Bangladeshi students who are stuck in a lockdown at ‘Ground Zero’ of the Coronavirus outbreak in China are finally at ease after authorities from Bangladesh Embassy in Beijing and their university have assured them of assistance.

Canada's first "presumptive" case of a new coronavirus has been detected in a man who returned to Toronto from the Chinese city where the virus first appeared, health officials announce.

The death toll from a virus in China has risen to 56 and the number of people infected across the country is nearing 2,000, authorities say. Fifteen more people have died and at least 688 new cases of the coronavirus have now been confirmed.

The deadly Wuhan coronavirus, officially called 2019-nCoV, has killed 56 people and infected at least 1300 others in China. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released guidance on the symptoms of the virus. A person could be at risk if they have:

Intermittent fasting (IF) has become one of the fastest-growing nutrition trends of the year, topping lists ranging from of celebrity-endorsed eating plans to Google searches by curious dieters.

Women experience steeper increases in blood pressure (BP) than men as they age, according to a JAMA Cardiology study.

Autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a group of neurodevelopmental disorders, which is characterised by the challenges of social behaviour, speech, language, and communication.

Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered antibiotics almost ninety years ago. He noticed that some molds had grown on a Petri plate wherever bacteria could not grow.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has declared a virus emergency in the Asian financial hub, announcing a package of measures to limit the city's links with mainland China.

Bangladeshi students in Wuhan city of China, the epicentre of the Coronavirus outbreak, which has claimed 41 lives so far, are under a lockdown in their respective dorms and residences for the last two days.

Two Indians, who returned from China, are kept under observation in the isolation ward of a hospital in Mumbai for possible exposure to coronavirus in the wake of an outbreak in China.

Amid fears of the breakout of a new coronavirus in China, the Directorate General of Health Services in Bangladesh issues a press note informing people of the symptoms of the virus and precautionary methods that should be taken.

None of the 900 China-returnees screened at Dhaka and Chattogram airports are infected by coronavirus, Directorate General of Health Services claims.

China is putting on lockdown a city of 11 million people considered the epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people, as health authorities around the world work to prevent a global pandemic.

A Washington state man who recently traveled to China and a man from Macau are diagnosed with the coronavirus, becoming the first confirmed US and Macau cases of the newly identified virus that has killed people in China and rendered some 300 others sick across Asia.

Amid fear of the breakout of a new SARS-like virus in China, the authorities of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka begin screening process of passengers coming from the country.

India orders medical check of passengers coming from China to four more airports after Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata as measure to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading.

A mysterious SARS-like virus has killed a third person and spread around China -- including to Beijing -- authorities say, fuelling fears of a major outbreak as millions begin travelling for the Lunar New Year in humanity's biggest migration.

A patient forum for the blood cancer survivors was organised at the Apollo Hospitals Dhaka recently, says a press release. Survivors who were cured by autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy shared their experiences.

As a new year and a new decade kick-off, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is releasing a list of urgent, global health challenges. This list reflects a deep concern that leaders are failing to invest enough resources in core health priorities and systems.