A total of 394 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals around the country in the last 24 hours – the highest number of patients in a single day so far this year.  Among them, 157 patients are ...

Though returnee migrant workers account for one-fourth of the HIV patients detected in Bangladesh every year, no screening system has been put in place yet at any of the country’s international ...

It’s difficult to run regular meetings with 8–10 members using money from one’s own pocket. My fund is absolutely zero, Dr Halimur Rashid, line director of the Communicable Disease Control (CDC) ...

In light of the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel, the Cabinet has looked into the arrangements and measures taken by ...

Dr Diana Sarfati will take over as acting director-general of health, when Dr Ashley Bloomfield leaves the Ministry of Health’s top job at the end of July. Sarfati is the former head of the ...

Lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Tuesday ordered the dissolution of Delhi Medical Council (DMC), citing alleged misuse of the ...

Cancer is a growing healthcare challenge in Niger, with over 11 000 new cases and more than 8800 cancer related deaths reported in 2022. Radiotherapy — a treatment needed in nearly half of all cancer ...

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A sense of being chronically alone is spreading and leading to increased health costs and productivity loss — as well as big ...

The Director General of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), Dr. Faroug Nour-Eddaiem, has directed the continuation of evaluation and follow-up of the provision of additional medical services to ...