Health

Japan’s Smoking Rates Continued To Fall In 2022

TOKYO, Aug 12 (NNN-NHK) – Smoking rates for men and women in Japan continued to fall in 2022, with the…

Emergency Medical Supplies Delivered To Laos Under ASEAN+3 Framework

VIENTIANE, Aug 12 (NNN-KPL) – A handover ceremony of emergency medical supplies under ASEAN plus China, Japan and South Korea…

Doctors Remove 15 Kg Tumour From Woman’s Abdomen In Madhya Pradesh

NEW DELHI, Aug 10 (NNN-PTI) – Doctors in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, removed a 15 kg tumour…

Bangladesh’s Dengue Death Toll Passes 350, With 101 New Deaths This Month

DHAKA, Aug 10 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported 12 dengue deaths yesterday, down from 13 a day earlier, bringing the total…

Dengue Cases In Laos Spike Amid Continuous Rainfall

VIENTIANE, Aug 9 (NNN-KPL) – Health authorities in Laos reported a significant increase in dengue fever cases across the country,…

Over 58,000 Dengue Cases, 38 Deaths Reported In Sri Lanka This Year

COLOMBO, Aug 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 58,000 dengue cases have been reported in Sri Lanka, with 38 deaths, this…

200 People Suffer Food Poisoning In E. Afghanistan

KHOST, Afghanistan, Aug 7 (NNN-ANA) – At least 200 people were sickened in food poisoning, in east Afghanistan’s Khost province,…

Laos Reported Two Deaths Amid Surge In Dengue Fever Cases

VIENTIANE, Aug 5 (NNN-KPL) – The number of dengue fever cases continues to grow in Laos, with two new deaths…

Philippines Grapples With Rising Leptospirosis Cases, 225 Deaths

MANILA, Aug 3 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH), today expressed concern over the rising number of leptospirosis…

Pakistan Reports Second Polio Case This Year

ISLAMABAD, Aug 3 (NNN-APP) – A three-year-old boy has been paralysed by wild poliovirus, in the Bannu district of Pakistan’s…