Category: Community
Kuwait Hospitals Ban Foreigners
A local media reports that Kuwait will soon bar foreigners from attending public hospitals in the mornings. The decision comes after complaints in parliament of Kuwaiti patients having to wait for treatment at public health facilities because of the large […]
China experts urge caution about eating insects
CHINA – An expert says China is not ready for mass consumption of insects, which the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation claims could protect the environment and help solve the food crisis. The solution to the global problem comes in […]
Foot-and-mouth disease case confirmed in Xinjiang
BEIJING- China’s Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) on Wednesday said that foot-and-mouth disease infections have been confirmed in cattle in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. On May 10, a village in Urumqi County, Urumqi City, reported that 106 head of […]
China experiencing increase in skin allergy patients: Experts
CHINA – The change of the weather to spring and summer is usually a delightful time, as trees turn green and flowers bloom. But for people suffering from skin allergies, the change of seasons can be difficult, with recurring symptoms […]
India unveils vaccine for deadly diarrhoea virus
NEW DELHI – Scientists unveiled on Tuesday an affordable vaccine against a deadly diarrhoea-causing virus that kills some 100,000 children in India every year. Rotavirus, which causes dehydration and severe diarrhoea, is globally responsible for some 453,000 deaths annually and […]
Panic grips Saudis as toll rises from SARS-like virus
RIYADH – Panic has gripped Saudis in the country’s east, where most cases of the deadly coronavirus have been detected, witnesses said, as the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom hits 15. Scores of people have reported […]
Cambodia can End HIV Infections by 2020: WHO
Cambodia is on track to successfully reverse HIV epidemic and may eliminate new infections by 2020, says the World Health Organization. The Southeast Asian nation has reduced its HIV prevalence rate from a 1998 peak of 1.7 percent among people […]
Deaths of Nine Kids Forces Suspension of Vaccine in Vietnam
Following the deaths of nine children who were given Quinvaxem vaccine in Vietnam, the country’s health ministry revealed that it will be suspending the use of the vaccine until it receives a report from the World Health Organization. Quinvaxem is […]
Toxicity found in breast milk of Vietnamese mothers in dioxin-affected areas
DONG NAI – During the war in Viet Nam, US troops stored more than 98,000 buckets of Agent Orange at Bien Hoa airbase in the southern province of Dong Nai. After they overflowed several times, the contamination level far exceeded […]
Most fish sauces have ‘unsafe’ levels of preservatives
THAILAND – Most fish sauces and many mixed fish sauces on store shelves across Thailand contain levels of preservatives that fail to meet safety standards, according to the results of a study released yesterday. The Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) […]
