Vietnam province says bird flu epidemic is over

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 week(s) ago

Authorities in the south central province of Ninh Thuan have declared that the bird flu outbreak which took place among swifts raised for profitable nests at a local farm is over.

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Doctors save life of newborn baby without anus

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Doctors save life of newborn baby without anus

HCMC doctors consult each other prior to surgery (Photo: SGGP)
The miracle operation conducted on a newborn baby several days ago by physicians of Children Hospital No.2 in Ho Chi Minh City still echoes among the public, with comments of praise for the doctors going viral on websites.

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154 hospitalized with food poisoning in central Vietnam

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago

Health authorities in the central province of Quang Nam are testing samples of food served at a death anniversary party on April 19 after 154 attendees were hospitalized with food poisoning symptoms.

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Vietnam halts use of Quinvaxem after 9 babies die in 6 months

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Vietnam halts use of Quinvaxem after 9 babies die in 6 months

A dose from this Quinvaxem batch was administered to 4-month-old boy Dinh Ngo Ngoc Vuong Anh in Da Lat on March 15, a day before he died. Photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre

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Vietnam metro records its first H1N1 fatality this year

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Báo Thanh Niên English 2 week(s) ago

A 72-year-old man in Ho Chi Minh City has died of influenza A subtype H1N1, also known as swine flu, becoming the city’s first fatality from the virus, and the fourth in Vietnam, so far this year.

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Vietnam province reports 5 cases of swine flu

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Vietnam province reports 5 cases of swine flu

A doctor examines a flu patient at Lao Cai General Hospital. Photo by Tung Lam

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H1N1 can combine with other viruses: experts

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Báo Thanh Niên English 3 week(s) ago

Influenza A (H1N1) has spread widely in Vietnam and worried health experts warn of the possibility that it can combine with other type of dangerous flu viruses and become a greater threat.

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Vietnam says it will draw on SARS experience in H7N9 fight

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago

Vietnam’s government said it will draw on its experiences a decade ago in controlling severe acute respiratory syndrome, known as SARS, as the country mobilizes to prevent any cases or spread of H7N9 avian influenza.

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Helping hands for those in need

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago

Helping hands for those in need

Writing the story “What each of us can and should do” for Vietweek (February 15, 2013) was an eye-opening experience. Prior to gathering the information that went into that story, I had no idea the amount of effort that was being directed to the seriously needy victims of extraordinarily difficult problems in health related tragedies here in Vietnam.

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Vietnam court fines plastic surgeon $10k for flattening breasts

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago

An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday upheld a cash penalty of VND220 million (US$10,560) against a plastic surgeon who damaged a customer’s breasts in several operations.

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Vietnam prepares to launch bird flu vaccine

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago

A Vietnam vaccine production company says it has locally manufactured vaccinations for the bird flu virus H5N1, which has been plaguing Vietnam seasonally for many years.

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Vietnam announces HFMD outbreak at city kindergarten

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago

Health authorities in Ho Chi Minh City confirmed a hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak at a nursery school Wednesday, where at least ten children were still sick by March 27.

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Another baby dies after Quinvaxem shot in Vietnam

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago

Health authorities in the northern province of Hai Duong are testing a batch of Quinvaxem pentavalent vaccine that reportedly killed a baby it was administered to.

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Vietnam acts to stop spread of new bird flu strain from China

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago

The Vietnamese agriculture ministry has banned the transport of poultry over borders with China in an effort to stop the spread of a new bird flu strain that has killed two people in the neighboring country recently.

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Methanolics are the new mad hatters

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Báo Thanh Niên English 2 month(s) ago

Methanolics are the new mad hatters

Winos are going crazy after years of drinking methanol-laced moonshine

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