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Besides the respiratory issues that leave patients gasping for breath, the virus that causes COVID-19 attacks many organ systems, in some cases causing catastrophic damage. “We thought this was only a respiratory virus. Turns out, it goes after the pancreas. It goes after the heart. It goes after the liver, […]

“President Trump is clearly ethically unfit and intellectually unprepared to be the president of the United States,” Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, told a news briefing. In a new book, Bolton, the former national security adviser, has accused the Republican president of sweeping misdeeds, including explicitly […]

The patient arrived in Singapore on Jun 10 and tested positive along with 406 new cases reported on Sunday, taking the total to 40,604, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. He did not have any COVID-19 symptoms and had not been diagnosed or suspected to have the infection, The […]

It is the only institution from Bangladesh shortlisted for the award in ‘Student Recruitment Campaign of the Year’ category among eight universities from Asia, the IUB said in a statement on Wednesday. THE had launched Asia Awards in 2019 by recognising “outstanding leadership and institutional performance across a range of […]

Teetering on a constitutional precipice, the country faces catastrophic unemployment, grave trade tensions and a deep recession. And no one needs reminding that the world has been stricken by a coronavirus pandemic that has already killed more than 380,000 people, more than 106,000 of them in the United States. You […]

Demonstrators smashed windows and looted stores in New York City late on Monday, including luxury retailers on Fifth Avenue, and set fire to a Los Angeles strip mall. Four officers were shot and wounded in St. Louis and one in Las Vegas who was critically wounded, authorities said. Trump has […]

Tests on Sultan Mia’s samples which he gave at the Dhaka hospital on Wednesday came back positive the following day, he told bdnews24.com over the phone on Friday night. He had displayed symptoms of the respiratory disease for a week. He got admitted to the hospital and was kept at […]

The Maryland-based late-stage biotechnology company in April said it identified the candidate, NVX-CoV2373, with which it planned to use its Matrix-M adjuvant to enhance immune responses. Adjuvants are mainly used to make vaccines induce a strong immune response, including through the greater production of antibodies, and provide longer-lasting protection against […]

Lebanon has been paralysed by an economic crisis that has seen dollars dry up, banks impose tight capital controls, unemployment surge, and a sovereign debt default in March – all before the compounding blow of the coronavirus outbreak. Prime Minister Hassan Diab said the pandemic could trigger a global food […]

If it maintains its current trajectory, the cyclone may hit the coastal districts around the dawn of May 19, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman said on Sunday after a virtual meeting at the Secretariat. Cyclone shelters are being prepared so that evacuees may maintain physical distance. […]