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Teacher faces probe over '800-squat punishment'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/02/2026
» A fact-finding committee has been set up to investigate allegations that a teacher had punished a student by forcing the child to perform 800 squats.
700,000 smokers 'are now diabetic'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/11/2025
» Doctors have warned that more than 700,000 Thai smokers are living with diabetes, and nearly half of them are not aware of it.
Health alert issued over 'soil fever'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/05/2025
» A public health warning has been issued over an outbreak of melioidosis, also known locally as "soil fever", after three deaths were reported in Maha Sarakham, according to the provincial public health office.
Thailand's health ministry warns of Mers threat
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/05/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health is urging Thais who are headed for Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj pilgrimage to exercise extra caution, following a recent outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) in the country that has claimed two lives to date.
Bridge sought after boy dies
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/03/2025
» The family of an 11-year-old boy killed at a pedestrian crossing in Sa Kaeo are urging authorities to build a pedestrian bridge to boost safety.
High blood pressure tops Thai outpatients' medical woes
Post Reporters, Published on 03/11/2024
» High blood pressure was the top medical condition among universal healthcare service outpatients in 2023, according to Thailand's National Health Security Office (NHSO).
Thai high-risk groups ‘still need Covid boosters’
Post Reporters, Published on 11/10/2024
» Medical experts are urging some members of the public to get another Covid-19 vaccine booster after a report showed that there have been about 700,000 infections and 205 Covid-related deaths in Thailand this year.
Toxic booze death toll rises to 8
Post Reporters, Published on 03/09/2024
» Another person has died after drinking methanol moonshine purchased from stalls in northern Bangkok, lifting the toll to eight with six imbibers still in hospital.
More moonshine deaths, investigation widens
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/08/2024
» Two more deaths have taken the toll in Bangkok’s moonshine methanol scare to six, as investigators widen their search for those producing and selling the deadly rotgut beyond the city's northern suburbs.
Moonshine methanol death toll rises in Bangkok
Post Reporters, Published on 26/08/2024
» The death toll of people consuming moonshine methanol rose to two as two siblings were arrested for producing and distributing the illicit liquor in northern Bangkok.