• OPINION

  Taylor Swift's Eras tour confronts climate crisis

  News, Published on 22/11/2023

  » Taylor Swift, one of the world's most successful and wealthiest pop stars, has come face to face with the climate crisis in Brazil during her global Eras tour.

• OPINION

  A new weapon against malaria

  Oped, Published on 03/05/2023

  » Over the past three years, the Covid-19 pandemic has dominated headlines and spurred scientific research, with experts around the world focusing resources and any potentially useful technology on the problem.

• OPINION

  Consultancy 'warp' drive deepens crisis of capitalism

  News, Published on 13/03/2023

  » In recent years, McKinsey & Company has become a household name -- but for all the wrong reasons. One of the "Big Three" consulting firms, its work for major corporations and governments has increasingly become a source of scandal and intrigue around the world.

• OPINION

  The varieties of climate-driven medical risk

  Oped, Published on 04/08/2022

  » When natural disasters force people to pack a bag and flee to safety, important items are often forgotten. Following California's 2007 wildfire season, estimates were that for every household at least one person left behind prescription medication during evacuation. Likewise, when Hurricane Harvey threatened to flood my own mother's Texas home in 2017, she forgot to grab her medication in her rush to escape the storm's path -- even though she was normally meticulous when packing for a trip.

• OPINION

  Grim reflections in the mirror of Ukraine crisis

  Oped, Published on 20/05/2022

  » I read with interest the article of colleagues from Australia, Canada, the EU, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, the UK and the US published in the Bangkok Post on May 12, 2022.

• OPINION

  Covid lessons for cholera handling

  Oped, Published on 04/05/2022

  » Since Covid-19 engulfed the world two years ago, "unprecedented" has become something of a buzzword. But while the coronavirus has posed unique challenges at a time of deep global interconnectedness, pandemics are nothing new. The Covid-19 pandemic is not even the only one we are currently experiencing. In much of the developing world, cholera outbreaks are proliferating.

• OPINION

  Superbugs lurk in local food systems

  Oped, Published on 06/04/2022

  » When you think of antibiotics, the first thing that probably comes to mind is a doctor prescribing treatment to a sick person. But the vast majority of antibiotics used are actually given to animals on factory farms. This overuse of antibiotics in the agricultural sector is fuelling a global health crisis, with antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" killing more than one hundred Thais every day.

• OPINION

  Public trust in govt is quickly eroding

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 05/07/2021

  » The Covid-19 pandemic chaos has worsened in Bangkok and its vicinity in the past week. With the rise of cases, the arrival of new variants, dubious vaccine deliveries and a lack of hospital ICU beds, people are becoming more infuriated about how the government is handling the Covid situation.

• OPINION

  Mass jab hopes a crucial test for Prayut

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/05/2021

  » Despite reassurances from Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul that the mass Covid-19 vaccinations for people over 60 and those suffering from seven non-communicable underlying diseases across the country will proceed as scheduled on June 7, scepticism remains strong among many about whether this administration can still be trusted after repeated blunders in the handling of the pandemic.

• OPINION

  Driving towards disaster

  Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 29/03/2021

  » Starting April 1, the maximum speed limit on highways will change from 90km per hour to 120km per hour. The new policy by Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob is not only sending a confusing signal to drivers but is also raising the need for an urgent debate about road safety.

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