspondent: The two-day ‘National SRHR Conference and Youth Conference-23’, ended on Tuesday with announcing 17-point declaration.The declaration mentions the importance of ensuring adolescent health care in establishing women’s rights and calls for concerted action by the government and non-governmental organizations in this regard.…

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  • Health minister blames local govt’s failure to control mosquitoes

    Staff Correspondent: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque has drawn attention to the critical need of effective mosquito control measures in order to combat the rising number of dengue cases in the country.While speaking at an event at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the capital yesterday (12 September),…

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  • Healthcare facilities available to tackle dengue outbreak: DGHS

    Staff Correspondent: The authorities have ensured adequate healthcare facilities for dengue patients as the entire country is in the grip of the mosquito-borne disease.“Dengue positive cases have been increasing alarmingly in the country since the early July this year… we are working constantly to provide adequate healthcare facilities for dengue…

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