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Evading outbreak
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 19/08/2014
» The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa is now five months old. While states of emergency have been put into effect across West African nations in response to the epidemic, fear seems to loom near the shores of many countries around the world, including Thailand.
Aids conference delegates seek asylum in Australia: agency
AFP, Published on 04/08/2014
» MELBOURNE - Some 25 delegates to an international Aids conference held in Melbourne last month fear returning home and will seek asylum in Australia, refugee and welfare agencies said Monday.
UN: Aids deaths fall by third
AFP, Published on 16/07/2014
» GENEVA - Global Aids-related deaths and new HIV infections have fallen by more than a third in a decade, the United Nations said Wednesday, voicing hope the killer disease can be wiped out.
Two-year-old Cambodian girl dies of bird flu
AFP, Published on 17/03/2014
» A two-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, becoming the country's fourth confirmed fatality -- all children -- from the deadly virus this year, health authorities said Monday.
Cambodian boy dies of bird flu in second death for 2014
AFP, Published on 07/03/2014
» A three-year-old Cambodian boy has died of bird flu, the health ministry said Friday, in the country's second fatality this year.
January worst month in China's human H7N9 outbreak: govt
AFP, Published on 11/02/2014
» A total of 31 people died from H7N9 bird flu in mainland China in January, the government announced Monday, making it by far the worst month in the outbreak.
Man dies, toddler critical in new Cambodia bird flu cases
AFP, Published on 15/11/2013
» A 29-year-old man has died from bird flu in Cambodia and a toddler is critically ill with the virus after carrying sick and dead poultry from a market, health authorities said Thursday.
H7N9 flu infiltrates victims' lungs
AFP, Published on 04/07/2013
» The H7N9 bird flu virus is a peril for humans because it replicates deep in the lungs where it can trigger a dangerous response from the immune system, a study said Wednesday.
No proof China bird flu spreading between humans: WHO
AFP, Published on 08/04/2013
» The World Health Organisation said Monday there is no evidence China's bird flu is spreading between humans, but jitters over the outbreak that has killed six people saw airline and tourism shares slump.
Safeguard the nation's health
News, Published on 16/02/2013
» This is turning out to be a bad year for public health scares. Bird flu in Cambodia has already claimed six lives, the most recent being a three-year-old girl who died this week. Now a mysterious respiratory disease similar to the Sars virus, which took nearly 800 lives in 30 countries a decade ago, has surfaced and killed five of the 11 people known to have caught it. Worse, it is feared to be capable of person-to-person transmission, although British health officials stress that such contagion would require prolonged exposure.