Malaria epidemic may recur this year

0 vote(s)Comment

VOV News English 4 month(s) ago

Malaria epidemic may recur this year

(VOV) - A malaria epidemic is likely to spread across many provinces and cities this year, according to Dr. Tran Thanh Duong, Head of the National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE).

Keywords: 

Polio cases down worldwide, trouble spots remain

0 vote(s)Comment

VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

The number of polio cases worldwide have reached a record low in 2012, giving experts confidence that the disease can finally be eradicated, according to presentations made at a major US conference.

Keywords: 

Infectious diseases discussed at Hanoi int’l conference

0 vote(s)Comment

Hanoi Times English 7 month(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - Medical experts from 13 Asian countries gathered at an international conference in Hanoi to discuss measures against infectious diseases.

Keywords: 

Bird flu spreads across Quang Ngai

0 vote(s)Comment

VOV News English 9 month(s) ago

Bird flu spreads across Quang Ngai

(VOV) - Bird flu has recently been spreading widely to many localities in central Quang Ngai province, with more than 27,000 birds culled.

Keywords: 

Petechial fever at alarming level

0 vote(s)Comment

VOV News English 10 month(s) ago

Petechial fever at alarming level

(VOV) - More than 26,200 cases of petechial fever, including 30 deaths, were reported nationwide in the first six months of this year, up 40 percent against 2011, according to the Preventive Medicine Department.

Keywords: 

Outbreak of dengue fever in Dong Nai, Ben Tre Provinces

0 vote(s)Comment

SaiGon GP English 10 month(s) ago 1 related news

The Preventive Medicine Center in the southern province of Dong Nai has reported an outbreak of dengue fever in all Communes and Wards of the Province, with a recorded 3,000 cases and five fatalities already.

Keywords: 

Prime Minister asks for tighter quarantine procedures

0 vote(s)Comment

VietNam News English 10 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday asked authorities, especially those in border provinces, to tighten inspections and control of poultry imports in an attempt to stem a bird flu epidemic.

Keywords: 

FAO helps Vietnam stamp out bird flu

0 vote(s)Comment

VietnamNet English 10 month(s) ago

FAO helps Vietnam stamp out bird flu

VietNamNet Bridge – International veterinary experts will put in place a plan for epidemic control at regional level, targeted towards the elimination of bird flu in Vietnam, according to the FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases Operations (ECTAD).

Keywords: 

Bizarre skin disease hits Quang Ngai Province

0 vote(s)Comment

VietnamNet English 11 month(s) ago

Bizarre skin disease hits Quang Ngai Province

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 240 people in Ba To District in the central province of Quang Ngai have been affected by bizarre skin disease and 23 have died.

Keywords: 

Blue-ear pig disease appears in more localities

0 vote(s)Comment

VOV News English 11 month(s) ago

Blue-ear pig disease appears in more localities

(VOV) - The blue-ear pig epidemic develops further complications, spreading to another two regions, namely Hanoi in the north and Binh Duong province in the south, says the Animal Health Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Keywords: 

Smoking the top killer for Vietnamese men, official says

0 vote(s)Comment

Báo Thanh Niên English 12 month(s) ago

Vietnam has 16 million active smokers, making it one of the top 15 smoking countries in the world, a Health Ministry official said at a Hanoi press briefing Tuesday.

Keywords: 

Soc Trang struggle against bird flu

0 vote(s)Comment

VOV News English 16 month(s) ago 1 related news

Soc Trang struggle against bird flu

(VOV) - The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang has met difficulties in preventing bird flu spreading after the disease recurred nearly a month ago, resulting in a human fatality.

Keywords: 

Blue ear disease continues to spread in Quang Nam Province

0 vote(s)Comment

VietNam News English 20 month(s) ago

More than a dozen new cases of blue-ear pig disease were detected in the central province of Quang Nam yesterday, raising the country's total affected number to nearly 19,000, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said.

Keywords: 

Banned herbal slimming medicine remains on sale

0 vote(s)Comment

VietNam News English 23 month(s) ago

Despite the Drug Administration of Viet Nam (DAV) banning medicine containing sibutramine in April because it creates breathing difficulties, a herbal medicine called Lishou containing the substance, can still to be found at some drugstores.

Keywords: 

Illegal ambulances run rampant in HCMC

0 vote(s)Comment

Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 25 month(s) ago

One night at the end of May, an ambulance with the license plate 57L-9372 parked in front of Cho Ray hospital’s first-aid section. The car had a siren, its body had a red cross but no hospital name. The driver cum first-aid employee carried the patient out of the ambulance instead of a doctor or nurse.

Keywords: 

Top page