Category: Community
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 […]
Cancer still leading cause of death in Taiwan
TAIPEI – Cancer has topped the list of the 10 leading causes of death in Taiwan for 31 years in a row, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW) said yesterday. According to the MHW, each year about 28 percent […]
46,000 MRI and CT scans lost after system upgrade
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia – At least 46,000 images from a few million taken for patients who sought treatment at the University Malaya Medical Centre have been compromised due to a technical glitch that happened during a system upgrade. UMMC director […]
