Health centres gear up to help depressed legislative candidates
Despite a lack of reports of candidates facing mental breakdowns during the 2019 election, Central Jakarta is among the regions gearing up to offer mental health services and…
Health
Our bondage to rice
"The fact that many Filipinos eat rice thrice a day is something that we take for granted, and the best doctors can hope for is that they might change to healthier (and lower…
Under pressure, junior doctors in South Korea leave strike decision hanging
Despite the government’s pleas, however, doctors were seen as preparing for massive walkouts, sparking concerns over a possible health care crisis.
Genetically modified pigs created for organ transplants in Japan
The team now plans to increase the number of pigs for its research and proceed with studying the xenotransplantation of porcine organs into lab monkeys.
Seoul to subsidise 1 million won for mothers’ postpartum care
Seoul Metropolitan Government’s postpartum care voucher can be used for maternal and newborn healthcare services, purchasing medicines and healthy foods for postpartum health…
India records 74 new Covid-19 cases
Eight new cases were reported from New Delhi in 24 hours on February 12. No deaths were reported in the past 24 hours.
Health care crisis looms as S. Korea’s doctors prepare for strike over medical quota expansion
The Korean Medical Association, the country's largest coalition of doctors groups with 130,000 members, has threatened to go on strike on Thursday.
Malaysia sees dengue cases up by 65%
At the moment, there are 180 hotspots, with 143 of them in Selangor, 20 in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, seven in Negri Sembilan, four in Perak, three in Penang, and one each in…
South Korea’s doctors, government lock horns over medical school expansion
In response to medical circles mulling over joint action in protest of the recent expansion, the Health Ministry said that it had issued orders to prohibit doctors from engaging…
Samsung Biologics, LegoChem team up to develop new targeted cancer drugs
LegoChem Biosciences, founded in 2006, specializes in research and development capabilities in therapeutics, especially with a focus on ADC technology and synthetic drugs.