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More Chinese go under the knife
BEIJING- A growing Chinese willingness to go under the knife for cosmetic purposes cuts to core questions about the changing national psyche. Many are facing the ugly side of beauty’s pursuit – addiction, disfigurement and self-esteem problems. Liu Zhihua reports. […]
Coronavirus MERS kills 41 in Saudi Arabia
The government revealed that a Saudi man has died of the coronavirus MERS, bringing the kingdom’s death toll from the SARS-like virus to 41, while two new cases were registered. The 51-year-old, who had previously been diagnosed with MERS, died […]
‘Let’s kill rats together’
KOTA KINABALU – The only way to exterminate rats is to get everyone to adopt a “catch-and-kill” attitude, said Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan. He said it was important for everyone to take proactive […]
Too much aluminum in third of Chinese diets
BEIJING- More than 30 percent of Chinese people’s diets contain more aluminum than recommended, research has found. Excessive ingestion of aluminum can lead to neurological and respiratory problems and affect bone development. Some 40 percent of excess aluminum in Chinese […]
New rule for organ distribution in China
BEIJING- Donor organs must be distributed automatically through a national system, according to the latest government rule set to take effect on Sept. 1. The new rule aims to prevent human intervention and ensure fairness and transparency in organ distribution […]
Health Ministry: Over 15,000 dengue cases reported
Health ministry figures show that India has recorded 15,893 dengue cases in 2013, a sharp increase from last year. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha Tuesday, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said total dengue deaths […]
Japan to raise severity rating for Fukushima leaks to level 3
TOKYO – Japan will raise the severity rating of a recent toxic water leak at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant to level 3, or “serious incident”, on an international scale for radiological releases, underlining the deepening sense of crisis at […]
First MERS Coronavirus case in Qatar
Health authorities in Qatar on Tuesday announced they have detected the first case of MERS coronavirus in the Gulf state, with a 59-year-old man infected. The patient, a Qatari, is in stable condition, they said. Another Qatari with the infection […]
Nationwide vaccination campaign held in Israel
Saying a two-week vaccination effort in the south was not enough to curb the threat of an outbreak of the virus, Israel took its polio vaccination campaign nationwide on Sunday. “Beginning today, children born after 1.1.2004 will be vaccinated with […]
Nepal declares one part of capital as ‘bird flu emergency zone’
KATHMANDU- Amid new cases of bird flu emerging almost every day for the past one month, Nepal has declared Bhaktapur, one of the three districts of Kathmandu valley, as the emergency zone, said officials on Thursday. A decision to this […]
