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Working the night shift comes with many struggles
Life, Published on 21/05/2024
» DEAR DOCTORS: I've been offered a new job that would start this summer. It comes with a sizable pay raise, so I am considering it. What worries me is that it's an overnight shift, which I've read is hard on your health. I would like to know more about that, and if I can avoid the negative health impacts.
Farm animals are hauled all over the country; so are their pathogens
Published on 20/05/2024
» The bird flu virus that is spreading through American dairy cows can probably be traced back to a single spillover event. Late last year, scientists believe, the virus jumped from wild birds into cattle in the Texas panhandle. By this spring, the virus, known as H5N1, had travelled hundreds of miles or more, appearing on farms in Idaho, North Carolina and Michigan.
Faces of courage
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 20/05/2024
» Si Leeya knew he had fallen prey to leprosy at the age of 15. Overwhelmed by fear of social stigma, he decided to run away from home.
NVI Evaluates Achievement of National Vaccine Security Act.
Published on 17/05/2024
» National Vaccine Institute (NVI), led by Cherdchai Tantisirin, Vice Minister for Public Health, hosted a hybrid conference to evaluate The achievement of the 2018 National Vaccine Security Act. The conference was attended by over 70 honourable guests, including members of the Committee and Subcommittee from NVI, executive board members from all departments of the Ministry of Public Health, expert teams from the Vaccination Research and Development Network, representatives from vaccine manufacturing and import networks, the procurement sector, the Department of Local Administration, and public and private vaccination service units.
Climate change poses health threat
Oped, Published on 17/05/2024
» It is widely believed that climate change is the single biggest threat to human health. A global temperature increase of 2C -- a threshold that will likely be exceeded by the end of the century -- could claim as many as one billion lives, with extreme weather events, heatwaves, droughts, flooding, infectious disease outbreaks, and food shortages among the causes of death. But the situation may, in fact, be far worse because the current forecasts fail to account for the inevitable increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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.
Alarm bells ring as Covid situation worsens
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/05/2024
» Experts are becoming concerned about the worsening Covid-19 situation over the past weeks, with health authorities issuing warnings on the spread of the new Omicron sub-variants.
Alarm bells ring as Covid situation worsens
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/05/2024
» Experts are becoming concerned about the worsening Covid-19 situation over the past weeks, with health authorities issuing warnings on the spread of the new Omicron sub-variants.
Heat stroke claims 61 lives this year
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/05/2024
» Heat stroke has claimed the lives of 61 people so far this year, compared with 37 in 2023, the Ministry of Public Health said on Friday.
"Sanofi Planet Care Upcycling Program" Launched
Published on 10/05/2024
» Sanofi-Aventis (Thailand) Company Limited (SANOFI), an innovative global healthcare company, SCG Chemicals Public Company Limited (SCGC), a leader in the integrated chemical business for sustainability and an expert in green polymer, CirPlas Tech Company Limited (Cirplas), an expert in total plastic waste solutions, along with hospitals and partners from public and private sectors and related organisations, have collectively launched the "Sanofi Planet Care Upcycling Program: Giving a New Life to Used Insulin Pens" for the first time in Thailand.