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A woman carries a child who suffers from measles for treatment at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 7 September 2026. Photo: Reuters/File

Bangladesh fights world's worst measles outbreak as vaccination gaps fuel spread

The prolonged outbreak, despite a nationwide emergency vaccination campaign launched in April, follows disruption to routine immunisation in 2024 and 2025

Students at a school for the deaf in Nairobi use robotic arms developed by Kenyan start-up ZeroBionic to help translate and learn sign language. Photo: Collected

Kenyan start-up makes robotic limbs to help deaf kids sign

Tylenol is displayed for sale at a pharmacy in New York City, New York, US, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File photo

Tylenol use in pregnancy may be linked with uterus, ovary changes in daughters

Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) in Dhaka. Photo: Collected

Country’s first liver fat quantification machine inaugurated at NINMAS, BMU

The infant’s father, Mohammad Hasan, and the family’s lawyer, Mohammad Omar Chowdhury speak to journalists at the lobby of CSCR Hospital in Chattogram on 8 September 2026. Photo: TBS

Family of infant, now in NICU after getting wrong injection, demands Ctg hospital cover future treatment, warns of legal action

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. Photo: Courtesy

PM urges students to maintain cleanliness to prevent dengue

Illustration: TBS

Highest Dengue death, cases recorded in a single day this year

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

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

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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