Child labourers exposed to toxic chemicals dying before 50, WHO says Bangladesh tannery workers exposed to formaldehyde, sulphuric acid and more while making products for westerners  Children bag animal fat to be turned into soap. Tanneries douse animal skins in chemicals to create ‘Bengali black’ leather. Photograph: Getty Images Children as young as eight, working […]

Sheikh Mohammad Fazle Akbar Immune therapy for hepatitis B Sheikh Mohammad Fazle Akbar1, Mamun Al-Mahtab2, Md. Sakilur Islam Khan3, Ruksana Raihan4, Ananta Shrestha5 1Department of Medical Sciences, Toshiba General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; 2Department of Hepatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; 3Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan; […]

A test which was conducted after reports of unusual number of dead crows in the premises of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital has found an outbreak of bird flu in crows. After the test result, the government has deployed a large team of scientists to tackle a possible epidemic. The team went to Rajshahi and began […]

One of the US’s most senior public health officials has revealed the ‘strongest evidence to date’ of the effect on babies of the Zika virus. Tom Frieden, head of the Center for Disease Control, was testifying before politicians in Washington. He said that data from the cases of two infants in Brazil who died soon […]

According to Health Minister Mohammad Nasim, government will bear the treatment cost of the patients diagnosed with Zika virus. The minister made the announcement on Tuesday while briefing the media at the Health Ministry. As part of precautionary steps, the government has set up thermal scanner in Dhaka Airport for the people coming from the […]

Indian biotechnology company Bharat Biotech said on Wednesday it was working on two possible vaccines to fight the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil. The virus is spreading rapidly in the Americas, and World Health Organisation officials on Tuesday expressed concern that it could hit Africa […]

The World Cancer Day will be observed tomorrow in Bangladesh as elsewhere across the world for raising awareness and education about cancer and pressing governments and individuals to take action against the disease as there are 12 lakh cancer patients in the country. According to World Health Organisation (WHO) updated estimation, there are about 12 […]