CHINAG RAI – Improving water and sanitation for older people was the idea behind a recent “Water for life for older people” day which was held...
BANGKOK — Major international tobacco companies are mounting a legal challenge to Thai health ministry plans to increase graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging. The court...
Thirteen thousand 10-year-old local girls will be immunized over the next year VIENTIANE – An Australian made vaccine, funded largely by Australia, is set to...
CHIANG MAI – The Fear of losing face and an inability to express emotion are contributing factors behind Northern Thailand’s status as the country’s suicide capital,...
The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) is responding positively to the proposed legalization of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), which is currently on the narcotics list....
CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s Public Health Minister Pradit Sintavanarong ordered health officials countrywide, particularly in provinces along Thai-Cambodian border to step up measures and to...
BANGKOK – The Public Health Ministry will set up a “medical mediator” group to handle disputes over bill payments for treatment involving foreigners and hospitals in...
CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s Public health Ministry reports dengue fever is a major health threat in border provinces in North Thailand, particularly Chiang Mai, Chiang...
PHNOM PENH -A 3-year-old boy is the 14th confirmed case of H5N1 in Cambodia in 2013, as authorities work to contain the spread of the deadly...
BANGKOK – For over 10 years, the Human Development Foundation – Mercy Centre’s Aids hospice was the first, largest and only free Aids hospice in...
CHIANG RAI – The dengue outbreak, which has been surging sharply in Thailand during the current rainy season, is feared to strike 120,000 cases for...
CHIANG RAI – Thailand currently records about three million diabetes patients with 21 deaths daily, according the public health ministry. Public Health Minister Pradit Sintavanarong...
BANGKOK – Public Health Minister Pradit Sintavanarong insisted that the latest Thai tobacco regulation which requires 85 per cent of space on cigarette packets dedicated...
CHIANG RAI – The Thai government plans to issue a new regulation requiring foreign tourists to buy travel and health insurance before arriving in Thailand....
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...