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Thailand expands universal healthcare to include hormone therapy for LGBTQ+
Post Reporters, Published on 29/06/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health has approved a 145-million-baht healthcare benefit to provide gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender and gender-diverse individuals under the country’s 30-baht universal healthcare scheme.
Cosmetic doctor accused of 'disfiguring' filler injections
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/10/2024
» A woman is calling for an investigation into a well-known cosmetic doctor after she and members of her family were allegedly disfigured by facial filler injections received at a clinic in the Siam area.
DSI raids clinics in surrogacy crackdown
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/09/2023
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) raided three clinics in Bangkok and one building in Nong Khai this week and arrested a man suspected of acting as an agent for a transnational surrogacy ring.
Volunteers wanted for vaccine study
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/07/2023
» Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine is recruiting volunteers to take part in a new study aimed at assessing the efficacy of the Moderna bivalent Covid-19 vaccine in protecting against new sub-variants of the Omicron virus and whether or not it should be recommended as an alternative booster shot in Thailand.
Microneedle boost for villages
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/09/2022
» The Technology and Innovation-based Enterprise Development (TED) Fund has launched dissolvable microneedle patches and will administer them to people in remote areas, says TED Fund secretary Chanwit Treedej.
Govt ready for 1st batch of Evusheld
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/07/2022
» The first shipment of AstraZeneca's Evusheld will be delivered next week with the drug planned for nationwide distribution for those who are unable to receive a Covid-19 vaccine due to a poor immune system.
Antibody mix earns top bill
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/06/2022
» The cabinet has reduced the AstraZeneca vaccine budget in favour of purchasing the pharmaceutical giant's long-acting antibody treatments instead.
Intramuscular jabs prove more potent, study finds
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/05/2022
» New research has found that a third booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine using the intramuscular injection (IM) technique induces a higher immune response than the previous intradermal (ID) technique, even though ID injections cause less severe side effects, a study by Siriraj Institute of Clinical Research has found.
Evusheld procurement plan gets CCSA approval
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/04/2022
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has approved a plan to procure a long-acting coronavirus antibody cocktail for people with poor immune systems who cannot be vaccinated.
Low-dose boosters on offer at Bang Sue
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/02/2022
» People who want to have a third or fourth Covid-19 shot at the vaccination centre at Bang Sue Grand Station can choose to have a lighter-dose intradermal injection instead, as the centre adds more options for booster shots.