Health

World must change its approach to address mental health challenges: UN expert

Shawdesh Desk: A UN human rights expert has urged states, the civil society, psychiatric organisations, and the World Health Organisation to change the way they understand and respond to mental

Home-developed breast cancer drug first prescribed in China

Shawdesh desk: Chinese doctors have given their patients the first sheets of prescriptions of a new, home-developed breast cancer drug, 12 days after the drug was approved for clinical use.

Home-developed breast cancer drug first prescribed in China

Shawdesh Desk: Chinese doctors have given their patients the first sheets of prescriptions of a new, home-developed breast cancer drug, 12 days after the drug was approved for clinical use.

Government plans to introduce rapid testing for coronavirus

Shawdesh desk: The government is planning to start rapid testing for coronavirus in the country aiming to ease its diagnosis process as virus deaths and cases of infection have been

Covid-19 pandemic ‘not even close to being over’: WHO chief

Shawdesh Desk: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned nearly six months after the new coronavirus first emerged, that the Covid-19 pandemic is ‘not even close to being

Can COVID-19 damage the brain?

Shawdesh Desk: For three months, Chelsea Alionar has struggled with fevers, headaches, dizziness and a brain fog so intense it feels like early dementia. She came down with the worst

United Nations honours India’s Kerala for efforts to fight Coronavirus pandemic

Shawdesh Desk: India’s Kerala state on Tuesday was among those honoured for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic when the United Nations celebrated the Public Service Day. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

China to submit reports on COVID-19 to Bangladesh within week

China will submit four specific reports, made by visiting Chinese medical experts’ team, to Bangladesh within a week with recommendations on how Bangladesh can better respond to the COVID-19 pandemic