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More people infected by flu in Thailand

Over the past week, another 46 people have come down with the type-A (H1N1) virus Khon Kaen, Angthong, Chanthaburi, Chon Buri, Samut Prakan and Chiang Mai.

Thailand's Hospitals Warned To Ensure Measures Against A/H1N1 Outbreak

Thailand's public health ministry Thursday has warned hospitals nationwide to be more careful in a move to curb the A/H1N1 flu outbreak after some doctors have contracted with it.

Joint fight: Identical twins Megan and Gracie Garwood are both battling acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

A mother has told of her 'living nightmare' after both her identical twin daughters were diagnosed with leukaemia.

Two new A(H1N1) deaths confirmed in Thailand; Death tally hits 198

Thailand’s Disease Control Department on Tuesday reported two more deaths related to Influenza type A(H1N1), raising total death tally from what was formerly called swine flu to 198.

Thailand confirms four new deaths from A(H1N1) flu

Type-A (H1N1) influenza is feared to be spreading across the country after four deaths were reported in the Northeast and the North over the past week.

Thai Public Health Ministry plans 20,000 shots daily in A(H1N1) vaccination programme

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry on Tuesday announced its intention to inject 20,000 high-risk persons daily with vaccine against Influenza A(H1N1) in its vaccination programme, according to Paichit Varachit, permanent secretary for public health.

Radiation risk low with whole-body airport scanners

Julie Steenhuysen Reuters 07.01.2010
Radiation risk low with whole-body airport scanners

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The radiation risk from full-body scanners used to improve airport security is low and unlikely to raise an individual's risk of cancer, U.S. experts said on Wednesday.

2 girls hospitalised following ammonia leakage in Ratchaburi

An ammonia leakage at a canned fruit factory here caused panic among nearby residents and caused two girls to suffer from breathing problem.

Ban on trans fats to hit California restaurants

Victoria Colliver San Francisco Chronicle 31.12.2009
Ban on trans fats to hit California restaurants

Trans fat will become oil non grata in California restaurants on New Year's Day, when the state becomes the first in the country to ban the use of the artery-clogging, partially hydrogenated vegetable substance.

Christmas Miracle: Mom and Baby Die, Then Revive

A Colorado woman and her baby were brought back to life after apparently dying in labor, observers say.

May take a year to conquer H1N1 flu pandemic: WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) - The H1N1 flu pandemic may not be conquered until 2011, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

New Hampshire Investigates 1st US Case Of Digestive Anthrax

A campus ministry center that hosts monthly drum playing gatherings has been shut down as part of the investigation into how a New Hampshire woman contracted the nation's first known case of gastrointestinal anthrax.

New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border

MARGIE MASON and MARTHA MENDOZA The Washington Post 28.12.2009
New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border

PAILIN, Cambodia -- O'treng village doesn't look like the epicenter of anything. Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly on stilts, tucked among a tangle of cornfields once littered with deadly land mines. Yet this spot on the Thai-Cambodian border is home to a form of malaria that keeps rendering one powerful drug after another useless.

Thailand reports one more death from A/H1N1 flu

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry on Wednesday reported one more death from the Influenza Type A(H1N1) virus, raising the country’s total fatalities to 191.

Some Thai volunteers develop symptom with local-made flu vaccine

Thailand's Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has found some five of the total 24 volunteers have developed a cold-liked symptom after they were vaccinated with a nasal-spray-A/H1N1-influenza vaccine.

Researchers Say One Dose Of H1N1 Vaccine May Be Enough For Kids

Miami, FL, United States (AHN) - Despite previous recommendations, Australian researchers say one dose of H1N1 vaccine may be enough protection for infants and children.

Second wave of H1N1 flu hits Thailand

An estimated 2 million Thais are at risk of contracting type-A (H1N1) influenza following the re-emergence of the pandemic, experts say.

Drug-resistant malaria in Thailand

Researchers in Thailand are warning that a drug-resistant strain of malaria is emerging. The new strain is especially resistant to artesunate drugs, one of the world's most common treatment for malaria.

 
One more A(H1N1) death reported; Imported vaccines safe

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health reported Wednesday one new fatality from Influenza Type A(H1N1), bringing the country’s death tally to 190.

 
 

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