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WHO member states finalize draft for global pandemic agreement
After three years of tough negotiations, WHO Member States have wrapped up talks on a draft pandemic agreement aimed at improving how the world handles future health crises. The final proposal will head to the World Health Assembly this May, […]
Hydration hacks: Staying cool in tropical heat while on vacation
Heat-safe holiday It’s that time of year when people feel the need to unwind by going on vacation and reconnect with the elements of nature—water, land, mountains, and lush forests. Many holiday makers are heading to Asia for its beaches, […]
India struggles with low breast cancer screening – study
India ranks among the countries with the poorest breast cancer screening coverage, with only 1.3% of women aged 45 and older undergoing mammograms, according to a new study in BMC Public Health. This figure falls far below the global average […]
Study: Malaysia’s out-of hospital cardiac arrest survival below 5%
The survival to admission rate for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) ranges between 1.3 per cent and 6.7 per cent across three Malaysian regions, a new study found. According to the study by Dr Sarah Shaikh Abdul Karim et. al, published […]
Lab-grown teeth for alternative natural, self-repairing dental treatment
Scientists at King’s College London (KCL) are developing a groundbreaking method to regenerate human teeth using a patient’s own cells. Unlike traditional restorations, which are artificial and often degrade over time, lab-grown teeth have the potential to integrate with the […]
SMART researchers develop fast advanced method to detect microbial contamination in cell cultures
Researchers from the Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), an Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), ASTAR Skin Research Labs (ASRL), and the National […]
Health alert issued on Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Sydney
Australian health authorities are urging hundreds of thousands of people in Sydney to watch for symptoms of Legionnaires’ disease following an outbreak that has hospitalized at least six people. The cases are linked to Sydney’s city center, though the source […]
Foreign nurses not perfect solution
While a proposal to bring in foreign nurses may seem like a viable solution, it will be far better if the country can hold on to local nurses, say industry players. With the Health Ministry projecting a critical shortage of […]
Maternal health is in crisis—and aid cuts are making it worse
Every two minutes, a life is lost Every two minutes, somewhere in the world, a woman dies from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications. That’s more than 700 lives lost every single day—and according to a new UN report, things could get […]
Doctors’ groups oppose using non-medical Act for drug price display
Eight doctors’ associations have voiced opposition towards the government’s plan to use the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011 (Act 723) to enforce the mandatory display of medicine prices. The groups maintained that they were supportive of transparency regarding medicine […]
