Category: Community
China promises to fine-tune family planning policy
CHINA – China will stick with its current family planning policy to maintain the country’s low birthrate but will make an effort to fine-tune it, the country’s population planning chief said. Wang Xia, minister of the National Population and Family […]
Philippine health agency warns against flu from U.S.
MANILA- The Philippine health department urged on Tuesday the public to be vigilant against influenza that has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Health Secretary Enrique Ona said his office is monitoring the flu season in the United States […]
China issues flu shot warning
CHINA – Health specialists have urged more people to get flu shots this winter, as the killer virus continues to sweep the country. Although influenza cases are “well within the normal range compared with last year”, China’s top health specialist […]
Ban on Formula Milk Urged by Pakistanis
Media reports indicate that health experts, MPs and civil society members of Pakistan’s Sindh province want a ban on formula milk. Experts at a seminar in Karachi said nothing could be done to promote breastfeeding for children in the absence […]
Swine Flu Kills Two in a Week in Jordan: Health Minister
In the second death in a week caused by swine flu, a Jordanian woman has died of swine flu complications, Health Minister Abdullatif Wreikat said on Sunday. “The woman, who was in her forties, was taken to hospital last Sunday, […]
1,000 in Pagoh get free health, heart checks
PAGOH – Some 1,000 people from around Bukit Pasir here underwent medical screening yesterday during the Sayangi Jantung Anda medical outreach programme. Jointly organised by Briged Sukarelawan NSTP-Media Prima and the National Heart Institute (IJN), the programme was held at […]
Beijing choked by pollution at dangerous levels
BEIJING – Dense fog enveloped swathes of east and central China Saturday, with pollution levels in Beijing reaching dangerous levels for a second day and residents advised to stay indoors, state media said. The municipal environment warning centre issued an […]
Chemical dump affects water supply in Shanghai
SHANGHAI – Authorities in Shanghai have been offering emergency water supplies to residents of a southwestern suburb after a discharge of chemical waste into a river required the water to be cut off to about 30,000 people. Firefighting departments were […]
Indonesia plans to produce bird flu vaccine for new strain
JAKARTA- The Indonesian government plans to produce bird flu vaccine for new strain of the virus that has killed hundreds of thousands of ducks in Java island, a minister said here on Thursday. People Welfare and Poverty Alleviation Minister Agung […]
Flu season peak expected for China’s northern provinces
BEIJING- The flu season that started in China’s northern provinces in December is expected to peak with infections in the next few weeks, a ministry spokesman said Thursday. Ministry of Health spokesman Deng Haihua said despite the expected peak infection […]
