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Ethics of waste
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 09/09/2019
» Some weeks ago, a Facebook page shared posts from a closed group of people who believed in urine therapy or urotherapy.
Climate change to trigger disease, says WHO
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 08/09/2017
» Male: Countries across the Southeast Asia region, including Thailand, are at an increased risk of facing more severe waterborne, foodborne diseases, and others transmitted through insects, as global temperatures rise, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.
Time to build climate-resilient health systems
News, Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Published on 07/09/2017
» Climate change is happening. In recent years average temperatures across the globe have increased, with significant impact on humanity's most precious resource, the environment. Water systems are being stressed. Food sources are being imperiled. And areas once safe for settlement are being threatened and erased.
Campers warned of chigger bite dangers
Cheewin Sattha, Published on 28/11/2016
» A Chiang Mai health agency has warned mountain campers about the dangers of chigger bites which can, in some cases, be fatal.
Karen remember WWII hero
Published on 15/08/2015
» YANGON — A group of World War II veterans from Myanmar's ethnic Karen minority, most in their nineties, prayed and sang a poignant hymn on Saturday at the grave of a legendary British officer who sacrificed his life for them.
Cool weather brings risk of contracting deadly disease
Life, Published on 11/12/2012
» The temperature is falling in some parts of Thailand. For you people who like cold weather and plan to head up to the mountainous North, please beware of scrub typhus.