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Singapore sets up precautionary border screenings for mpox virus
Published on 23/08/2024
» SINGAPORE: Singapore will screen for mpox symptoms at border checkpoints, boosting precautionary measures against the virus after its outbreak was declared a global health emergency.
Tourism firms jittery over mpox impact
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 23/08/2024
» Tourism operators have expressed concerns over mpox as the first suspected case of a more transmissible strain of the virus was detected in Thailand.
Asian-Americans see Kamala Harris' nomination as their time to shine
South China Morning Post, Published on 22/08/2024
» NEW YORK - As the Democratic Party unites behind US Vice-President Kamala Harris, the nation's first Asian-American and African-American woman to be nominated for president by a major political party, many Asian-Americans say they feel increasingly emboldened and optimistic that their voices will be heard.
Take mpox seriously
News, Editorial, Published on 22/08/2024
» From a country once considered at "almost zero risk" of an mpox outbreak, as declared by a senior health official two years ago, Thailand is now facing an increasing threat after the Department of Disease Control (DDC) confirmed yesterday that a patient who travelled to the kingdom from Africa might be infected with the more serious Clade 1b strain of the disease.
New mpox case could be more transmissible strain
Online Reporters, Published on 21/08/2024
» The Department of Disease Control said on Wednesday that Thailand may have its first case of a new, more transmissible strain of mpox.
New PM talks big
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/08/2024
» Re: "I will make every inch of Thailand fit ... ", (InQuote, Aug 19).
Lack of cybersecurity knowledge seen as risk to Thailand
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 20/08/2024
» More than half of Thai respondents in a survey were found to lack knowledge and understanding of cybersecurity and safety, especially in areas that pose a risk to them personally as well as in their organisations.
Fears after monekeypox outbreak in Africa
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/08/2024
» The Ministry of Public Health is on high alert as the World Health Organization (WHO) prepares to consider declaring a monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
Cheaper, 'better' 1-dose HPV vaccine on the way
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/08/2024
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) will likely replace its current two-dose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine with a cheaper, more effective vaccine in the next fiscal year, says Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin. He said the current two-dose vaccine is 60% effective against two strains of the virus -- HPV16 and HPV18 -- while its prospective cheaper single-dose replacement is 90% effective against nine strains.
Signs of hope amid HIV ‘second wave’
Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 03/08/2024
» The recent spike in HIV infections among groups of young people in the Asia Pacific region is a serious concern, and countries need to invest more in prevention and intervention, says Eamonn Murphy, the UNAIDS regional director for Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe Central Asia.