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Mushrooms be answer to anxiety, depression
currentnews A single dose of psilocybin, a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, can result in “significant improvements” in reducing stress and anxiety in cancer patients for as long as five years More...

No excess deaths in England and Wales for first time since lockdown began
currentnews England and Wales registered no excess deaths over a week for the first time since before the coronavirus lockdown was put in place, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. Overall, the number More...

Five die with coronavirus symptoms at SBMCH in 8 hours
currentnews Five people died with coronavirus symptoms at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) in a span of eight hours on Friday. From 2 pm to 10 pm on Friday, five people died with the symptoms of the More...

Army continues special health services for pregnant women
currentnews Bangladesh Army is continuing its month-long special healthcare services for the pregnant women in various parts of the country marking the birth centenary celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu More...

Private sector offer COVID-19 treatment in Chattogram
currentnews Private sector has come forward to facilitate the treatment and diagnosis of COVID-19 patients in Chattogram city. Two private diagnostic centres–Chevron and Imperial Hospital– have already More...

Pabna Hospital faces manifold problems: Lack of facilities for corona treatment
currentnews Pabna General Hospital has almost failed to provide proper healthcare services to patients as it is facing acute crisis of doctors, nurses and accommodation facilities. According to hospital sources, More...

Global cases surpass 9.7 million
currentnews The confirmed COVID-19 cases have reached 9,776,963 million globally with 493,609 deaths as of Saturday morning. Besides, more than 4.8 million recoveries have been confirmed, according to the latest More...

Mess over containment zones a major setback to contain COVID-19
currentnews In the wake of rising COVID-19 deaths and infections across the country, the government formulated a policy to divide areas in four districts, including Dhaka some three weeks ago. The policy recommended More...

COVID-19 deaths surpass 1,600 in country
currentnews Thirty-nine more people died of novel coronavirus in Bangladesh in last 24 hours till Thursday afternoon which took the total tally to 1,621. Of the deceased, 32 were male and seven were female More...

Human trial of new virus vaccine begins in UK
Volunteers have begun being immunised with a new UK coronavirus vaccine. About 300 people will have the vaccine over the coming weeks, as part of a trial led by Prof Robin Shattock and his colleagues, at Imperial More...