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New law sparks fears over drug price hikes
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/05/2017
» New law allows govt hospitals & clinics to make their own deals. Threat to GPO which supplies low cost drugs to Thailand's universal healthcare program.
Kids falling out of school bus vans: Time for reform
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/06/2016
» Frightening CCTV footage of young children falling out of the back of school vans in past week has drawn attention to safety issues.
Thailand's roads second-deadliest in world, UN agency finds
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/10/2015
» 14,059 reported road-deaths per year, 24,237 actual deaths says WHO, 70% on motorbikes, lack of traffic law enforcement. Catalog of road safety articles at Bangkok Post learning.
Cambodia-Thai kidney trafficking: Fears of new organ market
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/10/2014
» When Cambodian Chhay, 18, sold his kidney for $3,000 he was whisked away to a gleaming hospital in the medical tourism hub of neighbouring Thailand...
Ebola: US health worker infected despite precautions
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 13/10/2014
» She was wearing full protective gear, a mask, gown and gloves, but somehow a Texas health worker who cared for a Liberian Ebola victim in Dallas became infected with the dreaded disease.
Koh Tao murders: "Person of interest" (updated Tuesday)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/09/2014
» Police investigators have released photographs and clearer video footage of an unidentified man they believe could be a key to resolving the Koh Tao double-murder case and are asking the public to identify him.
Single, no children: Thailand's future?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/09/2013
» Future labour shortage from declining births sparks ideas: tax for unmarried people, subsidies for babies, more childcare centers, more productive workforce...
Healthy massages? Safety standards needed
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/04/2013
» Famous actor's blood poisoning & ICU hospital visit after foot massage sparks cleanliness standards & enforcement drive.
Human eggs for one million baht each?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/09/2011
» Man from China seeking eggs to make family sparks ethics debate over for-profit babymaking (commercial surrogacy).
Getting out
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/03/2011
» More and more foreigners, including Thais, are leaving Japan as concerns over a possible nuclear disaster mount. (1 full week of stories now available)