Health

Pandemic agreement talks reaching end with deal elusive

Shawdesh Desk: Countries trying to strike a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics began discussing how to keep the process alive as they ran out of time to seal

AstraZeneca admits Covid vaccine can cause rare side effect

Shawdesh desk: AstraZeneca has admitted for the first time in court documents that its Covid vaccine can cause a rare side effect, in an apparent about-turn that could pave the

Unregulated baby food raises concerns

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh has no effective inspection and monitoring mechanism to check baby food items. Safe food campaigners have alleged that expired, low-quality, and mislabelled baby food items swarm markets

Use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among children alarming: WHO

Shawdesh desk: The widespread use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among adolescents is ‘alarming’, according to a report released on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European branch, which recommended

Bird flu virus fragments found in pasteurised milk

Shawdesh desk: United States health authorities on Tuesday said that they had discovered fragments of bird flu virus in the nation’s pasteurised cow milk supply during the course of a

Health experts urge govt to increase allocation in budget to fight NCDs

Shawdesh Desk: Public health experts on Saturday called for increased allocation in the health sector in the upcoming FY 2024-25 national budget as budgetary allocation to combat non-communicable diseases remains

Realising right to health for all means ensuring accessible health facilities for all: Saima

Shawdesh desk: Regional director of WHO South-East Asia Region, Saima Wazed, has said to fulfill the right to health, both health services and the underlying determinants should be available, accessible,

Multi drug therapy can cure leprosy disease: health experts

Shawdesh Desk: Health experts said the leprosy also known as Hansen’s disease can be cured if the infected person takes multi-drug therapy in line with the physicians’ suggestions as it