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A mother carries her child suspected of having measles-like symptoms at a hospital in Bangladesh. Photo: UNB

Measles death toll reaches 999 as 2 more children die in 24 hours

Of the total, 899 deaths are suspected to have been caused by measles, while 100 have been laboratory-confirmed.

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Ctg hospital refers newborn to Evercare NICU after infant receives 'mother's medication'; nurse suspended

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Second-hand smoke causes nearly 1.7m deaths globally: Study

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Govt considers production costs, reasonable profit in setting medicine prices

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Dengue: 4 die, 1,314 hospitalised in 24 hours

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Govt reviewing proposal to increase medical college admission seats: Sakhawat

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Open tender decision triggered measles-rubella vaccine crisis: Health minister

Amid a severe measles outbreak in Dhaka, a large number of children are receiving treatment at the DNCC COVID-19 Dedicated Hospital in Mohakhali, where new cases are rising daily, and patients are being referred from various hospitals. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Measles: Death toll at 997 as 3 more children die

Health and Family Welfare State Minister MA Muhit. File Photo: Collected

Bangladesh set for full-fledged liver transplants next year, Muhit tells JS

Children receive treatment during Bangladesh's measles outbreak. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Measles deaths near 1,000 as infection spreads across all child age groups

Attorney Kevin Reddington holds a copy of the book Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts during closing arguments in the Lindsay Clancy triple-murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, US, 27 August 2026. Photo: Reuters

What to know about postpartum mental illness

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Dengue: Record 1,558 hospitalised in 24 hours, death toll reaches 117

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Infant 'gets mother's medication' at Ctg hospital, lands in NICU