16+ hour, 33+ min ago   (310+ words) Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain has said a nationwide extensive vaccination programme will begin on September 26."The regular immunisation programme will also continue to protect children from measles," he said.The minister said this while addressing a…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (243+ words) Deaths continue due to measles and measles symptoms across Bangladesh. -CollectedBangladesh has reported three more deaths with measles symptoms in a 24-hour count, pushing the combined toll from confirmed measles and suspected cases above 1,000.Another 69 people tested positive for measles…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (182+ words) The United States is providing $2.4 million in health equipment and supplies to Bangladesh's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to strengthen maternal, newborn, and child health services nationwide, according to a press release received from the US Embassy, Dhaka on…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (358+ words) A stem cell therapy trialled in China has shown signs of reversing severe heart failure in nine out of 10 patients, offering a potential alternative to transplants in a field where donor organs remain critically scarce.Researchers at Nanjing Drum Tower…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (499+ words) Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain Bokul has said no irregularities will be tolerated in the Health Ministry, adding that he wants to discharge his responsibilities with a good reputation."I want to perform my duties with utmost…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1285+ words) Shahidul Alam SwapanBangladeshi, humanitarian and global health leader Dr Qudsia Huda has been named the recipient of the 2026 Leadership Award in Public Health Practice by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.Dr Huda, who earned her Master of Public…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (734+ words) A new personalised vaccine given in combination with a drug has stopped skin cancer returning in patients during a trial, representing a potentially watershed moment in cancer treatment.The vaccine, developed by drug companies Merck & Co or MSD, and Moderna,…...

4+ week, 21+ hour ago   (474+ words) He made the remarks while speaking to journalists during a visit to Max Foundation’s Building Water Business programme at Dudholmou in Bakerganj, Barishal, on Thursday. “Water, delta, sea and rivers provide a strong basis for cooperation between the Netherlands and…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (979+ words) The World Health Organization said Friday that more than 10,000 attacks on healthcare had been recorded since 2018 -- but nobody has ever been brought to justice.These attacks, reported across 29 countries and territories, have resulted in approximately 5,700 deaths and 8,500 injuries, the WHO…...