Getting second Covid-19 infection not more dangerous, say S’pore experts
Refuting a US study, the researchers found that patients with reinfections were three times more likely to be hospitalised than those infected for the first time.
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Hong Kong halts poultry imports from Japan prefecture over bird flu
According to data, Hong Kong imported about 1,260 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 292.13 million poultry eggs from Japan in the first nine months of this year.
Inactivated vaccines may prevent severe disease in Covid-19 patients: Study
These vaccines, like Sinovac, elicit a broader immune response against different proteins on the virus.
Tightened restrictions for hospital, residential care home visits extended
The decision has been made to relieve the pressure on hospitals and homes, and protect the vulnerable from Covid-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Two more drug companies have medicinal syrup licences revoked
Health authorities have so far reported 320 cases of acute kidney injuries – mostly in infants – with 195 fatalities since January.
Ending the COVID-19 public health threat
The SARS-CoV-2 virus, with its many variants and permutations, is here to stay. And while we need to live with COVID, it need not remain a threat to public health.
With syrup medicines banned, how are Indonesian parents treating their sick children?
With a number of syrup-based medicines now banned by the country, parents share their current, temporary solutions for their children’s light illnesses.
Child deaths blamed on syrup medicines rise to 195 in Indonesia
Tests found most of the deaths were caused by syrups containing excessive amounts of compounds used in industrial products.
Cholera, sign of inequity, rising in Philippines with cases up by 254%
Out of the 4,102 cholera cases this year, 52 per cent are females while 18 percent are children who are five to nine years old.
Officials call for traditional Chinese medicine modernisation, innovation
China has also set up the world's first TCM evidence-based medical center, 40 TCM clinical research bases, and two national-level TCM clinical research centers.