disease

Rare GBS disease: Early detection, proper treatment matter
Health

Rare GBS disease: Early detection, proper treatment matter

The rare Guillain-Barré syndrome has higher prevalence in Bangladesh than other countries

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Health

Diarrhoea outbreak afflicts 160 people in Jhenaidah

The era of curing disease by tweaking DNA just got a lot closer. Photo: Bloomberg 
Panorama

Crispr gene-editing breakthrough is a big deal. How big?

Rome's umbrella pine trees are under threat from a tiny insect called the pine tortoise scale. Photo: AFP
World+Biz

Insect invaders threaten Rome’s iconic pines

Gouranga Gopal Das
Thoughts

Fighting the pandemic: Disease, de-globalisation and digital optimism

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, wears a Washington Nationals protective mask while arriving to a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing in Washington, DC, US, July 31, 2020. Erin Scott/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

'There is no doubt that we are gonna have outbreaks in the future': Fauci

PHOTO: MD ALI ASRAF BHUYAN
Explainer

How to stay safe during floods

Illustrations depicting smallpox from the Imperially Commissioned Golden Mirror of Medical Learning, published in 1742. Illustration: Foreign Policy/Austrian national library
Panorama

Empire’s little helper

People wearing face masks walk out of Zhongguancun subway station following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Beijing, China April 27, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

China to reform disease prevention system

5 die in 4 districts with fever, cold
Health

5 die in 4 districts with fever, cold

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Health

Cold-related diseases affect 4,196 people in 24 hours

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Health

Winter diseases: 49 die, 2.26 lakh fall ill in one and a half months

Wind patterns are left in the ice pack that covers the Arctic Ocean north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska March 18, 2011. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
Climate Change

Shrinking Arctic ice linked to spread of deadly animal virus