Category: Community
Thousands of poultry culled in South Korea following bird flu scare
Thousands of poultry are being culled after South Korea confirmed that a preliminary test indicated a possible bird flu outbreak for the first time since 2011. A suspected case of avian influenza was reported Thursday at a poultry farm in […]
Food, water in Japan ‘within safety limits’
Food and drinking water in Japan are within international safety limits, said the country’s minister in charge of science and technology policy Ichita Yamamoto. The assurance came amid lingering concerns about contamination following a nuclear plant incident in Fukushima prefecture […]
Vaccine-related deaths reach 11 in Vietnam
HANOI- An infant in southern Vietnam’s Lam Dong province has died after receiving Quinvaxem vaccine, bringing the total of such cases to 11 in the country since the begining of 2013, local press reported Friday. A three-month-old boy died Wednesday, […]
India’s maternal mortality rate sees sharp fall
Here is a good news. The maternal mortality rate (MMR) has dropped down substantially by 34 points, an indication that India is well on track to achieve United Nations proposed Millennium Development Goals (MDG), 2015. According to the recent figures, […]
Ending the smoking scourge
SINGAPORE- Non-smokers in Singapore not only have to endure second-hand smoke, but also smokers’ anti-social behaviour that includes leaving burn marks on trash bins, tossing cigarette butts out of car windows and other acts of littering. It is true that […]
Polio drive in Pakistan to be extended despite threats
The success of an anti-polio drive that had been threatened by a vaccinator boycott was hailed by health officials, and they claim that the programme would be extended. The three-day campaign, which started on Saturday, was aimed at administering polio […]
Death toll from new China bird flu rises: WHO
Six more people in China have been confirmed as infected with the new H7N9 strain of bird flu and one of them has died, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. Three of the other five patients are in […]
Singaporeans eat too much salt: HPB
SINGAPORE – Salt is essential for health but we need only very small amounts of it. Most of the time, we consume too much salt for our own good. The World Health Organisation recommends that adults should consume less than […]
Up to 500,000 die annually from China smog: Report
About 350,000 to 500,000 premature deaths occur in China every year due to outdoor air pollution, according to a report by 21st Century Business Herald on Tuesday. Chen Zhu, president of Chinese Medical Association and academician at the Chinese Academy […]
Malaysia’s Health Ministry to table safe drinking water bill soon
KUALA LUMPUR– The Health Ministry will soon table a bill in Parliament to better safeguard the rights of consumers and protect them from potential health hazards. The Safe Drinking Water Bill which spells out the roles of water concessionaires […]
