Category: Community
Cambodia’s malaria death toll halves in 2012: health official
PHNOM PENH- Forty-seven Cambodian people were killed by malaria last year, down 50 percent compared with 94 deaths in a year earlier, a health official said Friday. “This is the first largest drop in the last decade,” Dr. Char Meng […]
Sudden spike in dengue cases
Singapore-There has been a sudden surge of dengue fever this year, with more than 200 cases diagnosed last week – the highest weekly number in more than a year and sparking a possible epidemic. The epidemic threshold is 165 cases […]
Tainted-chicken probe goes on in Shanghai
SHANGHAI – Shanghai’s food safety watchdog is still investigating Yum! Brands Inc and its subsidiary KFC for a scandal involving antibiotics-tainted chicken, vowing severe punishment for any violations. At a news conference in the city on Friday, Yan Zuqiang, director […]
Deadly Ebola Variant Found in Bangladesh Bats
New findings indicate that fruit bats in Bangladesh are harboring a new version of Ebola virus, which causes severe hemorrhagic fever. The study by EcoHealth Alliance, a non profit organisation that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, extends […]
Organ brokers receive up to 4 years in prison: China
CHINA – A court in Poyang county, East China’s Jiangxi province, sentenced four people to up to four years in prison for organising trade in organs, Jiangnan City Daily reported on Thursday. Poyang police arrested six members of the group […]
Saudi Arabia closes down 10 medical facilities for violating health criteria
RIYADH- The Saudi Health Ministry closed down this month ten medical complexes in Riyadh for violating medical practice regulations, the Saudi News Agency reported on Tuesday. The violations were found during their regular health inspections, as a result, the Minister […]
Three in Japan die from suspected norovirus outbreaks
OSAKA- A total of three people aged between 88 and 97 have died of a norovirus-related illness at long-term care facilities for elderly people in Japan’s Mie and Okayama Prefecture, local press reported on Wednesday. According to the country’s public […]
Risking a shot at eternal beauty
MALAYSIA – Some women are willing to have injections administered by beauty consultants to have fair and supple skin. Harian Metro reported that these women ignore the health risks, including being exposed to HIV and Hepatitis B. A woman, who […]
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 […]
