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Somsak outlines strategy on dengue
News, Published on 10/06/2025
» The government has laid out its strategy to combat the spread of dengue fever, in an effort to bring down the number of deaths from the disease to zero this year.
Life in a flu bubble
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/05/2025
» Re: "Covid cases hit 33k last week", (BP, May 19) & "Covid alert as six die last week,' (BP, May 13).
Leishmaniasis deaths prompt alert in Thailand
Post Reporters, Published on 25/04/2025
» Thai health authorities have issued a warning following two deaths from leishmaniasis this year, urging the public to take precautions against bites from sandflies, the disease’s primary vector.
Dengue jab trial to begin
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/03/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health will launch a dengue vaccination trial in Nakhon Phanom province next month. If successful, the vaccine will be included in the universal healthcare scheme, says Minister Somsak Thepsutin.
Secondhand smoke 'kills 9,400 per year'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/08/2024
» More than 9,000 people die as a result of secondhand smoke in Thailand each year, a rate higher than that of the United States, says a recent report.
Alert for ill travellers coming from Central, South America
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/07/2024
» People arriving from Central or South America are advised to see a doctor if they have high fever, aches and chills after reports of the world’s first fatalities from oropouche fever, which is endemic to the region.
BMA, businesses join hands in dengue war
News, Published on 17/06/2024
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Department of Disease Control are teaming up with businesses to raise public awareness of dengue fever, which is growing more prevalent as climate change increases the range of mosquitos that carry the disease.
School classes ‘can go online’
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/05/2024
» The new school term, which starts on Thursday, could proceed with online classes if health threats to students arise, including the spread of Covid-19, excessive heat or high levels of air pollution, the government says.
“ARS Mos Shooter" Launched in Thailand
Published on 08/05/2024
» Earth (Thailand) Co., Ltd., led by Mr. Kentaro Sato, President, and Kao Industrial (Thailand) Co., Ltd., led by Mr. Yuji Shimizu, President, held a press conference on the launch of "ARS Mos Shooter", an innovative mosquito eradication spray. This product, developed collaboratively by Earth and Kao, marks its debut in Thailand. The press conference was presided over by Mr. Takuro Tasaka, Minister of the Embassy of Japan in Thailand; Dr. Chantana Padungthod, Director of the Vector-Borne Diseases Division, Department of Disease Control; Assistant Professor Dr. Panida Srisan, Chairperson of the Chalermphrakiat Building Fund Administration, The Children's Hospital Foundation; along with Ms. Lydia Saranrach and her family, who also participated in a special talk on 'How to Protect Your Family from Dengue Fever.' The event took place at the Promotion Hall, Samyan Mitrtown Shopping Center, Bangkok.
Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts
Published on 29/04/2024
» MANILA: The Philippines has closed schools down and warned of overloading on its power grid, as authorities across Southeast Asia issued a series of health alerts for a crushing and deadly heat wave.