Health
Dhaka, Aug 27 (EFE).- The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) warned Sunday of a rise in dengue infections among children in Bangladesh, which is in the midst of an epidemic that has already killed 537. Twelve-years old Shahana receives treatment for dengue fever at Mugda Medical College and Hospital in...
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Aug 25 (EFE).- The Bahamas government unveiled on Friday a compendium of bills to decriminalize marijuana for medical, religious, and scientific research, thus transforming its consumption from a strictly illegal activity to a regulated industry. A total of 11 pieces of legislation will establish a framework...
By Manuel Ayala Tijuana, Mexico, Aug 25 (EFE).- Migrants stranded at Mexico’s northern border are complaining of unavailability of vaccines amid a chickenpox outbreak that has infected 70 children. Families awaiting the opportunity to apply for asylum in the United States are missing immigration appointments due to the inability to...
London, Aug 23 (EFE).- A woman born with a reproductive disorder has received her sister’s womb in the first uterus transplant by doctors in the United Kingdom. As per various British media reports on Wednesday, the 34-year-old woman, who has preferred to remain anonymous, received the uterus of her sister,...
Seoul, Aug 23 (EFE).- South Korea will downgrade the infection level of Covid-19 to that of seasonal flu from Aug. 31, thereby removing all restrictions and returning to pre-pandemic normalcy. South Korean health authorities announced the decision on Wednesday after the number of infections decreased for the first time in...
Beijing, Aug 22 (EFE).- A flight of North Korean state carrier Air Koryo from Pyongyang landed at the Beijing Capital International Airport on Tuesday, becoming the country’s first international commercial flight since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out. An electronic board shows the arrival of an Air Koryo plane, JS151, from...
Dhaka, Aug 3 (EFE).- Bangladesh’s serious dengue outbreak has now resulted in the highest-ever annual caseload as the country’s health authorities on Monday reported 2,197 hospitalized cases, taking the total number of cases this year to 102,191. Meanwhile nine new deaths were reported since Sunday, taking this year’s death toll...
Beijing, Aug 21 (EFE).- The EG.5 has emerged as the most common coronavirus substrain in China, accounting for 71.6 percent of Covid-19 infections in the country this month, the state-run China Daily reported Monday. The data, released during the weekend by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of...
Frankfurt, Germany, Aug 16 (EFE).- A draft bill decriminalizing the consumption and cultivation of limited amounts of cannabis for adults in Germany was unveiled by the German government on Wednesday. The legislation, which the three-way coalition government had pledged to introduce during election campaigning in 2021, still needs to be...
Sydney, Australia, Aug 14 (EFE).- New Zealand, which imposed some of the world’s strictest policies against Covid-19, announced on Monday that it will eliminate all the remaining restrictions against the disease, including seven days of mandatory isolation for those infected. Protesters are seen outside of the Park hotel quarantine facility in...
Seoul, Aug 9 (EFE).- South Korea has recorded its highest heat-related deaths this year since 2018, the country’s disease control agency said Wednesday. Until Tuesday, a total 27 people had lost their lives due to apparent heat-related illness, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. This is the...
Dhaka, Aug 3 (EFE).- Bangladesh recorded Thursday the highest number of deaths from dengue in a year following the death of 10 people in the last 24 hours, taking the total deaths from the disease to 283 so far in 2023. The Directorate General of Health Services reported 10 new...
