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Bangladesh's population growth will drop to 0.37% in 2045 from the current 1.11% because of the continuous low fertility rate, taking the number of people to just a little higher than 20 crore in that year, according to a new UN report. The population number will reach a peak of around 20.69 crore in 2061 before it falls to 17.64 crore by the end of this century as forecasted

The study, led by Dr. Laura Westafer, an ER doctor at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, finds trans and nonbinary doctors experience transphobia regularly. Many trans physicians noted that they are misgendered or get called the wrong name by colleagues or supervising attendants.

Dr. Laura Westafer, an ER doctor at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, said there is limited data on the transgender and nonbinary community in the medical field.

Symptoms can include fatigue, breathlessness, difficulty concentrating and many more – but the precise nature of the symptoms is not well understood

A new study has analysed UK data from long-term health surveys and electronic health records to understand how common long COVID is, and who might be at higher risk.

Bangladesh along with Pakistan is projected to join the world's 10 most populous countries in terms of people aged 65 or above by 2060 as Asia is ageing fast due to rapid declines in fertility and mortality rates, says a report released for the USA. With 11.2 million older people, Bangladesh ranked 12th in the world in 2020.

The health ministrys argument against the WHO figures was wrong by a long margin and by its own findings in a national report released earlier this year.

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya released the National Report of the fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) in the presence of Shri Bhupendrabhai Patel, Chief Minister of Gujarat and Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, at the 'Swasthya Chintan Shivir' being held at Vadodara, Gujarat

A recent Global Youth Tobacco Survey-4 (GYTS) for Uttar Pradesh has found that children are just around nine-and-a-half years of age when they initiate cigarette smoking.Children even younger than that -- about seven-year-old girls and ...

World No Tobacco Day 2022: The survey found that children even younger than that -- about seven-year-old girls and eight-year-old boys -- initiate smoking bidi.