Chinese hospitals were under intense pressure on Wednesday as a surging wave of COVID-19 infections strained resources in the last major country to move towards treating the virus as endemic.

The United States is considering placing new Covid-19 restrictions on arrivals from China, government officials said on Tuesday.

No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

At least three dengue patients died while 62 others were hospitalised in 24 hours till this morning..The total number of deaths has now risen to 281 while the total number of dengue patients this year has risen to 62,189. Of them, 23,055 are from outside Dhaka, according to a press release

The Covid-19 pandemic can be considered over because it is now an endemic disease, the German virologist Christian Drosten told the Tagesspiegel newspaper.."We are experiencing the first endemic wave with Sars-CoV-2 this winter; in my estimation the pandemic is over," the head of virology

Four passengers from Kunming tested positive for Covid at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday afternoon after the authorities geared up health screening as they fear the spread of a subvariant of Omicron.

Four passengers from Kunming tested positive for Covid at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport this afternoon after authorities geared up health screening in the fearof a subvariant of Omicron spreading.

At least two dengue patients died while 106 others were hospitalised in 24 hours till this morning.

No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8:00am today, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The new coronavirus subvariant that is ripping through China has compelled the government to step up guard.

At least 49 patients with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals across the country in 24 hours till this morning.

One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The highly-contagious Omicron subvariant XBB has surged to more than 50 percent of Covid-19 cases in the northeastern United States and risks spreading fast as millions of Americans begin holiday travel on Friday.

In 2014, Iraboti Roy, 40, a patient with the disease Myasthenia Gravis, died a day after a doctor in the country’s top neurological hospital used a sedative on her.

Climate change is threatening the health of people in Bangladesh. It is no longer a future problem; it is a problem of now. To present this problem with data and create a platform for discussion with leading experts, the first in-person Bangladesh launch of the 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change took place on Thursday, 22 December 2022 at the Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF).

Immunotherapies have gained much attention nowadays in the treatment of cancer. Among them, therapeutic DNA cancer vaccines are now considered a very promising strategy to activate the immune system against cancer tumour.

Feeling helpless is like ‘pearls are of no value in a desert’ . Trying to hide pain increases powerlessness. Helplessness can sometimes feel psychologically paralysing. It creates a sense of being unable to act or react to a negative situation. It may be associated with anxiety, phobias, and loneliness. It  is easier to say, ‘My head is spinning’ than to say, ‘My heart is broken.’  People often feel helpless.

Many patients have resistant hypertension, which isuncontrolled byavailable drugs and behavioural interventions.

Nutrition deserves special attention as people reach an older age and is essential for good health. Healthy ageing is associated with physiological, cognitive, social, and lifestyle changes that influence dietary intakes and nutritional status. The process of ageing involves changes in every tissue and all vital organs.

At least two dengue patients died while 89 others were hospitalised in 24 hours till this morning.