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In a world on fire, workers get burned
News, Sally Tyler, Published on 13/10/2025
» In these chaotic times that many characterise in terms of rollback, regression, and retreat, there is one measure that continues to surge ahead -- global temperature. The year 2024 was the hottest ever since worldwide temperature recording began. Though climate occupied a major space in discussions at the UN General Assembly in New York City last month, significant progress did not emerge from the fractured international environment.
Aid freeze a blow to global efforts
News, CHRIS GREACEN & PETER duPONT, Published on 07/02/2025
» It turns out the US government does important work around the world; work that, when suddenly cut off, leaves real people suffering.
Thailand earns praise for HIV action
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 24/07/2024
» UNAIDS Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Winnie Byanyima has praised Thailand's success in promoting community sustainability in its Aids response, encouraging other countries to learn this model from Thailand.
'Forever chemicals' deserve far more scrutiny
News, Faye Flam, Published on 20/03/2023
» Most of us are walking around with an array of poorly understood chemicals in our bloodstreams and livers -- an unintended consequence of the great 20th century heyday of chemical innovation. They're so stable they've been dubbed "forever chemicals". That means that even if we stop producing them today, some might still course through people's veins centuries from now. We're barely regulating them, even though their harms have become better-known.
Snakes can do good
News, Published on 29/08/2022
» Re: "Snake encounter reported every 15 minutes in Bangkok," (Online, Aug 27).
The enduring Thai-US friendship
News, Michael Heath, Published on 04/07/2022
» Today, hundreds of millions of Americans around the world are celebrating the 246th anniversary of the independence of the United States of America. We at the American Embassy in Bangkok will join that celebration, but we will also mark over 200 years of friendship between the US and Thailand.
Can we afford to lose effective drugs?
News, Shobha Shukla & Bobby Ramakant, Published on 22/11/2021
» Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) might be known to consumers and patients simply as drug resistance. However, it is actually a looming threat to global health security which threatens to derail efforts to reach the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goals.
US pledges $5m to aid virus fight
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/08/2021
» The United States government is providing US$5 million (167.7 million baht) in assistance to Thailand and another $50 million to international and non-governmental organisation partners to support pandemic response efforts that will help ease the strain on the country's health system.
Migrants can help beat Covid-19
News, Hasan Imaam Chanmia, Published on 19/07/2021
» The deadly Delta variant is surging globally, and it is two years since I saw my wife, two children and parents in Bangladesh. I last visited them before Covid-19. Seeing my family again seems out of the question for years to come. This sad story is repeated for millions who are working abroad.
Censoring Covid-19 'misinformation' wrong
News, Faye Flam, Published on 10/06/2021
» Labelling misinformation online is doing more harm than good. The possibility that Covid-19 came from a lab accident is just the latest example. Social media companies tried to suppress any discussion of it for months. But why? There's no strong evidence against it and evidence for other theories is still inconclusive. Pathogens have escaped from labs many times and people have died as a result.