NCDs spreading in ‘epidemic’ proportion in Bangladesh but govt unready

Zantac recall widens as Sanofi pulls its drug over carcinogen fears

Johnson & Johnson recalls asbestos-tainted baby powder

What are the benefits of turmeric?

India offers prosthetic limbs to Bangladeshi amputees to mark Gandhi’s birth anniversary

Doctors, health researchers to join conference on non-communicable diseases

Malaysia considers total vaping ban after reports of US deaths

Congo to start using Johnson & Johnson Ebola vaccine in November

Singapore to ban sugary drink ads in fight against diabetes

Diabetic Association wants announcement on life-long free insulin for Type-1 diabetes in ‘Mujib Year’

Man dies of dengue in Barishal

Bangladesh youths speak about tackling stress on World Mental Health Day

Bangladesh minister calls for promoting mental health to prevent suicide

Dengue outbreak in 2019 crosses all previous records

Treatment of Bangladeshis for sudden illness in India will not need medical visa

Jury says J&J must pay $8bn in case over male breast growth linked to Risperdal

Gay men seen dying from AIDS due to Africa's homophobic laws

Kaelin, Ratcliffe and Semenza win 2019 Nobel prize in medicine

Scientist who discredited meat guidelines didn’t report past food industry ties

Paralysed man walks again with brain-controlled exoskeleton

NY declares that the end of the AIDS epidemic is near

Saima Wazed Hossain among 100 ‘Innovative Women Leaders in Global Mental Health’

Johnson & Johnson reaches $20.4m settlement in bellwether opioids case

India defends e-cigarette ban in court with attack on Juul

Eat less red meat, scientists said. Now some believe that was bad advice

Bangladesh bans Saraca’s raw material for heartburn drug Ranitidine

Dengue diminishes, but danger lingers, expert warns

Hasina calls for investment in mental health care to ensure universal coverage

India's Strides Pharma halts US sales of heartburn drug Ranitidine

Bogor declaration calls on countries to ban e-cigarette towards ending tobacco use

Doctors at NICVD now perform ‘total laparoscopic bypass surgery'

Health Canada says four more companies recalling versions of Zantac

Plenty more fish in the sea? Not for the poor and hungry, researchers say

‘No excuses’ against safeguarding people’s health from tobacco industry: APCAT

Bogor to host local leaders from Asia Pacific for tobacco control, prevention of NCDs

Bengali liver specialists remember Bangabandhu at Dhaka conference

Twin girls die ‘after drinking Biomil baby formula’ in Khulna

Is it time to quit vaping?

Philippines declares polio outbreak after 19 years free of the disease

Govt learnt lesson from dengue outbreak, says health minister

Maternal health, family planning still ‘unfinished business’, says UNFPA regional director

Almost everywhere, fewer children are dying

Govt to build 100-bed cancer hospitals in divisional cities

Purdue Pharma files for chapter 11 bankruptcy

Thyrocare Bangladesh signs MoU with Telenor Health

New York moves to ban flavoured e-cigarettes by emergency order

California puts abortion pills in public universities

Most skin whiteners in Bangladesh market contain dangerously high levels of mercury: Study

Daily rate of hospitalisation for dengue rises again

Trump administration weighs ban on flavoured e-cigarettes

Bangladesh dengue deaths ‘lowest’ in the world, Health Directorate chief Azad says

Malaria can be eradicated by 2050, say global experts

What you need to know about vaping-related lung illnesses

Bangladesh Nutrition and Dietetics Forum celebrates first anniversary

Dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours drop to 607, lowest in a month

Number of hospitalised dengue patients in Bangladesh remains unchanged

Number of dengue patients hospitalised across Bangladesh declines

Cancer overtakes heart disease as biggest rich-world killer

A battle brews over moving medical records to your smartphone

‘Friday NCD Clinic’ launched in Dhaka to address new health concerns

Medical students continue protests over proposed 2-yr internship after MBBS

Information minister rules out IS involvement in attacks on Dhaka police

Medical students furious as government proposes 2-yr internship

Rise of dengue in rural Bangladesh stokes fears of outbreak cycle

Amazon fires pose health risks to children: WHO

WHO warns of ‘dramatic’ rise in measles in Europe

Dengue menace: More patients hospitalised in August than in 19 years

Why was Johnson & Johnson the only opioid maker on trial in Oklahoma?

