Health

School Children Account For Nearly A Quarter Of Sri Lanka’s Dengue Patients: Official

COLOMBO, Jun 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – About 25 percent of Sri Lanka’s dengue patients are school children, a health official said,…

Grand Healthcare Expo In Cairo Connects Global Medical Firms With Africa

by Mahmoud Fouly CAIRO, Jun 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Local, regional and global medical companies, showcased their latest products, services and…

Oral Diseases Affect Over 800 Million People In Western Pacific: WHO

MANILA, Jun 9 (NNN-PNA) – More than 800 million or 42 percent of the people in the Western Pacific region,…

Toxic Chemicals In Tokyo Residents’ Blood More Than Twice National Average

TOKYO, Jun 9 (NNN-NHK) – Scientists in western Tokyo confirmed that, concentrations of the potentially harmful per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)…

Philippines Reported 1,240 New HIV-Positive Cases In Apr

MANILA, Jun 6 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines reported 1,240 new HIV-positive cases in Apr, among whom 94 percent were male,…

Australian Influenza Cases Increase As Winter Comes

CANBERRA, Jun 6 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s influenza cases have soared by more than 40 percent over two weeks, as the…

Sri Lanka To Reduce Prices Of Registered Medicines By 16 Percent From Middle Of This Month

COLOMBO, Jun 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Prices of all medicines registered with Sri Lanka’s National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA), will be…

Bangladesh’s gov’t primary schools temporarily closed for heatwave

DHAKA, Jun 5 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh’s Primary and Mass Education Ministry, announced in a statement yesterday that, classroom activities in…

Gaza Kidney Patients’ Lives In Danger Due To Lack Of Medicines: Health Ministry

GAZA, Jun 5 (NNN-WAFA) – Health authorities of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), in Gaza, said, kidney patients’ lives are…

Adulterated Rice Wine Left One Dead, 27 Hospitalised In Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Jun 4 (NNN-AKP) – One villager died and 27 others were hospitalised, in north-west Cambodia’s Pursat province, after…