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Doctor touts antibody in RSV fight
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/09/2025
» Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health is urging parents to protect their children from Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), especially during its seasonal peak, by using passive immunity.
Royal honours for medical innovators
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/01/2024
» Italian Professor Dr Napoleone Ferrara in medicine and American Prof Dr Barry H Rumack in public health were presented with the Prince Mahidol Award for 2023 by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn at a ceremony on Wednesday.
Royal recognition for US professors
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/11/2023
» Two US professors were named winners of this year's Prince Mahidol Award in the fields of medicine and public health on Thursday.
10 farmers die from outbreak
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 22/10/2023
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has warned farmers about a new outbreak of melioidosis which has killed around 10 farmers in Buri Ram, Nakhon Ratchasima and Songkhla.
FDA warns dengue test kits not for personal use
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/07/2023
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public not to purchase dengue test kits to identify the disease themselves because the kits are for expert use.
Baiya working on 'milestone' cancer treatment from tobacco plant
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/07/2023
» A Thai plant-based pharmaceutical company has produced antibodies against cancer from tobacco and undertaken successful trials using lab animals, it said.
The only way to eliminate polio
News, Florence Gyembuzie Wongnaah, Published on 23/05/2023
» When Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was found to be safe and effective in 1955, following a successful trial involving nearly two million American children, it marked a turning point in the fight against a highly infectious disease causing incurable paralysis or even death. Prior to Salk's discovery, between 25,000 and 50,000 cases were recorded each year in the United States alone, and little was known about how the virus spread.
Disease dept issues fresh Covid-19 alert
News, Published on 16/05/2023
» The Department of Disease Control yesterday warned the public that Covid-19 was again spreading and advised people to take protecting themselves from the disease seriously.
PM sounds alarm on Covid's resurgence
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/04/2023
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed health authorities in major tourism destinations to closely monitor the number of Covid-19 cases in their area as the number of new infections continues to surge after the holidays.
New surge 'could see 10,000 daily cases for a short time only'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 20/04/2023
» The number of daily Covid-19 cases is likely to reach 5,000-10,000 during a new wave but numbers probably will drop quite quickly after that, says Dr Nitipatana Chierakul, head of the Respiratory Disease and Tuberculosis Division at the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital.