Category: Community
6 people in Taiwan infected with HIV daily
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Every day this year, six people on average are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced yesterday. Deputy CDC Director Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said that 1,360 people were reported […]
Don’t give blood if you have high-risk lifestyle
SEREMBAN, Malaysia – Malaysians with high-risk lifestyles must stop donating blood although they feel they are healthy as there is a window period for infections or viruses before the symptoms show up. The National Blood Centre (NBC) said that despite […]
Singapore reports fifth dengue death this year
SINGAPORE- Singapore reported a death case from dengue fever on Tuesday, raising the dengue death toll in the city state this year to five. The latest death involved a 52-year-old Chinese male, said a joint statement by the Ministry of […]
‘Haphazard Use Of Vaccines Led To Bird Flu In Nepal’: Government
An official said that bird flu outbreaks in Nepal, which have not yet been controlled, mainly spread due to unverified vaccines being administered haphazardly to chickens by poultry farmers. Poultry farmers imported and used the vaccines haphazardly without first consulting […]
Chhattisgarh struck by bird flu
Officials said here Monday the poultry birds of Chhattisgarh are exposed to high risk of bird flu. Samples sent from Anjora Farm of Durg district and Jagdalpur Farm of Bastar district to Bhopal’s High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory were found […]
China orders Abbott to recall it’s baby formula
Chinese authorities has said that the country has ordered US pharmaceutical company Abbott to recall some products in the country over a botulism scare centred on New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra. Two batches of Abbott’s baby formula “risked having been […]
Long-term use of blood pressure drugs may up breast cancer risk
BEIJING- Women taking blood pressure drug for ten years or longer are associated with twice the risk of breast cancer, according to a new study in the JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday. The study said that the odds of developing […]
Obesity rate in China on the increase
CHINA – More Chinese people aged 20 to 39 are becoming overweight and their athletic ability is declining, according to a national survey released on Monday. The survey of more than 43,000 adults found that more than 11 per cent […]
Hundreds die in India for lack of organs, say experts
Health experts say that hundreds of people in need of organ transplants cannot be saved every year because of lack of donors. According to M. C. Misra, chief of the Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre at the All India […]
Israel to launch mass polio vaccination campaign to vaccinate 200,000 children
Health Minister Yael German said that Israel launches a mass campaign in the south of the country to vaccinate 200,000 children up to nine years old against polio. “The decision to proceed with a vaccination campaign was taken after it […]
