Category: Health
Thailand finds E.coli in avocados
Thailand said today that it had found E. coli bacteria in avocados imported from Europe and was checking whether it was the same strain as the one behind a deadly outbreak in [...]
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Two more Taiwan food products recalled
Two more food items from Taiwan have been recalled after similar products being imported by Hong Kong were suspected of being carcinogenic. Taiwan Food and Drug [...]
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Taiwan mulls school cellphone ban amid cancer scare
Taiwan will consider banning mobile phones from schools following a recent health warning that users may face an increased risk of cancer, officials said Wednesday. The [...]
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Autism diagnoses take Korea by surprise
Reporting from Ilsan, South Korea, and Los Angeles – Some simply viewed their children as late bloomers. Others refused to discuss or accept the diagnosis. But many of [...]
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More smoke-free zones if test case in Malacca works out
The “smoke-free” zone policy in Malacca is being used as a test case for the health ministry to see if such a policy can be introduced in every state. minister [...]
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Australia says Japan E.coli outbreak from processing
Australian livestock officials said an E. coli outbreak in Japan may have involved Australian meat, but that it was most likely contaminated during processing in Japan. Some [...]
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Cancer patient denied carriage dies in native Korea
Crystal Kim, the breast cancer patient who was denied carriage by Korean Air last month, has died in her native South Korea. Kim, who suffered from stage 4 breast cancer, [...]
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Philippine government Warns Public Of Tainted Energy Drinks, Fruit Juice From Taiwan
Authorities in eastern China have detained 74 people and suspended work at hundreds of factories after a new lead poisoning scare once again bounced back amidst the [...]
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China detains 74 for new lead poisoning incident
Authorities in eastern China have detained 74 people and suspended work at hundreds of factories after a new lead poisoning scare once again bounced back amidst the [...]
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Discrimination in China hinders Aids fight
When Meng Lin found out he was HIV-positive, he was forced to leave home, quit his job and change his name-the victim of intense discrimination experts say hinders [...]
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Philippines certified free from foot and mouth disease
The Philippines can now export livestock meat products to the rest of the world after being certified by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) as free from the [...]
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Philippine capital to enforce smoking ban
Authorities in the Philippine capital Manila on Sunday announced a drive to strictly enforce a smoking ban in public places across the sprawling metropolis. The Metropolitan [...]
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Australian doctor accused of infecting patients
An Australian doctor was charged Friday with endangering his patients’ lives after police alleged he infected nearly 50 women with hepatitis C at an abortion clinic. [...]
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Philippines not making progress in curbing HIV, Aids
The Philippines has not been making progress in meeting its sixth Millennium Development Goal, which is halting and reversing the spread of the dreaded HIV-Aids disease, [...]
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HIV-related deaths fall in China
Efforts to improve access to HIV drugs in China have cut deaths by more than 60 percent in seven years, researchers say. China introduced free anti-retroviral drugs in 2003, [...]
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