Health

Amid Monkeypox surge, WHO urges ‘reducing number of sexual partners’

Shawdesh Desk: Geneva: As monkeypox cases surge globally, the World Health Organization called Wednesday on the group currently most affected by the virus — men who have sex with men —

EU approves smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox

Shawdesh desk: The European Commission has approved a smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox after the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency, the Danish drugmaker that developed

WHO declares highest alert over monkeypox

Shawdesh Desk: The monkeypox outbreak has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. The classification is the highest alert that the WHO can issue and follows

35 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

Shawdesh desk: Thirty-Five more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Thursday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Among them, 34 patients were hospitalised in

Transformational therapy cures haemophilia B

Shawdesh Desk; A “transformational” therapy has effectively cured people with the bleeding disorder haemophilia B, say British doctors. The treatment corrects a genetic defect that leaves people’s blood struggling to

70 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

Shawdesh Desk: A total of 56 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals in the city while 14 were admitted outside the capital during the past 24 hours (till

Dengue: 51 patients hospitalised in 24hrs

Shawdesh Desk: Fifty-one dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Wednesday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh, according to the Directorate General of Health Services

Dengue: 29 patients hospitalised in Dhaka in 24hrs

Shawdesh Desk: A total of 29 new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Friday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh, authorities said. All the