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Health

Disrupted vaccinations pose deadly threat to 80m kids: UN

The coronavirus pandemic is putting tens of millions of children’s lives at risk by disrupting routine immunisation programmes, the World Health Organization and UNICEF said Friday. The United Nations agencies

WHO suspends trials of hydroxychloroquine as virus treatment

The World Health Organization said on Monday it had temporarily suspended clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for coronavirus. The decision came after a study published in The

Hydroxychloroquine shows no virus benefit, raises death risk: study

A study of nearly 100,000 coronavirus patients has shown no benefit in treating them with anti-viral drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine and even increased the likelihood of them dying in hospital.

COVID-19: Bangladesh also exploring plasma therapy as a ray of hope

As the world grapples with a rising number of coronavirus cases and deaths with a vaccine still far off, researchers are now betting on Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) for saving

Power ministry hands over 25,000 kits to IEDCR

The Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has handed over some 25,000 kits to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) for testing samples to detect novel coronavirus

Coronavirus vaccine: First evidence jab can train immune system

The first hints that a vaccine can train people’s immune system to fight coronavirus have been reported by a company in the US. Moderna said neutralising antibodies were found in

Moderna Inc. says COVID-19 vaccine results ‘positive’

Moderna Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts drug maker saw their stock value rise Monday by 13.795 to 80.485 on Wall Street after they announced Monday morning that phase 1 data on

DMCH starts collecting plasmas for clinical trial of CPT therapy

Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday started collecting plasmas for starting Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) on experimental basis, aiming to save lives of Covid-19 infected patients. “We’ve collected plasmas

Gonoshasthaya Kendra gives 200 Covid-19 testing kits to BSMMU

Gonoshasthaya Kendra on Wednesday morning gave 200 rapid testing kits to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for performance trial of the home-grown Covid-19 kit. Lead researcher of Gonoshasthaya Pharmaceuticals

First human trials of coronavirus vaccine within days: Scientists

As deadly coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, strategies for developing a safe and effective vaccine are rapidly moving forward, according to reports carried by various global news media.