Lead is a silent killer. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified lead as one of the leading chemicals of concern to public health, and the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates that lead exposure caused nearly one million global deaths and accounts for more than 20 million years of healthy life lost in 2019.

To understand how COVID-19 vaccines work, it helps to first look at how our bodies fight illness. When germs, such as the virus that causes COVID-19, invade our bodies, they attack and multiply. This invasion, called an infection, is what causes illness. Our immune system uses several tools to fight infection.

A Russian trial testing the effectiveness of revaccination with the Sputnik V shot to protect against new mutations of the coronavirus is producing strong results, researchers said.

The authorities in India have announced to expand the country’s inoculation drive against Covid-19 to private hospitals and also allowing people aged above 60 years and those over 45 with comorbidities from March 1.

Wania Maryam Laibah Ahmad was born in 2018 in Alabama, USA. She is the daughter of Dr Ahmad Salam and I (Dr Ruksana Amin Eva), both pursuing our doctoral studies in the USA. We noticed that Wania is a curious toddler, active, and she loves to play in the water.

Scotland’s vaccination drive appears to be markedly reducing the risk of hospitalisation for Covid-19, suggesting that both the Pfizer-BioNtech and Oxford-AstraZeneca shots are highly effective in preventing severe infections, preliminary study findings showed.

The second consignment of Covid-19 vaccine from India – 20 lakh doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine – has reached Dhaka.

A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its directive on the government to arrange necessary number of medical equipment at public hospitals across the country in order to accurately diagnose diseases and to provide proper treatment to the patients.

Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), today urged countries to be patient for supplies of Covid-19 vaccine Covishield, as the company has been directed to prioritise the “huge needs” of India.

Addressing avoidable vision loss with existing, highly cost-effective treatments, and improving inclusion of people living with permanent vision loss in

New research demonstrates the ability of dogs to detect aggressive prostate cancer from urine samples and suggests that an artificial neural network

Having new COVID-19 vaccines will mean little if people around the world are unable to get vaccinated in a timely manner. Vaccines have to be

The world is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic which has spread rapidly across the world. The pandemic is already having a serious impact

Injectable semaglutide, approved to treat type 2 diabetes, is efficacious as an adjunct to diet and exercise for weight loss in nondiabetic overweight or obese adults, according to an industry-conducted trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Russia said today its scientists had detected the first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization.

The World Health Organization has alerted six countries to watch out for potential Ebola cases after fresh outbreaks in Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokeswoman said today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says several countries have expressed interest to provide Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh, and the country will receive those to ensure vaccination up to rural level.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid foundation stone of Kumudini International Institute of Medical Sciences and Cancer Research (KIIMS CaRe) in Narayanganj town today.

Dengue virus is among growing number of mosquito-borne viruses that have adapted to spread in urban environments and are spreading with the increasing rate of urbanisation.

A survey conducted by the University of Maryland, in partnership with Facebook shows that in Bangladesh over 64% people that responded to the survey intend to take the COVID-19 vaccine -- says a press release.