Category: Community
4 patients die in Kyoto, Japan after norovirus outbreak
OSAKA, Japan- Four elderly patients have died of gastroenteritis after a norovirus outbreak at a hospital in the western Japanese city of Kyoto, local press reported on Wednesday. The four victims in their 80s and 90s were among 101 patients […]
South Korea steps up measures to contain bird flu
South Korea is stepping up efforts to prevent the spread of bird flu ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, after migratory birds were found to be infected with the same strain of the virus that hit poultry farms last […]
Cambodia malaria cases down 40 pct in 2013
PHNOM PENH-Cambodia recorded 41,850 malaria cases in 2013, down 40 percent from 69,550 cases a year earlier, a health official said Sunday. The disease killed 12 people last year, down 74 percent from 46 deaths a year earlier, Char Meng […]
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 […]
