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Thonburi prison inmate dies of mpox
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/02/2026
» A male prison inmate, 44, with underlying diseases including HIV died of monkeypox at Thonburi Remand Prison early last week, and about 100 other inmates and personnel are under observation, according to health authorities.
New Covid-19 strain arrives in Thailand
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/09/2025
» Thailand has recorded 33 cases of the new Covid-19 strain XFG so far this year, most of them in Bangkok, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.
Dept quick to dispel vaccine naysayers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/09/2025
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has reaffirmed the safety and effectiveness of all vaccines used in Thailand, dismissing claims online that vaccines are unnecessary or harmful.
Alert sounds over surge in flu, RSV, dengue fever cases
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/09/2025
» The Public Health Ministry has voiced alarm over a rise in respiratory illnesses as well as a jump in fatalities from increasing influenza and dengue fever cases.
Covid resurgence ‘no cause for alarm’
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/05/2025
» Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin has urged the public not to panic amid concerns over a resurgence of Covid-19 in Thailand, emphasising that the disease is now classified as endemic.
Dengue jab trial to begin
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/03/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health will launch a dengue vaccination trial in Nakhon Phanom province next month. If successful, the vaccine will be included in the universal healthcare scheme, says Minister Somsak Thepsutin.
Alarm over end of Thailand's free medicines policy
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/11/2024
» A civil society group is unhappy with the Medical Council of Thailand's legal action against the National Health Security Office (NHSO)'s policy over free medicine for 16 ailments under the universal healthcare scheme.
Measles jab drive launched in South
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/09/2024
» Health authorities have launched an intensive vaccination campaign following the deaths of five people in the latest outbreak of measles in Thailand’s three southernmost provinces.
Secondhand smoke 'kills 9,400 per year'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/08/2024
» More than 9,000 people die as a result of secondhand smoke in Thailand each year, a rate higher than that of the United States, says a recent report.
Alert for ill travellers coming from Central, South America
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/07/2024
» People arriving from Central or South America are advised to see a doctor if they have high fever, aches and chills after reports of the world’s first fatalities from oropouche fever, which is endemic to the region.