The liver’s amyloid protein can promote brain dementia, reports PLOS Biology. The data show that the liver may play a significant role in the initiation or progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

For good health continuous access to a safe water supply is mandatory. Sometimes, supplied water contains dirt and other impurities that is not drinkable. In most tested cases, drinking water is not up to the mark.

Health Minister Zahed Maleque yesterday said students aged between 12 and 17 years would receive Pfizer vaccine.

Two more dengue patients died and 232 new patients were hospitalised in the country in 24 hours till yesterday morning, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The local government infrastructure must be strengthened to effectively fight against dengue, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.

Inoculating two crore people against Covid-19 every month from October will be extremely challenging if the manpower crisis in the government’s regular immunisation campaign is not solved immediately, health officials warn. 

Two more died while 232 were hospitalised with dengue fever in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A city in southeast China hit by Covid-19 told residents on Saturday to stay home and closed various venues, as infections spread in the country's latest hotspot during a key holiday travel season.

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

Health Minister Zahed Maleque today said that students aged between 12 and 17 years will receive Pfizer vaccine.

Around 50 lakh more doses of Covid-19 Sinopharm vaccine reached Bangladesh from China early today.

Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted on Friday (Sept 17) to recommend Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for Americans 65 and older and those at high risk of severe illness, after overwhelmingly rejecting a call for broader approval.

Although the death toll dropped, the total number of daily coronavirus cases and infection rate increased yesterday.

At least 163 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Complications have arisen regarding setting up rapid RT-PCR labs at the Dhaka airport to test outgoing passengers for Covid-19, continuing the uncertainty surrounding the return of around 30,000 expatriate workers to their workplaces in the UAE.

One hundred and sixty-three dengue patients were hospitalised in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am today. Of them, only 23 are from outside Dhaka, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

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

US medical experts will meet today to debate and vote on the controversial question of giving out booster doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine to the general population.

The health directorate yesterday reported 5.98 percent Covid positivity rate, which is the lowest in more than six months.

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