France fears more cases of deadly SARS-like virus

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VietNam News English 2 week(s) ago

French health authorities have said they feared the country's first case of a new SARS-like virus that has killed 18 people, mostly in SDaudi Arabia, may have infected two other people.

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Vietnam has 3.5 million asthma sufferers

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Vietnam has 3.5 million asthma sufferers

Almost 4 percent of the Vietnamese population suffers from asthma, said Bach Mai Hospital Director Nguyen Quoc Anh at a meeting in Hanoi on May 3 to mark World Asthma Day.

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Agency calls for vaccination against seasonal flu

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Agency calls for vaccination against seasonal flu

Everyone, except babies under 6 months old, should be vaccinated against seasonal flu annually that occurs between October and March every year, a health expert advises.

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Vietnam has 3.5 million asthma sufferers

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Vietnam has 3.5 million asthma sufferers

(VOV) - Almost 4 percent of the Vietnamese population suffers from asthma, said Bach Mai Hospital Director Nguyen Quoc Anh at a meeting in Hanoi on May 3 to mark World Asthma Day.

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Flu worries boost inspection efforts

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Flu worries boost inspection efforts

Officials on April 26 raided a wholesale poultry market in Hanoi, in an effort to prevent the smuggling of poultry from China.

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Lao Cai seeks tight disease control ties

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

Heath authorities in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai are stepping up measures to prevent and control the spread of diseases while calling for the active co-operation from local communities.

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Hand-foot-mouth disease infects 12,400 people, killing 4

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Hand-foot-mouth disease infects 12,400 people, killing 4

The hand-foot- mouth (HFM) disease, a contagious viral illness that affects mostly infants and children, has affected over 14,200 people across Vietnam and killed four of them in the first three months of this year, the Health Ministry reported.

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China reports tenth case of H7N9 bird flu

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Chinese authorities on Thursday reported a man in the eastern province of Zhejiang has been infected with the H7N9 strain of bird flu, the tenth human case of the disease which has claimed three lives.

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Canadian scientists charged with smuggling germs

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Canadian scientists charged with smuggling germs

OTTAWA, April 3 – Canadian federal police on Wednesday charged two former government scientists with allegedly trafficking in dangerous and highly contagious germs.

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Hand, foot and mouth disease spreads to 60 localities in VN

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Hand, foot and mouth disease spreads to 60 localities in VN

Hand, foot and mouth disease, a contagious viral illness that targets infants and children, has affected over 10,000 people in Vietnam in the first two months of this year, the Health Ministry’s Preventive Health Department has warned.

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Cross-border poultry trade banned as bird flu recurs

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Cross-border poultry trade banned as bird flu recurs

As avian influenza has recurred both in Vietnam and Cambodia, the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked authorities of six provinces to ban trade and transport of poultry and poultry products through the border between the two countries.

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Millions of VN children to receive free Rubella vaccine

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Millions of VN children to receive free Rubella vaccine

Around 23 million children aged between 9 months and 14 years will be provided with the Rubella vaccine for free under the Expanded Programme for Immunisation (EPI), supported by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI).

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Infectious diseases discussed at Hanoi int’l conference

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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.

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Forces join hands to combat top diseases

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Forces join hands to combat top diseases

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Forces join hands to combat top diseases

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VietnamPlus English 7 month(s) ago 1 related news

Forces join hands to combat top diseases

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has urged all sectors, cities and provinces to give budget priority to fighting four contagious diseases – hand-foot-mouth, dengue, A-typed influenza and rabies.

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