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Public warned of uncooked pork after 3 deaths
Online Reporters, Published on 26/02/2026
» Health authorities have alerted the public to be wary of consuming uncooked pork after 49 patients were reported to have contracted Streptococcus suis, with three deaths recorded in the first month of 2026.
Jabs against pneumococcus seen as 'sound investment'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/02/2026
» Thailand's leading paediatric organisations have urged the National Health Security Office (NHSO) to include the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in the universal health care scheme, saying protection against severe but preventable childhood diseases is a sound public investment.
Campaign Urges Universal PCV Access for Thai Children
Published on 19/11/2025
» Pneumonia remains a silent but serious threat in Thailand, ranking among the top three causes of death nationwide and posing an acute danger to young children and the elderly. In response to this ongoing public health challenge, five key organisations, the Royal College of Pediatricians of Thailand, the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of Thailand (PIDST), the Department of Disease Control (DDC), the Vaccine for People Foundation, and the National Vaccine Institute (NVI), have joined forces to launch the campaign “Thai Children Must Be Protected from Vaccine-Preventable Diseases.”
Terminal volunteers can save lives
News, Published on 13/09/2025
» At the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), a programme called Last Gift offers terminally ill patients the opportunity to help create more effective treatments. Their special circumstances transform the usual risk-benefit calculus of joining a clinical study of an untested drug. Researchers can ask them to consider consenting to being research participants in ways that they would not ask healthier people with long life expectancies, and terminally ill patients may choose to give that consent when others would be less likely to do so.
Doctors warn parents of rise in scarlet fever
Post Reporters, Published on 01/03/2025
» Thai health authorities have advised parents to remain vigilant but to not panic following a rise in scarlet fever cases among children.
Thai innovation takes centre stage at Bitec
Life, Published on 03/02/2025
» More than 1,000 creations by Thai and international inventors are being exhibited during "Thailand Inventors' Day 2025", which is running at Bitec Event Hall 101-104, Bang Na-Trat Road, daily from 9am to 5.30pm, until Thursday.
Cook pork properly, doctor warns
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/01/2025
» People are strongly advised to avoid eating raw and undercooked pork to protect themselves from being infected with streptococcus suis, commonly known as hearing loss fever, which can be fatal.
Warning after raw pork deaths in NE Thailand
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 06/10/2024
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has alerted the public to be wary of uncooked pork following 12 deaths linked to Streptococcus suis in four provinces in the lower northeastern region.
Hong Kong finds 13 potentially deadly infections linked to fish
Published on 17/09/2024
» HONG KONG: Thirteen more patients suffering from a potentially deadly bacterial infection have tested positive for a strain linked to contact with raw freshwater fish, bringing the total to 40 cases in a month, with health authorities warning the number may rise further.
Japan trippers warned of deadly bacteria
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/06/2024
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) is warning Japan-bound travellers to seriously protect themselves against infection by a rare and often fatal flesh-eating bacteria now spreading there.