Health

Army continues special health services for pregnant women

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Army is continuing its month-long special healthcare services for the pregnant women in various parts of the country marking the birth centenary celebration of Father of the

icddr,b begins clinical trial of Ivermectin to treat patients with COVID-19

Shawdesh desk: icddr,b has started a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of anti-parasitic medicine Ivermectin in combination with antibiotic doxycycline or Ivermectin alone. It

Oxygen price shoots up amidst Covid-19 crisis

Shawdesh desk: The rapid spread of COVID-19 has created a huge demand for oxygen cylinders in the country, triggering its price higher. Not only the oxygen cylinders, but portable oxygen

Coronavirus vaccine given ‘using inhaler could be ready by next month’

Shawdesh Desk: The coronavirus vaccine could be ready to give in the form of an inhaler by next month, it was reported. Trials of a vaccine being developed by Oxford

Number of diabetics rising during pregnancy

Shawdesh Desk: Tania Ahmed, a resident of Mirpur DOHS in the capital, said she came to know that she was suffering from diabetes when her blood test was carried out

Wear masks in public, says WHO in new coronavirus advice

Shawdesh Desk: The World Health Organization Friday changed its advice on face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying they should be worn in places where the virus is widespread and

Coronavirus: Influential study on hydroxychloroquine withdrawn

Shawdesh DEsk: An influential article that found hydroxychloroquine increases the risk of death in coronavirus patients has been retracted over data concerns. Three of the study’s authors said they could

Pandemic antibiotics surge will cause more deaths: WHO

Shawdesh Desk: Increased antibiotics use in combating the COVID-19 pandemic will strengthen bacterial resistance and ultimately lead to more deaths during the crisis and beyond, the World Health Organization said