Air pollution illnesses in Thailand hit 12.3M in 2024
Moreover, within just two months of 2025, the number of people affected exceeded 980,000.
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341 children in India’s Punjab get new lease of life with free heart surgeries
In an initiative aimed at safeguarding the health of its youngest citizens and ensuring a healthier future, the Punjab government has successfully provided free heart surgeries to…
Drone delivery of medicine on river route demonstrated in Japan’s Hamamatsu
The system aims to provide access to health supplies for a fee to areas without a pharmacy.
Breaking hearts and the bank: The cost of heart attack, stroke in the Philippines
Heart diseases remain the country’s leading causes of death.
42-hour week is tough enough, say nurses in Malaysia
A 45-hour work week was supposed to come into effect on March 1 in line with a new directive under the Public Service Remuneration System. The Health Ministry (KKM), however, has…
‘Super-specialty’ hospital to transform Bhutan’s healthcare
The construction of a Multi-Disciplinary Super-Speciality Hospital, spearheaded by the Ministry of Health, underscores the government's commitment to ensuring equitable access to…
Thai government warns teens about “Zombie Cigarettes” containing sedative drugs
These cigarettes contain Etomidate, a sedative used in medical settings. When abused as a drug, Etomidate induces severe drowsiness, slows breathing, causes dangerously low blood…
Vaccine against hand-foot-mouth disease to be brought to Vietnam
Research results published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet show that the vaccine is safe and has a high protective effect of up to 96.8 percent, maintaining…
Thai public warned to avoid raw milk after avian flu detected in mammals
Globally, avian influenza in mammals is on the rise. In neighboring Cambodia, infections have resulted in severe symptoms, with avian influenza having a high fatality rate of…
Indonesia food and drug agency seizes illegal cosmetics promoted by social media influencers
The agency identified 205,133 illegal products of more than 4,000 variants, with a total estimated value of Rp 31.7 billion (US$1.9 million). The figure is 10 times higher than…