Active surveillance of cholera is being carried out in only four districts only—the Valley’s three and Kailali. Experts say water and sanitation conditions in the rest of the…
“Since early June, AES cases have been reported from Gujarat in children under 15 years of age. As on 31 July 140 cases from 24 districts of Gujarat, four from Madhya Pradesh,…
Though the number of malaria cases so far this year is half of last year's total figures, the agency on July 31 noted there has been an unusual surge in malaria cases in Seoul and…
This is the second major incident of food poisoning within a week. A total of 165 SCDF personnel fell sick on July 23 and 24 at the Civil Defence Academy campus in Jalan Bahar.
Health officials said that the Vibrio cholera 01 Ogawa serotype has been confirmed in the stool sample of an infected patient. Health officials concede that the outbreak of the…
The food poisoning outbreak was traced to Nihonbashi Unagi Isesada, a popular eel establishment at the Keikyu department store in Yokohama, Japan’s second most populous…
The amendments to the Medical Act were passed following public debates and contention within the medical fraternity. This comes as a much-needed resolution to the conflict…
Restrictions were placed on Japanese food products in 2011 as a result of the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
With a new HIV infection every 2 minutes, governments in Asia-Pacific countries must urgently invest in prevention programs and community-led initiatives, it suggests.
Infectious disease consultant Hsu Li Yang said Singapore is likely to be experiencing a dengue outbreak now, given that the number of cases significantly exceeds the average…