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…
Health
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.
Virus strains unlikely to cause major outbreak: Experts
The domestic emergence of the two strains has drawn attention because they have spread rapidly in a number of countries in recent months.
Long Covid response spotty among local governments in Japan
As reasons for not publicly listing long Covid sufferers, some said it would put stress on the particular institutions.
Accessible health care for all
The Covid-19 pandemic has already highlighted the urgent need to establish government satellite hospitals that would provide specialized services in the provinces.
China’s medical insurance reforms aim to improve healthcare security
Officially implemented in 1998, it has played a key role in facilitating the country's transition from a planned economy to a socialist market economy.
Zhejiang performs country’s first minimally invasive artificial heart implant surgery
The surgery only required two incisions and caused no damage to the patient's ribs.
Free care for Team Cambodia athletes: PM
Hun Sen gave the instruction to the Ministry of Health, expressing concerns about the welfare of the Kingdom’s athletes.
Philippines allots P178 million to fight bird flu
The current fund is higher than the allocation for past years, and would also be used to respond to animal disease emergencies through early detection and reliable laboratory…