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Giant bubbles to be built over Beijing parks to beat smog
Giant bubbles are to be built over parks in Beijing to protect residents from smog and provide areas with clean and fresh air, if architects get their way. A group of architects have proposed smog-free bubble domes, which will cover […]
Philippine top court approves controversial birth control law
The Philippines’ highest court approved today a controversial birth control law that supporters said would transform the lives of millions of poor Filipinos, in a stunning defeat for the powerful Catholic Church. “The RH law is not unconstitutional,” Supreme Court […]
Panel urges discounts to reward healthy lifestyles
A panel has proposed establishing a system within public health insurance that would reduce the insurance premiums and medical costs of people who take steps to safeguard their health. A subcommittee of the government’s Industrial Competitiveness Council submitted the proposal […]
Clearing the air over PM2.5 purifiers
SINGAPORE – From this month, Singapore’s air quality will, more often than not, be classified in the “moderate” range. That’s because on April 1, the old Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) was tweaked to incorporate the 24-hour concentration of PM2.5, the […]
Singapore still at risk from foreign infectious diseases: Health Minister
SINGAPORE – Health Minister Gan Kim Yong was speaking to more than 130 participants at an inaugural conference to pay tribute to the late Malayan-born Dr Wu Lien-Teh, who had helped to stop a potentially catastrophic pneumonic plague in China […]
Bill Gates to donate to Indonesian health care
World philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates will collaborate with the Tahir Foundation and other Indonesian conglomerates on a special sustainable healthcare program, a senior minister said Wednesday. “The government appreciates the initiative and believes that the Gates and Tahir […]
Safe drinking water a top priority for China
CHINA – China still has 110 million people, including more than 15 million students and teachers, in rural China without access to safe drinking water, a senior official said on Friday. “Providing every rural family with safe water to drink […]
UN Scientists: Fukushima meltdown not causing many cancers
Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster is unlikely to lead to a rise in the number of people developing cancer like after Chernobyl in 1986, even though the most exposed children may face an increased risk, U.N. scientists said on Wednesday. In […]
China launches website for organ donation
BEIJING – China on Wednesday officially launched a website that provides information on organ donation and allows people to register as donors. The website, operated by the China Organ Donation Administrative Center, will be linked to local administrative offices and […]
Obesity in Korea more severe than expected
The number of obese people that can be seen in Korean cities is seemingly lower than in cities abroad. But recent data from the national statistics office suggested that the obesity problem in the country was much more severe than […]
