Hong Kong govt mulls revising law to allow non-locally-trained nurses
The proposal is for non-locally-trained nurses to be admitted to work in qualified nurse training schools, residential care homes, nursing homes, and social welfare services via…
Health
Chinese authorities step up training on flu treatment
Experts emphasised the early diagnosis and intervention for vulnerable groups as health authorities have stepped up training at hospitals.
Indonesia’s health reform faces tough year
"Outside of the pandemic sphere, healthcare spending has largely stagnated over the past few years," a report stated.
Scientist, student discover gene linking breast cancer to stress, irregular body clock
The discovery of the gene can help people better understand how cancer spreads in the body, as well as how to manage and treat it.
Indonesia boosts vigilance amid global bird flu outbreaks
Based on the World Health Organization assessment, at least for now, there is no evidence to suggest that humans are highly prone to being infected by the virus or that there has…
Hard fight: Combatting childhood cancer in Indonesia
Fifty percent of children with cancer are diagnosed late, significantly impacting their survival rates.
The avian flu problem is not just for the birds
While the risk of human-to-human spread of this new variant seems to be of low concern for now, the effects of the virus among birds and mammals, both wild and in captivity, could…
Girl’s death from H5N1 virus triggers alarm bells in Cambodia
According to the authorities, the patient’s village is located near a protected area home to many species of birds, which have been dying recently at an uncommonly increased…
Soybean paste, tofu linked to lower gastric cancer risk
The finding was based on research conducted over an average of nine years with 139,267 participants between 2004 and 2013.
Food fraud: When what you eat isn’t what it’s supposed to be
Food fraud methods have notoriously made people very sick and have caused hundreds of deaths.