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BEIJING: A woman in China, who miraculously survived being pushed off a cliff in Thailand by her husband and lost her unborn child as a result, recently disclosed that her newborn, conceived through in vitro fertilisation (IVF), is battling congenital heart disease.
The health authorities in Singapore are keeping watch on four diseases, including Covid-19, H5N1 and mpox, as part of efforts to prepare the Republic for another pandemic.
With their recent enrolment in a clinical trial, they look to a future with a possible drug to help manage their condition.
MANILA: The Philippines' Department of Health said on Saturday (March 1) it has tallied 7,598 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) from January to Feb. 22 this year, three times higher than the same period last year.
KUALA PILAH: For decades now, older folk in the Orang Asli community in Kampung Guntur and Kampung Chergun near here have told ancient stories of leprosy in their midst.
An American non-profit helps develop treatments for nano-rare disease patients.
One of the biggest stars of Danish cinema, von Trier has directed more than 14 feature films, often disturbing and violent.
The Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture has formed the National Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Task Force as a strategic measure to check the spread of FMD in livestock in Indonesia, reported ANTARA news agency.
SINGAPORE: The bird, barely the size of a human palm, struggled in the mesh net hanging between two wooden poles on Pulau Ubin, the biodiversity haven located off Singapore’s eastern coast.
The notion of how human well-being is intimately intertwined with environmental health is gaining traction globally, with scientists and the World Health Organisation (WHO) urging governments to take greater consideration of the nexus between the two.
PETALING JAYA: No presence of the bird-killing Newcastle disease virus (NDV) has been detected in premises and products involving bird's nests in Malaysia monitored by Veterinary Services Department (DVS).
Chinese doctors say affordable procedure works in ‘60 to 80 per cent’ of patients, but some medical experts are sceptical.
PAMANDZI, Mayotte (Reuters) -Authorities in Mayotte struggled on Tuesday to stop hunger, disease and lawlessness from spreading in the French overseas territory after the weekend's devastating cyclone, while Mozambique reported dozens of deaths from the storm.
NCDs now outnumber infectious diseases as the top killers globally, according to a new WHO report.
Coffee has long been suspected of being harmful to health, especially cardiovascular health. But the scientific community is increasingly finding benefits in this beverage, when drunk in moderation.
SHAH ALAM: Health screenings on 266 children rescued from GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISB) in Selangor revealed that 26.8% are stunted, says Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari.
HANOI (Xinhua): As many as 24 cases of Whitmore's disease including four deaths from the disease have been recorded in central Vietnam's Quang Tri province, local media reported on Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. state of California has recorded six fatalities among 63 cases of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus (WNV) this year, according to the latest data of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
IPOH: The house of a habitual hoarder here has been cleared more than four times in the last four years.
PRAGUE, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Bluetongue disease has reappeared in the Czech Republic for the first time in 15 years, after an outbreak was reported in the country's western region.
