Category: Community
Guinea says has contained Ebola outbreak, death toll rises
Guinea said on Wednesday it had stopped an outbreak of deadly Ebola fever from spreading beyond the country’s remote southeast, although the number of deaths from suspected infections rose to at least 63. U.N. agencies and medical charities such as […]
Nearly 4,000 cases of measles reported in first two months of 2014 – DOH
MANILA —Almost 4,000 measles cases have been reported during the first two months of the year, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday. Based on the Measles Surveillance Report of the DOH – National Epidemiology Center, a total of […]
Seoul to limit plastic surgery ads
SEOUL – The South Korean capital Seoul is to restrict the use of plastic surgery adverts on public transport, officials said Wednesday, after complaints that they were fuelling an unhealthy obsession with body image. South Korea, and particularly Seoul, has […]
Video games linked to aggressive behaviour in kids
Youths who play video games are more likely to think and act in aggressive ways, suggested a study of more than 3,000 schoolchildren in Singapore. The research, published in JAMA Pediatrics, a journal of the American Medical Association, was based […]
India must stop ‘irrational’ TB treatments: MSF
New Delhi — India must stop its doctors prescribing “irrational” treatments to cure tuberculosis, medical humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres said Saturday, warning the practice is increasing drug-resistant strains of the disease. India is already home to the highest number […]
Crossing the borders for health care
Why would 8 million people cross borders for healthcare? Including 1/300 in the U.S.? According to an infographic sent by Deyanara Riddix (Nursing School Hub) to Healthcare Asia (HCA), 20% of Americans struggle to pay medical bills, while 3 out […]
H1N1 flu claims 18 lives in Thailand
BANGKOK-H1N1 influenza has claimed 18 lives in Thailand since re-emerging in the country early this year, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported. Data from the Ministry of Public Health’s Bureau of Epidemiology (BOE) showed a total of 18,290 cases were reported […]
Japanese fund to develop tools against neglected diseases
A Japanese global health fund has earmarked $12 million to develop tools to fight some of the world’s most neglected diseases. An estimated one billion of the world’s poorest people are afflicted with diseases like schistosomiasis, Chagas disease and parasitic […]
China to check medical equipment safety
BEIJING – China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) is planning a nationwide safety campaign to check the manufacture, sales and use of medical apparatus. The five-month action will focus on fake certificates, illegal manufacture and sales, false advertising claims and […]
Abu Dhabi to launch home safety campaign to prevent children falling from high-rises
ABU DHABI – A poster campaign in the city’s high-rises aims to drive home the danger of children playing near balconies or unguarded windows. The municipality and police want all adults to be vigilant about the dangers of children falling […]
