Category: Health alert
EV-71 Disease caused 52 deaths in Cambodia
VIETNAM – A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to many of the mysterious child deaths in Cambodia that caused alarm after a cause could not immediately be determined, health officials said Monday. Lab tests have […]
Indonesia’s clean drinking water crisis worst in Southeast Asia says expert
INDONESIA – a freshwater researcher at the Indonesian Research Institute (LIPI) said that Indonesia has the worst drinking water in Southeast Asia. “Only 30% [of city residents] have access to clean water,” Ignasius DA Sutapa said in Bengkalis, Riau. “[That […]
More Euro 2012 fans falling victim to Facial paralysis
CHINA – Hospitals in Beijing are receiving more patients since the beginning of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship. According to a facial nerve hospital in Beijing, the number of patients with facial paralysis is 20 percent higher than usual, […]
Over 2 Million Malaysians suffer from Diabetes
MALAYSIA – According to findings by the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS), 2.6 million Malaysians were found to be suffering from diabetes om 2011. Health director-general Datuk Seri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman described the findings as alarming and worrying, […]
Filipinos among World’s Top Smokers, says survey
PHILIPPINES – Despite the existence of laws that limit smoking, male Filipino smokers are among the top smokers in the world occupying the ninth spot following India and China among others, data from the American Cancer Society and World Lung […]
Maternal Deaths on the Rise
PHILIPPINES – As the controversy over women’s access to proper reproductive health continues, Health Secretary Enrique Ona disclosed that the country’s maternal mortality rate went up to 221 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2010, from 162 deaths in 2006. […]
Taiwan monitors Oyster scare
TAIWAN may remove certain South Korean seafood products from store shelves after the US Food and Drug Administration warned that they may be contaminated with noroviruses. The Department of Health (DOH) has started inspecting each batch of imported shellfish from […]
China has serious Tuberculosis Epidemic, says report
UNITED STATES – China faces a “serious epidemic” of drug-resistant tuberculosis according to the first-ever nationwide estimate of the size of the problem there, a US-published study said on Wednesday. “In 2007, one third of the patients with new cases […]
FDA urges market pullout of Korean molluscan shellfish
UNITED STATES – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised US food wholesalers, food retailers and food-service operators to remove from their distribution chains all clams, mussels, oysters and scallops – collectively known as molluscan shellfish – that have […]
E. Coli scare in Japan takes raw beef liver off the shelves
JAPAN – A food-safety panel has decided to ban the serving of raw beef liver after deeming it a health risk. Effective this July, barbecue restaurants and local bars will no longer serve this favourite dish which is part of […]
