Category: Community
Air quality ‘unhealthy’ as haze obscures skies
KUALA LUMPUR – Air quality around Kuala Lumpur and on Borneo island was ‘unhealthy’ yesterday, with one town reaching ‘very unhealthy’ levels as haze – mostly from forest fires in Indonesia – obscured skies. Kuala Lumpur residents wore face masks […]
Japan gets anti-radiation pills ahead of nuclear restart
Tokyo – Japanese officials are handing out radiation-blocking iodine tablets to people living in the shadow of two nuclear reactors slated to restart this year, underscoring concerns about atomic power after the Fukushima crisis. The move to distribute the pills […]
Foot-and-mouth disease strikes livestock in central Vietnam
Duc Tho District of the central province of Ha Tinh reported an outbreak of foot-mouth in herds of local cattle on July 25. Foot-mouth disease has affected multi domestic animals of four houses in Quang Tien Village. These animals suffer […]
India wages war on highly contagious brain fever as deaths mount
NEW DHELI – India is struggling to contain the seasonal contagious disease encephalitis, commonly known as “brain fever” with 570 people reported to have died already and health authorities warning the death toll may rise with more people still at […]
Cardiac arrest? An IV to the leg could save you
SINGAPORE: From August, paramedics from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will adopt a new method to help those suffering from cardiac arrest: An intravenous (IV) drip to the leg. The SCDF said on Friday (July 25) that the new […]
Poisonous spiders spotted in Dubai communities
DUBAI – Reports of poisonous redback spiders are increasing among people living in new developments around the city. Residents in communities such as Emirates Hills and Al Furjan in Dubai, and Al Ghadeer in Abu Dhabi, have encountered the small […]
S.Korea confirms foot-and-mouth outbreak at hog farm
South Korea has confirmed a case of foot-and-mouth disease at a hog farm, the country’s first outbreak in more than three years, a provincial government said on Thursday. The case comes as Asia’s fourth-largest economy strives to contain a six-month […]
HIV epidemic is smaller than UN estimates
Anti-AIDS drugs have helped save 19 million years of human life since 1996, said an analysis Tuesday which also slashed U.N. estimates for HIV deaths and disease by a quarter. “The HIV epidemic is smaller than estimated by UNAIDS,” wrote […]
Chinese town trades lead poison test results for milk
After a test showed farmer Zhao Heping’s toddler grandson had high levels of lead in his blood two years ago, local officials in China’s Hunan province offered the child medicine, he says – and milk. In return, Zhao says, officials […]
China seals off city after bubonic plague death
A Chinese city has been sealed off and 151 people placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic plague, state media said Tuesday. The 30,000 people living in Yumen in the northwestern province of Gansu are […]
