Health Desk :Former additional chief medical officer of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) Dr Toufiqunnesa died of Covid-19 on Monday...
Covid-19: Global cases top 61.5 lakh Global coronavirus cases continued to rise across the world as around 1.25 lakh cases were reported in the last 24 hours till Sunday morning.Confirmed coronavirus cases around the world have jumped to 6,150,483, including 124,103 during the period.Besides, the death toll from the virus has reached 370,506 with 4,084 more reported during the period, according to Worldometer.Of the currently infected 3,045,431 patients, 2,991,928 are in mild condition while 53,503 are in serious or critical...
Naimur Rahman Afid :Green tea is a popular name to the health concern people. It is a type of tea...
Simple But EffectiveAn Experimental Nanoparticle Covid-19 Test Researchers reveal their experimental test can detect the presence of COVID-19 RNA in a sample in 10 minutes, and in a way that does not require trained personnel to interpret.Coronavirus particles in grey on a red backgroundScientists have developed a test for COVID-19 that can visually detect the presence of the coronavirus in 10 minutes. The team suggest their test, after further assessment, could be a rapid, inexpensive and more simple diagnostic strategy,...
USNEWS.com :The United States announced that it has sent 2 million doses of the anti-malaria drug touted as a coronavirus treatment by President Donald Trump to Brazil.In a joint statement Sunday, the U.S. and Brazil said the hydroxychloroquine will be used as a prophylactic to defend health care workers in Brazil against the virus, as well as a treatment to help Brazilians who become infected.The U.S. is also sending 1,000 ventilators to Brazil, which has the second most cases of...
Shawna Williams :As colleges prepare to open-or not open-their campuses to students for the upcoming school year, scientists have come up with a scenario they say could limit the spread of the coronavirus. Testing every student every two days and quickly isolating those with positive results should avoid widespread SARS-CoV-2 infections on college campuses, whereas only testing students with symptoms would not, according to a modeling study published Friday (July 31) in JAMA Network Open.The researchers used an initial scenario...
Elizabeth Pratt :It’s a question being asked in homes across the United States as well as the rest of the...
Lisa Winter :When humans alter the landscape through urbanization or agriculture the wildlife that occupied that space becomes displaced. According...
Dr. Muhammad Torequl Islam :Besides the pandemic, we are also fighting against an infodemic situation. Fake news, misinformation, misconception, and...
Dr. Muhammad Torequl Islam :Stability and infectiousness on the surfaces: Viral stability depends on many factors, including temperature (4-25 ?C)...
Health Desk :Politicians and public health leaders have publicly committed to equitably sharing any coronavirus vaccine that works, but the top global initiative to make that happen may allow rich countries to reinforce their own stockpiles while making fewer doses available for poor ones. While no country can afford to buy doses of every potential vaccine candidate, many poor ones can’t afford to place such speculative bets at all.Activists warn that without stronger attempts to hold political, pharmaceutical and health...
Abby Olena :According to the World Health Organization, there have been nearly 8 million confirmed cases of COVID-19-the disease caused...