Category: Community
Not time to legalize medical use of marijuana in PH yet: official
MANILA – It is not yet time for the Philippines to legislate the use of marijuana for medical purposes, Philippine Health Secretary Enrique Ona said here Saturday. Reacting to a bill on the legalization of the medical use of marijuana, […]
Vietnamese gov’t urges drastic measures as avian flu breaks out in eight provinces
HANOI – Vietnam has reported outbreaks of A/ H5N1 avian flu in eight provinces across the country, according to the website of the Department of Animal Health under Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on Saturday. Specifically, avian […]
China smog makes capital ‘barely suitable’ for life: report
Severe pollution in Beijing has made the Chinese capital “barely suitable” for living, according to an official Chinese report, as the world’s second-largest economy tries to reduce often hazardous levels of smog caused by decades of rapid growth. Pollution is […]
Dengue deaths up in M’sia
Deaths from dengue fever have nearly tripled in Malaysia this year compared to the same period last year. The deaths have sparked a stepped-up campaign to control the mosquitos which spread the virus. As of this week, 22 people have […]
Chinese consume too much food from animals
Chinese people appear to be eating more food from animals than they actually need, and this “compensatory consumption of food” may not change until the 2020s. Wang Dongyang, deputy director of the Institute of Food and Nutrition Development under the […]
Bahrain confirms first swine flu case in 2014
MANAMA – Bahrain registered Wednesday its first swine flu case in 2014 after test results of a 41-year-old woman proved positive. The Bahraini Health Ministry said in a statement the patient was shifted to a quarantine facility and given Tami […]
Vietnam raises alarm about H7N9 bird flu spread
HANOI- Vietnam’s Ministry of Health (MoH) recently sent an urgent circular to provinces and cities, asking them to beef up the prevention and fight against H7N9 bird flu. Appearing on MoH’s General Department of Preventive Medicine website on Monday, the […]
Malaysian public’s lackadaisical attitude hampers fight against dengue
KUALA LUMPUR – Authorities in Selangor are blaming half of all dengue cases in the state on the people’s failure to get rid of containers and other objects with stagnant water. “Water contained in old tyres, paint cans, flower pot […]
24 swine flu deaths in Egypt
There have been 24 deaths due to swine flu or A/H1N1 virus since December in the country, the Egyptian health ministry said Tuesday. “The ministry has detected 273 cases since Oct 1 with 195 diagnosed since Dec 1. Twenty four […]
Foot-and-mouth disease breaks out in eastern Mongolia
ULAN BATOR – An outbreak of highly infectious foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Sukhbaatar province in eastern Mongolia has been confirmed by the Mongolian State Central Veterinary Laboratory, local media reported. Currently, 86 head of cattle of 15 herder families were […]
