Global health milestone: single-dose pill for sleeping sickness gains EU support
15 March 2026, 00:16 AM
Healthcare
Empty clinics, ailing villages: Bangladesh’s quiet rural health crisis
15 March 2026, 00:14 AM
Healthcare
Global partners launch $54m effort to boost maternal nutrition in Africa
15 March 2026, 00:12 AM
Healthcare
Bangladesh’s CHRF wins prestigious Wellcome grant to study severe viral pneumonia in children
15 March 2026, 00:11 AM
Healthcare
The growing challenge of rare tumours — and the centres built to treat them
15 March 2026, 00:19 AM
Healthcare
Study links e-cigarettes to higher blood pressure risk
15 March 2026, 00:08 AM
Healthcare
Women Deliver / Gender equality goals at risk without community-led solutions – WD2026
4 March 2026, 08:03 AM
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IWD 2026 / Women Deliver calls for community-centred global reform
24 February 2026, 10:30 AM
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Women Deliver / Rewriting global development through a feminist lens
17 February 2026, 22:15 PM
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From Kigali to Narrm: How Women Deliver is advancing global feminist accountability
9 February 2026, 12:50 PM
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Unlocking the health potential of Ramadan: fasting benefits and nutritional strategies
Since more than 1400 years ago, Muslims have fasted by abstaining from food and drink from dawn to dusk during Ramadan as a must-do task.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Understanding sun protection and skin cancer prevention
Exposure to the sun’s rays, especially during peak hours between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., can easily damage the skin.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Burnout
In the relentless marathon of modern life, there exists a silent predator: ‘burnout’.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Historic step towards the elimination of cervical cancer
Governments, donors, and global organisations pledged nearly US$600 million in new funding to tackle cervical cancer, marking a historic step towards eliminating the deadly disease cervical cancer.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM
New medication offers hope for managing food allergies
Omalizumab is a new drug that the FDA recently approved to help treat food allergies, especially peanut allergies, in the United States.
9 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Happiness at blue zones
People in these areas live a healthy lifestyle with healthy food habits that promote natural movement through activities such as gardening, walking, cooking, and farming.
9 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Renewing commitment: investing in women’s health for gender equality
Each year, International Women’s Day calls upon us to recommit ourselves to achieving gender equality. This year’s theme, “Invest in women: Accelerate progress,”
9 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Improving access to hearing care in low- and middle-income settings
For World Hearing Day, marked on March 3, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has released new technical guidance on hearing aid service delivery approaches for low- and middle-income settings.
9 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Artificial intelligence in improving infection control and responding to and preventing outbreaks
The European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024), scheduled to be held in Barcelona from April 27th to April 30th, will feature discussions highlighting the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in transforming infection control within hospitals.
2 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Celebrating sounds of success
An innovative cultural event was recently held at the super specialised hospital of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), organised by the Cochlear Implant Group of Bangladesh and the Year Foundation, says a press release.
2 March 2024, 18:00 PM
A lonely killer - Part II
Isolation on an emotional and psychological level is a hallmark of loneliness. Some partners’ inability to respect their partner’s social standing manifests itself in numerous ways. One cause of isolation is treating other people poorly and putting them down.
2 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Not to Stop Here: Inspiring stories of triumph over cancer
The book “Not to Stop Here: Narration by Cancer Survivors” in Bangla, published by the Centre for Cancer Care Foundation (CCCF) Bangladesh and printed by University Press Limited (UPL), contains inspiring stories from 42 cancer survivors, known as the Cancer Bravos.
2 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Facing the global obesity crisis: A call to action for healthier futures
A recent global analysis published in The Lancet reveals a concerning trend: more than one billion people worldwide are now living with obesity, marking it as the most common form of malnutrition in many countries. The NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) conducted the study, which looked at data from over 220 million people in 190 countries from 1990 to 2022.
2 March 2024, 18:00 PM
A new oral SARS-CoV-2 protease inhibitor for treating COVID-19
Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid), a SARS-CoV-2 protease inhibitor, is first-line therapy for high-risk, non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19 (JAMA 2023; 330:1519).
10 February 2024, 18:00 PM
A 30-fold rise of measles cases in 2023 warrants urgent action
The World Health Organisation (WHO) European Region is experiencing an alarming rise in measles cases.
10 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Don’t get SAD
Genetics or inheritance are not the causes of every disease. Indeed, external factors like the weather may also have an impact on our general well-being and mood.
10 February 2024, 18:00 PM
WHO awards countries for progress in eliminating industrially produced trans fats for first time
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has awarded its first-ever certificates validating progress in eliminating industrially produced trans fatty-acids to five countries.
10 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Global cancer burden growing, amidst mounting need for services
The World Health Organisation (WHO)’s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), released the latest estimates of the global burden of cancer.
10 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Superiority in a spouse
A lovely relationship starts as gently as the wind. The refrain “I can’t help falling in love with you” appears in a lot of poetry and music. However, maintaining that bond is another story. It is a whole other ballgame to keep the relationship pleasant, especially after marriage.
3 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Metformin decreased dementia risk in older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Type 2 diabetes is a risk factor for dementia. Researchers analysed data from Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) to assess whether treatment for type 2 diabetes affected dementia risk in adults ≥60 years old with type 2 diabetes mellitus on treatment. Diabetes diagnosis, type of anti-diabetic medication used, and dementia classification were based on NHIRD records.
3 February 2024, 18:00 PM