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Health dept urges premarital checkups
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/02/2026
» The Department of Health has urged couples to undergo medical check-ups before marriage, as early screening can prevent babies from being infected with sexually transmitted diseases.
Outbreak of polio reported in Laos
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/11/2025
» The Department of Disease Control is warning intending visitors to Laos that new cases of the acute viral disease poliomyelitis. which can lead to paralysis, are being reported there.
BDMS endorses vaccines as flu season nears
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/05/2025
» Preventive vaccination is essential in reducing the severity of symptoms and limiting the spread of infectious diseases, especially as flu season approaches, according to medical experts from the Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS) group.
Slaying the healthcare zombie
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/05/2025
» When a photo of a dental unit at Tanao Sri Hospital -- a remote community hospital in Ratchaburi province -- using a frog-hunting head torch in place of a proper dental lamp went viral last month, it highlighted a grim reality: Thailand's public healthcare system is struggling.
Food and Drug Administration hastens approval for mpox kits
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/08/2024
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has opened registration for mpox diagnostic test kits amid growing concerns over the spread of the viral infection.
Travellers urged to monitor for symptoms of bird flu
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/06/2024
» Thailand has had no reports of bird flu in humans, according to the Department of Disease Control, but authorities suggest people returning from areas where there has been an H5N2 outbreak should self-monitor.
Park battles rising tide of rubbish
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/05/2024
» According to Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park officials, marine officers will step up their work collecting floating rubbish around the popular Koh Phi Phi beach, which has been swept in by the monsoon season weather cycle.
Astra jab blood clots 'rare', insists institute
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/05/2024
» Only seven out of more than 20 million people have been reported as suffering blood clots after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the National Vaccine Institute on Friday revealed, insisting that the chances of developing the condition are very low.
Rare white whale evades search team
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/01/2024
» Although a search for a white Omura's whale proved fruitless on Tuesday, a research team found four other Omura's whales (Balaenoptera omurai) near Koh Hae, off Phuket, instead.
Nobel chemistry laureate targets climate change, cancer
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/12/2023
» Chemistry has played an important role in finding the best solutions for humankind amid potentially existential threats like climate change as well as myriad health problems, says Roger Kornberg, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2006.