The coronavirus outbreak can become a major global mental health crisis, the United Nations warned on Thursday, calling for urgent action to address the psychological suffering brought on by the pandemic. While protecting physical health has been the main concern during the first

DHAKA: Pathao launched Pathao Health, a new tool and set of resources to help people stay informed and take the proper steps in order to protect their health during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  Pathao is working with partner health organizations like Digital Healthcare Solutions,

If you're looking for ways to protect yourself against the coronavirus, new research suggests that getting plenty of vitamin D might help. Two new studies linked vitamin D deficiency with coronavirus risks, suggesting that not having enough of the nutrient could mean people are

Are people having fewer heart attacks? And should hospitals protect black, Asian and minority ethnic healthcare workers by taking them off the front line? Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary considers these questions in his latest diary. 4 May 2020 One of the intriguing

DHAKA: JKG Health Care, a non-government healthcare organisation, has set up coronavirus testing booths in different areas of the capital and outside Dhaka to ease the suffering with diagnosis. JKG Healthcare Staff Project Development Wing chief Sayeed Chowdhury confirmed the matter

DHAKA: Remdisivir, the drug which is proved to be effective in treating COVID-19 patients, has been produced in Bangladesh. After completion of all production process, Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Limited (SK+F) has prepared to start marketing the new drug. The brand name for Remdesivir

DHAKA: Seven more people have died from coronavirus (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours in Bangladesh, raising the total death toll in the country to 206, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Friday (May 8).  Besides, 709 more people tested positive for coronavirus in

The World Health Organization urged countries to invest in getting their healthcare systems fit to fight the next pandemic rather than scrambling around in panic when it hits. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said investing now would save lives later, as the death

DHAKA: A total of 547 doctors of both private and public hospitals have so far been infected with the virus as of Tuesday (May 5), said Foundation for Doctors Safety Rights and Responsibility (FDSR). The forum of physicians revealed the development in a press release on Tuesday.

Masks will be compulsory on public transport in Spain from Monday as the country moves to gradually relax its tough lockdown. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the government would distribute 6m masks, mainly at transport locations, and give another 7m to local authorities. Adults

The US's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the emergency use of the Ebola drug remdesivir for treating the coronavirus. The authorisation means the anti-viral drug can now be used on people who are hospitalised with severe Covid-19. A recent clinical trial showed

DHAKA: The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has given permission to test the capability of the corona detection kit invented by Gonoshasthaya Kendra.   Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) will test the capability of the corona kit of Gonoshasthaya

DHAKA: An elderly woman has died due to the negligence of United Hospital in the capital, alleged her son Dr Ziauddin Hyder, a senior health specialist of World Bank. While talking with journalists over phone from Cambodia, Dr Haydar claimed that his mother died because of unethical,

The country’s largest makeshift hospital at International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in the capital will take treatment for COVID-19 to new heights as illness and death from the disease are soaring. As the construction work is going fast, the hospital may go into operation

Germany has authorised its first clinical test of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, the country's regulatory body said on Wednesday, green-lighting trials on human volunteers for an RNA vaccine developed by German firm Biontech and US giant Pfizer. "The Paul-Ehrlich-Institut...

With coronavirus cases around the world now at over 2.4 million, scientists have been frantically working to develop a vaccine. This week, researchers at the University of Oxford have started human trials of a COVID-19 vaccine in the UK. Professor Adrian Hill, Director of the Jenner

DHAKA: Fifteen more people have died of coronavirus in Bangladesh, raising the total death toll in the country to 75, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Friday (April 17). Besides, 266 more people have been tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, pushing the total

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit over 22,000 healthcare workers across 52 countries and regions, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. According to its daily situation report, 22,073 COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers have been reported to the WHO as of Wednesday, April 8. The

A new study examining air samples from hospital wards with COVID-19 patients has found the virus can travel up to 13 feet (four meters) -- twice the distance current guidelines say people should leave between themselves in public. The preliminary results of the investigation by Chinese

The St. Petersburg Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera of the Federal Medical Biological Agency said on Tuesday its vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection has been included in the list of promising vaccines of the World Health Organization (WHO). So far, this is the only