Category: Community
MERS death in Dubai raises global toll to 70
DUBAI: Health authorities in the capital of the United Arab Emirates say a woman has died from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS. The health authority in Abu Dhabi reported the death of the Jordanian woman, 38, on Tuesday. […]
Epidemic might break out in Tacloban
If the piles of garbage and bodies still buried in the rubble and garbage are not collected, there might soon be an epidemic in Tacloban City and other places that were battered by Supertyphoon “Yolanda.” The streets were still littered […]
China reports 70,000 new HIV infections in 9 months
BEIJING- China reported some 70,000 cases of new HIV infections in the first nine months of the year, bringing the total number of people living with HIV/AIDS to 434,000, the country’s health authority said Sunday. From January to September, 80.7 […]
Vaccine not to blame for infant death
QUANG TRI (VNS) — Central Quang Tri Province on Monday announced that the death of a three-year-old kid, who died on Sunday after receiving a Quinvaxem vaccine, was not caused by the vaccination. The kid received the injection on November […]
France okays home tests for HIV
Self-testing HIV kits will go on sale in France next year Under a strategy aimed at reducing the spread of the virus causing AIDS, self-testing HIV kits will go on sale in France next year, the country’s health minister Marisol […]
Conference looks at public health sector
DA NANG — Non-communicable conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and injuries caused by traffic accidents account for 70 per cent of health problems in Viet Nam. The rate was revealed by Nguyen Cong Khan, Director of Science, Technology and Training […]
Therapists help with Philippine typhoon mental health needs
TACLOBAN, Philippines — Dozens of psychologists were starting work in the typhoon-raked Philippines Wednesday to help dazed survivors deal with the psychological fallout of one of the country’s worst ever disasters. The operation is an early attempt by health professionals […]
Government taking steps to address mental health problems
IPOH: The government is taking various steps including making available more psychiatrists and pyschologists to detect mental illness and treat patients with mental problems, said Hospital BahagiaUlu Kinta director Dr Raba’iahMohdSalleh. She said besides increasing specialist manpower, more community mental […]
Health-a-thon educates students on healthy lifestyle
KOTA KINABALU: The Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) of SMK St Francis Convent (M) organised a school-wide Health-a-thon in order to raise funds for future fitness activities and for the purchase of basic gym equipment for the school. The Health-a-thon […]
Save your feet!
IPOH: The government is taking various steps including making available more psychiatrists and pyschologists to detect mental illness and treat patients with mental problems, said Hospital BahagiaUlu Kinta director Dr Raba’iahMohdSalleh. She said besides increasing specialist manpower, more community mental […]
