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'Mr Condom' is still causing a stir
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 16/07/2017
» How comforting to see, in the pages of the Bangkok Post, young people using condoms with none of the hang-ups or bashfulness associated with that contraception. By using them, I don't mean "using" them. The kids were blowing up condoms like balloons and wearing gaily coloured hats made of condoms in a news story that certainly piqued my interest.
Human capital to address threats of pandemic disease
Life, Published on 02/09/2014
» In 1918, as World War I drew to a close, an epidemic of Spanish flu took the lives of between 50 and 100 million people around the world. Every year physicians worry that a new strain of influenza will be as virulent as the Spanish flu.
Academics ease Ebola fears
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 02/08/2014
» Academics have urged Thais not to panic over the Ebola outbreak because there is a slim chance it will spread to Thailand, even though the fatal virus has so far killed more than 700 people in Africa.
Ministry takes preventive action after Ebola outbreak
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/04/2014
» The Public Health Ministry is taking precautionary measures against Ebola as the death toll from an outbreak of the virus in Guinea continues to rise.
Ministry steps up efforts to fight viruses
News, Published on 13/11/2013
» The Ministry of Public Health is stepping up efforts to prevent possible outbreaks of three deadly viruses during the cold season.
Coffee with a difference
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 17/04/2013
» When Blake Dinkin first developed Black Ivory Coffee, he thought it was going to be as simple as feeding coffee cherries to elephants, allowing them to be digested and excreted, and the outcome would be even better coffee beans. He was wrong.
Dept keeps eye on new virus
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/09/2012
» The Department of Disease Control is keeping a close eye on a new respiratory virus that resembles Sars.
HK child has bird flu
AFP, Published on 02/06/2012
» Hong Kong health authorities on Saturday urged the public not to panic after the southern Chinese city reported its first human case of bird flu in 18 months in a two-year-old boy.