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Watch what you eat
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/02/2022
» Earlier this month, children in various provinces across Thailand including Chiang Mai, Phetchaburi, Saraburi, Trang and Kanchanaburi suddenly developed acute conditions, including breathing difficulty, paleness, fatigue and eventually methemoglobin -- a dysfunctional form of haemoglobin that is incapable of transporting oxygen -- after eating unbranded sausages.
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For a bet ter tomorrow
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 21/02/2022
» With a historical legacy stretching over a century, the Rockefeller Foundation and its partners have worked diligently to address health challenges in Thailand by encouraging innovative partnerships to promote the well-being of Thai communities.
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Foreign students wait for Japan to lift entry ban, some give up
Published on 06/02/2022
» TOKYO: Singaporean Adeline Leng expected to start studying at a language school in Japan last April but is still not able to travel to the country due to its strict Covid-19 border controls.
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How much is too much?
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 25/01/2022
» After the government approved the resumption of the Test & Go programme starting next week signalling a strong desire to restore the country's tourism and overall economy, the Ministry of Public Health also proposed a vaccination programme, focusing on the 10 tourism and high-risk provinces where a fourth Covid-19 jab is strongly encouraged.
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Dealing with loss
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 24/01/2022
» A little girl looks at an ambulance which comes to take her mother to the hospital. Sadly, the mother, who has Covid-19, does not return home. During her time of sadness, the little girl has a doll, which her mother gave her, to keep her company. As time goes by, the girl gradually gets over her loss, but she feels that her mother is always a part of her life.
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Better bitter truth than sweet lies
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 24/01/2022
» The Year of the Tiger has not been kind to Thais so far with the quick spread of the Omicron variant, vaccine confusion, ATK scarcity, pork shortages, rampant inflation and PM2.5 pollution.
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Debunking the endgame theory
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/01/2022
» Like all viruses, SARS-CoV-2 adapts for survival. First identified in South Africa in November, the new variant of concern, Omicron, has now swept across the world. It carries a large number of mutations, including those on the spike protein, which are thought to increase transmissibility. However, studies have found that it causes milder infection than previous variants.
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Prevention is the best medicine
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 11/01/2022
» In the late 1980s, a US study at the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) in Minnesota showed that many elderly people did not display symptoms of Alzheimer's due to their lifestyle. Nuns at SSND were physically active and even those in wheelchairs still exercised. After going through journals written by nuns, the study found that those who used more complicated sentences in their writing had a lower risk of developing Alzheimer's.
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Seen yet still invisible
Life, Published on 27/12/2021
» No one wants to be stateless -- with no nationality and no legal identity. Having a nationality is a right enshrined and guaranteed in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yet close to 300,000 children in Thailand have no such status. They live in fear, with their fundamental rights and future dreams diminished.
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The 2021 Guru awards
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 24/12/2021
» As the year comes to a close and we're all looking back at the past 12 months with introspection, at Guru we will stick to time-honoured tradition of being reflectively snarky. Like any other year, 2021 had no shortage of cringe-worthy and WTF moments. So before we head into the new year with resolutions we'll give up on halfway through the first month of 2022, let's roll out the metaphorical red carpet as we award moments from the eventful year. It's time for this year's edition of the Guru Awards.
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