Secret paybacks of good acts

Have you ever felt good after accompanying a sick neighbour to the hospital in the middle of the night? Then there was the time when you left food and essentials in front of your friend’s door regularly at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
1 October 2022

COVID-19, influenza, and vascular thrombotic events

The association of COVID-19 with thrombotic events was initially inferred from case series. Now, investigators have analysed U.S. claims and medical records data to evaluate incidence of inpatient arterial and venous thrombotic events among adults hospitalised with COVID-19 between April 1, 2020, and May 31, 2021 (41,443 before vaccine availability and 44,194 after). Controls comprised 8,269 adults hospitalised with influenza during the 2018–2019 season.
1 October 2022

Use heart for every heart

Use heart for every heart — the theme is about celebrating and connecting like-minded people on the occasion of World Heart Day this year. It created a sense of commitment around the common cause of heart health, and it is a concept that encapsulates the values of World Heart Day.
1 October 2022

5 Covid-19 deaths in 24hrs, current positivity rate 15.28%

Five people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (October 1, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
1 October 2022

Long Covid remains mysterious despite emerging theories

Millions of people around the world are believed to suffer from long Covid yet little remains known about the condition -- though research has recently proposed several theories for its cause.
1 October 2022

1 Covid-19 death in 24hrs, positivity rate 14.66%

One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (September 30, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
30 September 2022

2 Covid deaths in 24hrs, positivity rate 13.53

Two people died from Covid-19 in the 24 hours proceeding 8:00am yesterday, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). 
29 September 2022

Set up vaccine plant by this fiscal

Amid delays in completing the vaccine manufacturing and research plant in Gopalganj, a parliamentary watchdog yesterday asked the health ministry to finish all works and start making vaccines within this fiscal year (2022-23).
29 September 2022

Dengue fever: 506 patients hospitalised in 24hrs

At least 506 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in 24 hours till 8:00 am today.
29 September 2022

2 Covid-19 deaths in 24hrs, current positivity rate 13.53%

Two people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (September 29, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
29 September 2022

665 more get Covid in a day

No Covid deaths were reported in the country in 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday.
28 September 2022

1 dead, 524 hospitalised with dengue in 24hrs

One dengue patient died while 524 patients were hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am today.
28 September 2022

No Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, positivity rate now 14.07%

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 24 hours till 8am today (September 28, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
28 September 2022

Only Covid booster dose will be available after October 3: DGHS

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will stop administering the first and second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine after October 3 and will only continue administering the booster doses afterwards, Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the Director General of the health directorate said today.
28 September 2022

Covid positivity crosses 15 percent

Health officials yesterday reported Covid positivity rate of 15.42 percent, the highest in the past two and a half months.
27 September 2022

Covid-19: We can’t let our guard down yet

With fatalities declining and people getting used to living with the virus, adherence to social distancing protocols has been mostly absent from public life.
27 September 2022

1 Covid-19 death recorded in 24hrs, current positivity rate 15.42%

One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am today (September 27, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
27 September 2022

Cancer patients suffer as CMCH’s lone brachytherapy machine lying out of order

The only brachytherapy machine, a type of internal radiation therapy that is often used to treat cancers, of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) has been out of order for over three months bringing suffering to the patients.
27 September 2022

Essential commodities: Price rise for global hike not justified

Whenever the price of a commodity increases in the local market, the traders and wholesalers have the readymade excuse of a price hike in the international market. But a recent study by an intelligence agency found their justification to be unsubstantiated.
27 September 2022

Six die from Covid, highest in 2 months

At least six Covid-19 patients died while 718 people tested positive for the infection in the past 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
26 September 2022