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Climate crisis, El Nino fuel dengue surge in Bangladesh

September 28, 2023

From January 1 to August 7 this year, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh reported a total of 69 483 laboratory-confirmed dengue cases and...

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Air pollution reduces life expectancy by over 5 years in South Asia: study

August 30, 2023

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The report singles out densely populated megacities like New Delhi, where the average life span has been diminished by over 10 years due to excessive air...

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Bangladesh battles its most lethal dengue fever outbreak, hundreds killed

August 14, 2023

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Dengue is a viral infection transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes and is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly...

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Debunked claims of COVID-19 cures resurface in vernacular language

March 22, 2021

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First Check found videos encouraging unscientific cures of COVID-19 on YouTube in Bengali – a language mostly spoken in the West Bengal state of India and...

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Why Bangladesh’s COVID-19 burden is unclear

July 24, 2020

The country’s coronavirus testing has been on the decline since the government imposed a price tag last month on COVID-19 testing – a service that was...