Indonesia’s main airport tightens mpox surveillance
Soekarno-Hatta airport is requiring all inbound travelers to sign up with the SatuSehat electronic health pass prior to departure as part of a broader government policy to prevent…
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Singapore doctors may have found a way to make head, neck cancers more receptive to treatment
Head and neck cancers – which occur in areas between the nose and the voice box – affect 900 to 950 people in Singapore each year.
Indonesian Health Ministry offers new strategy to curb antimicrobial resistance
The new strategy targets the next five years until 2029 and focuses on strengthening capacity across laboratories nationwide for a more comprehensive, integrated system to monitor…
Fourth case of mpox virus confirmed in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: official
The health ministry had clarified earlier that the first mpox case detected in Pakistan was of the clade 2 variety. A second case of mpox was confirmed last week, with the patient…
5 things to know about measles and its spread amid recent outbreak in Vietnam
The number of known infections in Ho Chi Minh hit 353 on Aug 22, up from just one between 2021 and 2023.
Mpox test kits not for public, says Malaysia’s Medical Device Authority
MDA chief executive officer Dr P Muralitharan said that only authorised professionals are allowed to handle mpox test kits and added that any sales of test kits is illegal.
Malaysia ramps up mpox measures
The Health Department will be disseminating information on mpox to create public awareness through social media, targeting high-risk groups. A state-level mpox operation room is…
Indonesia orders nearly 2,000 doses of mpox vaccine from Denmark
A shipment of 1,600 vaccine doses, the second from the Scandinavian country, is expected to arrive next week, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Tuesday.
Prevalence of dementia in Singapore falls to 1 in 11 among older adults: study
Increased employment among this group, higher education, and a lower stroke prevalence contributed to the fall, said the Institute of Mental Health, which is behind the study.
Crisis in South Korea’s medical system builds as hospital workers plan walkout
The planned walkout comes after 91 percent of the Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union -- which has some 30,000 nurses, caregivers and other medical workers at 61 hospitals as…