Category: Community
Two Chinese die from H7N9 bird flu
BEIJING- Three cases of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza have been detected recently in Shanghai and Anhui Province, and two of them have died, the other being in a critical condition, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said […]
TB-HIV co-infection on the rise
INDONESIA – For Indonesia, World Tuberculosis Day, which falls on March 24, is an event of great relevance due to the fact that the country ranks fifth on the list of 22 high-burden Tuberculosis (TB) countries in the world. According […]
Rubella spreading rapidly among young men in Tokyo
TOKYO – Rubella, or German measles, has been spreading rapidly, especially among males in their 20s to 40s living in the Tokyo metropolitan area, prompting the health ministry to issue a call for citizens to get vaccinated against the disease. […]
Massive funding boost needed to beat TB: UN
The global fight against tuberculosis needs a massive financial boost as drug-resistant strains of the disease take hold, two international organisations warned on Monday. The World Health Organisation and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria said that […]
Taipei HIV cases grow at 10% a year: Officials
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taipei is now seeing a 10-per cent annual growth rate in the number of HIV patients, the city’s Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday, adding that most of the patients are infected through unprotected sex. The DOH […]
22 Bihar Districts Hit by Arsenic
Public Health and Engineering Department Minister Chandra Mohan Rai has said that high levels of arsenic and fluoride have been found in the groundwater of 22 Bihar districts, posing environmental and health hazards. Rai told the assembly that 5,747 villages […]
Jordan confirms 4th fatality of H1N1 influenza this year
AMMAN- Jordanian health authorities announced Thursday the death of a 27-year-old pregnant woman suffering from H1N1 influenza, which increased the death toll of the disease in the country to four since the beginning of this year, the state-run Petra news […]
Hand-foot-mouth Disease Affects 10,000 in Vietnam
The hand-foot-mouth disease, a contagious viral disease particularly affecting infants and children, has hit over 10,000 Vietnamese. Nguyen Van Binh, head of the ministry’s Preventive Health Department, said the disease has spread to 60 of the country’s 64 provinces, Xinhua […]
Bihar: 6000 Chickens Culled After Bird Flu Outbreak
In Bihar’s Purnea district, nearly 6,000 chickens were culled following an outbreak of bird flu, say officials. Rajesh Kumar, director of state animal husbandry department, said he has ordered the administration to keep a close watch on the situation for […]
Japan’s herbal medicine industry worries as China restricts licorice supplies
Companies making Chinese herbal medicine are stepping up efforts to ensure a stable supply of licorice, a major raw material for the medicine whose import price has increased by about 50 per cent over the past five years. The price […]