No evidence 36 of 88 deaths caused by dengue, health directorate says after review

Doctors at NICVD use new technique to perform heart surgery

Drug to treat a rare disease costs millions

Daily hospitalisation rate of dengue patients rises again

First death in a spate of vaping sicknesses reported by health officials

90pc dengue patients returned home from hospitals after recovery

Banglalink launches digital health service platform ‘Daktarbhai’

Their mothers chose donor sperm. The doctors used their own

Dengue outbreak continues steadily despite mosquito repelling

DMFR Molecular Lab and Diagnostics offers free dengue tests, consultancy

Women dying more from dengue but disease afflicting more men in Bangladesh

Number of dengue patients in Bangladesh hospitals declining but new cases continue

Four people die from dengue fever in Bangladesh

Number of dengue patients declines, but remains higher than in July

Doctor’s child, govt health assistant die from dengue in Dhaka

Number of dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours drops to 1,200 on Eid day 

Daily rate of dengue patients hospitalised in Bangladesh falls on Eid day

Philippines to suspend dark-coloured school uniform in region hit by dengue outbreak

Bangladesh records over 41,000 dengue patients

Number of hospitalised dengue patients declines in and outside Dhaka

Number of dengue patients in first week of August nears July record

Youth dies from dengue at Kumudini Hospital in Tangail

Titumir College student among two more dead as dengue patients top 32,000

Philippines declares a national dengue epidemic

Dengue is on the rise outside Dhaka, govt updates deaths to 18

Bangladesh races to contain dengue outside epicentre Dhaka before Eid exodus

Doctors extract 526 teeth from Indian boy

Fourth Ebola case found in Congo city, raising fears of faster spread

Chief Justice Mahmud calls for awareness about hepatitis

Panic grips Bangladesh as confusion lingers over dengue situation - but why?

Over 1,700 new patients hospitalised as Bangladesh wrestles with dengue outbreak

BAT sees faster revenue growth on e-cigarette, oral products

Four more dengue deaths take toll to nine in Singapore

Bangladesh government updates dengue death toll to 14

Four hospitals fined for charging extra fees for dengue tests

Labaid, Popular, Ibn Sina fined for profiteering over dengue tests

Dengue spreads to almost all over Bangladesh as number of patients crosses 15,000

Ending TB in Bangladesh is everyone’s business: Experts

Advance warning on dengue was issued, says DGHS

Dengue cases continue to rise, spread to 50 districts in Bangladesh

Bangladesh devising national strategy to eliminate hepatitis

Govt halves dengue test charges to Tk 500 amid disease outbreak 

Bangladesh records 683 dengue cases, highest for a day in past month

Bangladesh has taken control of deadly Hepatitis B control: WHO

Canada's new cannabis licensing favours richer companies, experts say

Breast implants linked to rare cancer are recalled worldwide

Summer may be prime time for first highs

Dengue menace: Health department wakes up at last

Govt asks private hospitals, diagnostic centres to charge dengue patients reasonably

Take joint crash programme to kill dengue mosquito: Expert to Dhaka mayors

Bangladesh exploring new bio-control strategies to fight off dengue

Dengue cases hit all-time high for a month in Bangladesh

Rise in dengue cases in Dhaka is alarming: WHO

BSMMU to do 5 more free liver transplants beginning in August

Official records show fewer than actual number of deaths from dengue in Dhaka

UK doctors reveal separation of twins joined at the head

Don’t neglect fever as ‘atypical’ dengue baffles doctors

DU researchers find antibiotics in pasteurised milk in second round of tests

Bangladeshis living through a revolution in reproductive health and rights: UNFPA

This drug, underused in the US, may help make HIV very rare in Australia

High Court questions Dhaka city corporation efforts to contain spread of dengue

10 medical myths we should stop believing. Doctors, too

Drug companies are focusing on the poor after decades of ignoring them

A mystery disease is killing children, and questions linger about lychees

BSMMU performs first-ever liver transplant with Indian doctors’ support

Antibiotics in pasteurised milk; edible oil, spice powders, fruit juice substandard: Study