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US surgeons perform world’s first whole eye transplant
Industry Desk: A team of surgeons in New York has performed the world’s first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure widely hailed as a medical breakthrough, although it isn’t yet known whether the man will ever see through the donated eye.The groundbreaking surgery involved removing part of the…
Read More »94 pc restaurants’ water contains faecal bacteria
May cause of life-threatening diseases Zarif Mahmud: Water is the essential element of life. But drinking contaminated water can cause people to suffer from various diseases and even death. A study by the Public Health Institute on the quality of water in the capital Dhaka has revealed various information. In…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
