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…
Health
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.
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.