YALA – Health authorities in Southern Thailand are racing to contain a measles outbreak where 14 deaths and more than 1,500 cases have been reported since...
Skin cancer deaths among men have soared in wealthy nations since 1985, with mortality rates among women rising more slowly or even declining, researchers told a...
BANGKOK – The World Health Organization has certified the Government Pharmaceutical Organization’s anti-retrovirus HIV drug Efavirenz, and the GPO is now looking to overseas sales. GPO...
CHIANG RAI – The Ministry of Public Health has instructed all hospitals under it’s authority to prescribe medications appropriately, and lower antibiotics use by 20%, by...
YALA – Parents in southern Yala have been urged to take their children to hospital to receive a measles vaccination. Residents of Yala’s Sateng Nok sub-district...
BANGKOK – Mahidol University’s National Institute Development of Children and Families has raised concerns in a recent study that shows accidents killed more than 2,500 children...
BANGKOK – While electronic cigarettes are banned in Thailand, debate continues about whether to legalize them so the government can regulate a market that has now...
BANGKOK – Somchai Sawaengkarn, a member of the National Legislative Assembly said yesterday that there is an overwhelming number of people who have voiced support for...
BANGKOK – A new ministerial directive was announced Friday banning the expulsion of pregnant students and allowing them pregnancy leave. The directive, announced Friday on the...
BANGKOK – Some fruit and vegetables in Thailand contain high levels of pesticide, a medical researcher at a leading university has warned, while the Ministry of Health...