Category: Community
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 […]
World’s top AIDS experts among MH17 victims: IAS
Some of the world’s top AIDS experts, bound for an international conference in Melbourne, Australia, were among those killed in Malaysian Airlines MH17 crash, the International AIDS Society (IAS) announced on Friday. In a statement on its website, IAS said […]
Westerners in the UAE not heeding sun-safe advice
ABU DHABI – Western expatriates are choosing vanity over their health by avoiding sun-safe practices in the pursuit of a tan, skin cancer experts have said. Unlike some nationalities, who go to great lengths to protect themselves from potentially dangerous […]
