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Vietnam sees alarming rise in boy births vs girls
For every 100 girls born to Vietnamese families, there are 112 boys born, a disparity in the sex ratio that has been rapidly increasing in recent years, an official said Thursday.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:05:00 AM
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Vietnam aims to produce its own measles vaccine
Vietnam's first made measles vaccine will be used in the National Expanded Programme for Immunisation (EPI), director of Research and Production of Vaccines and Biology Centre (POLYVAC) Nguyen Dang Hien said.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM
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Tamiflu-resistant swine flu patient found in Japan: govt
A genetic mutation of swine flu that is resistant to the anti-viral Tamiflu has been discovered in Japan, the first such case in the country, the health ministry said.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM
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Dirty water, poor hygiene costing Laos
Laos is losing nearly $200 million a year, or 5.6 percent of its gross domestic product, due to poor sanitation and the resulting disease outbreaks that come from dirty water and a lack of toilets, the World Bank said Thursday.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM
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Thailand to import 600,000 doses of swine flu vaccine
Thailand, which has recorded five H1N1 deaths, will import 600,000 doses of anti-influenza vaccine in September or October, prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thursday. Abhisit said the vaccine will be dispensed first to high-risk groups, such as medical personnel, the state-run Thai News Agency reported.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM
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Australia records 10th swine flu-related death
Australia recorded its 10th death linked to swine flu Thursday, while Chinese officials ruled that a woman with H1N1 who died was not killed by the virus.
3 Jul, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM
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Heavy internet use linked to obesity in Hong Kong students
University students who spend hours a day online are more likely to be overweight and to have health problems, according to a Hong Kong survey Thursday.
3 Jul, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM
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Singapore swine flu cases breach 700
Singapore Tuesday confirmed another 72 new cases of Influenza A (H1N1), also known as swine flu, bringing the total tally to 701, according to the health ministry.
2 Jul, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM
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Asia's one-woman anti-tobacco campaign still going strong
For most of the past 25 years, Hong Kong-based, British-born doctor Judith Mackay has been the tobacco control movement in Asia.
1 Jul, 2009 - 7:03:00 AM
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Malaysia confirms 20 more swine flu cases
Malaysia confirmed 20 new A/H1N1 flu cases on Monday, bringing up the total to 144 in the country.
1 Jul, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM
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