Health

WHO sounds alarm on TB fight funding

Shawdesh Desk: The world is spending nowhere near enough to revive the fight against tuberculosis after the Covid-19 crisis set back years of progress, the WHO said Monday. Ahead of

How can men take good care of their hair?

Shawdesh Desk: Dynamic and fast-paced lifestyles have increased people’s hours when it comes to work and other parts of their lives like binge-watching their favourite shows, and even the quality

Pfizer-BioNTech seek US approval of second Covid booster for 65+

Shawdesh desk: Pfizer and BioNTech announced Tuesday they had formally asked the United States drug regulator for emergency approval of a second booster shot of their Covid vaccine for people

DGDA finds samples of Napa syrup satisfactory

Shawdesh Desk: The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has found the samples of Napa syrup satisfactory. It visited factory of Beximco

EPI yet to include rotavirus vaccine

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh is yet to include the rotavirus vaccine in the country’s Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), though a large number of children are remaining beyond the vaccine coverage.

Australia battles spread of Japanese encephalitis

Shawdesh desk: Australia said Friday it is buying extra vaccines to fight the potentially deadly, mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus, which has spread down the flood-hit east coast for the first

COVID-19 can cause brain shrinkage, memory loss: Oxford study

Shawdesh desk: COVID-19 can cause the brain to shrink, reduce grey matter in the regions that control emotion and memory, and damage areas that control the sense of smell, an

Bashundhara Eye Hospital observes World Glaucoma Week 2022

Shawdesh Desk: The Bashundhara Eye Hospital and Research Institute (BEHRI), a hospital of the country’s largest business conglomerate Bashundhara Group, has started observing World Glaucoma Week 2022 in the befitting