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In today’s world with so much day-to-day stress, insomnia presents itself as a quiet irritant -- keeping us awake at night, waking us up every time we close our eyes, and making us feel fatigued during the day.
15 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Dengue cases cross 21,000 mark
The number of dengue patients has crossed the 21,000 mark in the country yesterday.
15 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Dengue fever: Cases cross 21,000-mark, 106 hospitalised in a day
At least 106 patients were hospitalised in 24 hours preceding 8am today. of them 15 cases were from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
15 October 2021, 12:37 PM
Covid-19: 9 deaths recorded in 24 hours, positivity rate now 2.09%
Nine people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
15 October 2021, 11:59 AM
Jab campaign goes to brave little ones
The health directorate inoculated 120 schoolchildren, aged 12-17, with Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine yesterday as part of the trial run prior to largescale campaign.
14 October 2021, 18:00 PM
183 more hospitalised with dengue
At least 183 patients were hospitalised with dengue in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, of which 162 are from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
14 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid-linked deaths fall to seven
Seven people died with coronavirus and 466 got infected in 24 hours till yesterday morning, read a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
14 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Vacant Radiologist Posts in Upazilas: 3 ultrasound machines dead already, 5 still collecting dust
At least three out of eight ultrasound machines, which had been lying idle for years at different government health complexes in eight upazilas of Faridpur, have gone out of order.
14 October 2021, 18:00 PM
FDA debates lower-dose of Moderna shots for booster
U.S. health advisers are debating if millions of Americans who received Moderna vaccinations should get a booster shot -- this time, using half the original dose.
14 October 2021, 15:16 PM
183 patients diagnosed with dengue in a single day
At least 183 patients were hospitalised with dengue fever in the 24 hours preceding 8:00 am today of whom 162 are from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
14 October 2021, 12:57 PM
7 Covid-19 deaths recorded, current positivity rate 2.16%
Seven people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
14 October 2021, 11:24 AM
Trial run of vaccinating school students begins in Manikganj
Trial run of Covid-19 vaccination of school students, aged 12-17, began at Colonel Malek Medical College Hospital in Manikganj today.
14 October 2021, 06:45 AM
Students Aged 12-17: Trial run of Covid vaccine shots today
The health directorate will conduct a trial run of Covid-19 vaccination of school students at Colonel Malek Medical College Hospital in Manikganj today.
13 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Dengue claims two more lives
At least two more dengue patients died and 211 were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, of which 162 are outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
13 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt production of Covid-19 vaccine will be delayed further: health ministry
Production of Covid-19 vaccine under the government initiative will be delayed further, health ministry informed a parliamentary body today.
13 October 2021, 17:21 PM
WHO proposes 26-member advisory panel on origins of new pathogens
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday proposed 26 experts to form its new Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of novel pathogens, including several who served on its mission to Wuhan, China, to probe the source of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
13 October 2021, 13:36 PM
Dengue fever: 2 die, 211 more hospitalised in a day
At least two more dengue patients died, and 211 more were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
13 October 2021, 11:05 AM
Trial run for vaccinating school students in Manikganj tomorrow
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will conduct a test run for Covid-19 vaccination for school students at the Colonel Malek Medical College Hospital in Manikganj tomorrow.
13 October 2021, 11:02 AM
17 Covid-19 deaths, 518 cases recorded in 24 hours
Seventeen people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
13 October 2021, 10:26 AM
Inoculation of school students starts this week
The campaign to vaccinate school students -- aged between 12 and 17 -- will start this week, Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, said yesterday.
12 October 2021, 18:00 PM