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The return of a sexual scourge
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 15/05/2019
» A 15-year-old girl is pregnant with twins. Her partner is also 15. Set aside the concern that the couple are too young to start a family, the teen mum also has syphilis.
History preserved
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/04/2019
» Before the reign of King Rama VII of the Chakri Dynasty, royal coronation ceremonies had never been filmed. As of now, the footage from the ceremonies of King Rama VII and the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej are the only two existing coronation motion pictures available in Thailand.
Minding the measles
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 19/03/2019
» Measles is now a serious epidemic. Rubeola, the virus responsible for measles, can sicken nine in 10 people who breathe the air that surrounds an infected person for two hours after one coughs. Despite the availability of the measles vaccine, the disease killed around 136,000 people last year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Ending Aids
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 04/02/2019
» The world sees two million new cases of HIV/Aids infection every year. The annual death rate is only half that. But in Thailand, it's a completely different story. Here, the death rate is triple the number of newly-infected patients.
Beating bipolar
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 14/05/2018
» Mariah Carey is probably good at keeping secrets. For almost 20 years, the American superstar was trying to sweep under the carpet her struggle with mental illness. So when she opened up to People magazine last month that she has been treated for bipolar disorder since 2001, millions of her fans were stupefied.
Sickly sweet
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 29/03/2016
» A growing number of countries around the world such as France, Mexico and Finland have implemented taxing on excessive sugar levels in soft drinks with Britain as the latest one to have announced its plan earlier this month to start the tax in two years' time to cut down childhood obesity.