CHIANG RAI – Nearly 49,000 people in Thailand have been infected with dengue virus, 59 of whom died, Thai National News Bureau reported Friday....
BANGKOK – The regular use of AIDS drug ‘Tenofovir’ can help reduce the risk of HIV infection among injecting drug users, according to research conducted by...
BANGKOK – Thailand is heading for a record-breaking number of dengue fever cases in 2013, with 44 people dead already from the mosquito-transmitted virus already....
BANGKOK — Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating. The United Nations’...
KUALA LUMPUR – Many smokers, especially among working women, still believe the myth that smoking can really help them to stay slim, according to the...
CHIANG RAI – The Public Health Ministry is expressing worries over the threat of cervical cancer Thai women have been increasingly facing. Deputy Public Health Minister...
CHIANG RAI – The number of dengue fever cases and fatalities have doubled since the middle of March, as the Thailand Disease Control Department (DDC) reports...
CHIANG RAI – Dr Kriangsak Watcharanukulkiat President of the Rural Doctors Society has reported he has found irregularities in the Public Health Ministry’s Bt147-million (S$6.3...
CHIANG RAI – Walk around a busy shopping mall anywhere in Thailand on a Saturday afternoon and you may think that this is a youthful...
BANGKOK – An Australian mother of three has been left with a gaping hole in her stomach and will spend months recovering after a tummy...
CHIANGRAI – The Public Health Ministry is warning nationwide schools to watch out for and do more against possible dengue fever spread after the new...
BANGKOK– Out of concerns for consumers’ health, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now banned food vendors and restaurants from using used cooking oils....
BANGKOK – Her employer’s brother raped her repeatedly for four months until Noi, 17, mustered the courage to press charges, but courage, she discovered, has...
BANGKOK – When Mallika told her parents she was pregnant at 17, they pulled her out of school and ordered her to marry the baby’s...
CHIANGRAI – Teaching girls to put on a condom using cucumbers as substitutes can be awkward at first. But as part of the plan, university...
CHIANGRAI – The Ministry of Public Health is promoting the use of condoms, after finding that teenagers are 3-9 times more likely to contract HIV...
CHIANGMAI – For Thailand’s estimated 2.5 million migrant workers, 2013 has new bureaucratic hurdles, and promise of a higher minimum wage beyond them. The new...
While the great majority of Thai people have experienced rapid development, millions of people, including stateless people and undocumented migrant workers, have not reaped these benefits,”...
BANGKOK – The Public Health Ministry has suspended sales of a stress-relief drug after it was used in sex crimes. Two ministerial decrees are being...
CHINA – A nine-year-old Chinese student has become one of the world’s youngest mothers after giving birth to a healthy baby boy. The unidentified girl...