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    Flu Strikes 1 Million Thais Annually: Urgent Vaccination Needed

    Published on 20/11/2023

    » According to a 2023 report from Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, over 300,000 Thai people were infected with influenza. Specialists believe probably one million people annually come down with the flu due to year-round occurrence. Moreover, unvaccinated people are at greater risk of recurring flu infection and the elderly are susceptible to flu-related severe illness or deaths because comorbidities can complicate their symptoms. The Influenza Foundation (Thailand) calls on the Thai Government to increasing offer free flu shot to people over 65 years of age and expand free flu vaccination to cover more school children who are likely to spread the disease. The flu vaccine is worth this investment and has been recognised as a cost-effective preventive measure for over 80 years.

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    Phuket targets road deaths

    News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 16/11/2023

    » Phuket aims to reduce road fatalities from 135 per year on average to 110 or better within the next year, while the provincial health office is offering 100,000 free influenza vaccine doses to tourists.

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    US approves first vaccine against chikungunya virus: drug regulator

    AFP, Published on 10/11/2023

    » WASHINGTON - US health authorities on Thursday approved the world's first vaccine for chikungunya, a virus spread by infected mosquitoes that the Food and Drug Administration called "an emerging global health threat."

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    Unlocking health technology's potential for all

    Oped, Mariana Mazzucato, Published on 09/11/2023

    » Covid-19 cases are on the rise again, offering a stark reminder of the lessons we ought to have learned from previous waves. Far from being confined to Covid, most of these lessons apply to infectious-disease threats generally.

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    Thai flu type to be used in WHO shot

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/11/2023

    » One of the three influenza strains selected by World Health Organization advisory groups for the production of a new influenza vaccine for use in the Southern Hemisphere in 2024 is a flu virus lineage detected in Thailand and whose genome has been sequenced here, the Ministry of Public Health revealed on Tuesday.

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    Lethal bat-borne virus sparks new pandemic fears

    Published on 30/10/2023

    » MARUTHONKARA, India: It was more than two weeks before doctors even realised what they were treating, the fourth outbreak in five years of the lethal, brain-swelling Nipah virus in India’s Kerala region. By then, hundreds of people had been exposed to the bat pathogen.

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    Brazil scientists developing 'vaccine' for cocaine addiction

    AFP, Published on 26/10/2023

    » BELO HORIZONTE (BRAZIL) - Scientists in Brazil, the world's second-biggest consumer of cocaine, have announced the development of an innovative new treatment for addiction to the drug and its powerful derivative crack: a vaccine.

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    What to know about dengue fever as cases spread

    New York Times, Published on 25/10/2023

    » NEW YORK - Cases of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral illness that can be fatal, are surging around the world. The increase is occurring both in places that have long struggled with the disease and in areas where its spread was unheard-of until the last year or two, including France, Italy and Chad, in central Africa. Last week, health officials in Pasadena, California, reported a first case of locally transmitted dengue.

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    How we can break free from polio

    Oped, Published on 25/10/2023

    » Eradicating polio has taken far longer than anyone expected. But the last 35 years of efforts to immunise every child against polio represent a major win for global health: a 99% reduction in cases means that nearly 20 million people are walking today who otherwise would have been paralysed.

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    TikTok mums nurture 'detox for kids' misinformation

    AFP, Published on 18/10/2023

    » WASHINGTON - A TikTok army of American mothers claiming to be "detox" specialists is pushing unproven treatments for childhood behavioural disorders -– while hiding that their misinformation is actually a marketing campaign aimed at making money.

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