Category: Community
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international concern”. The Ebola crisis has so far affected 2,500 people in the region since August […]
Philippines declares national dengue alert
A recent surge in dengue cases in several regions has prompted Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) to issue a national alert for the first time. About an 85% increase in nationwide cases were reported in the first six months of […]
Seagulls in Australia carry dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Australian coasts teem with numerous seagulls –the birds could now be dangerous to human health. Research on silver gulls found more than 20% of the species nationwide carry bacteria that causes urinary tract/blood infections and sepsis, contracted from scavenging in […]
More US citizens report alcohol’s secondhand harms
Smoking’s secondhand effects are better known than alcohol’s – a new US study suggests the latter’s effects are much more dangerous and varied. Women were likely to be harmed by a spouse, partner or family member who is inebriated while […]
Thai research deploys natural killer cells against cancer
Natural killer cells are a component of white blood cells, which are crucial to our immune system’s detection/destruction of abnormal cells before they develop into cancerous tumours. Recently, Thai researchers have successfully used these natural killer cells in their national […]
MS patients must watch their symptoms carefully
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune, inflammatory neurological disease of the nervous system, which degrades the protective sheath around nerves and causes scar tissue. The brain has a harder time signaling the body and this will later result in […]
Pakistan’s HIV outbreak, children most affected
Pakistan, population 200 million, has recently been hit by an HIV endemic where some 680 people are reported to have been infected. In Ratodero, Sindh Province, unease grew as 537 children aged 2-12 years were tested positive for the disease. […]
Swine fever emergency in Vietnam, over 1mn pigs culled
Southeast Asia’s Vietnam has culled some 1.2 million farmed pigs on suspicion of infection by the African swine fever virus. It was first reported in the nation in February 2019 and has since spread to 29 provinces, including Dong Nai, […]
Singapore reports rare monkeypox case, quarantines enforced
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed its first case of monkeypox infection, apparently brought in a 38-year-old Nigerian man who ate bushmeat prior to his arrival in the republic in late April. He is currently warded in isolation at […]
UK trial results may banish stroke disability
Stoke is severely detrimental to most of its sufferers, who struggle to complete menial, everyday tasks. NHS England has identified stroke as the leading cause of disability in the UK. But an English clinical trial for stroke patients has shown […]
