South, Southeast Asia have most of world’s underweight youth: IFAD November 25, 2019 0 Unable to contain high malnutrition among children, the Asia-Pacific region has another challenge to tackle: It has the world’s ...
Workers in Asia show high levels of physical and mental ill health November 22, 2019 0 Asia, we are often told, is ageing so rapidly that it may not have much time to enjoy its ...
Philippines’ Duterte blasts ‘scatterbrain’ VP, says she cannot be trusted November 21, 2019 0 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hit out at his vice president on Tuesday (Nov 19), calling her a "scatterbrain" who ...
Social media linked to poor mental health in Indonesia, research finds June 18, 2019 0 It’s hard not to feel inferior to others in this digital age as social media has created an impression that ...
Woman delivers twins month after giving birth to boy March 29, 2019 0 A Bangladeshi woman got the surprise of a lifetime when she delivered a set of twins less than a month ...
Philippines: Measles outbreak kills more than 130 February 18, 2019 0 Health officials in the Philippines say more than 130 people, mostly children, have died of measles and 8,400 others have ...
Cambodians warned vs bird flu, food poisoning January 27, 2019 0 The Cambodian health minister reminded all the people in the kingdom to avoid activities during the Chinese New Year festivities ...
Does antibiotic resistance move through the environment? December 19, 2018 0 Recent columns have talked about antibiotic use in Canadian cow-calf and feedlot operations. Contrary to common misperceptions, antibiotic-resistant bacteria ...
Beaten, terrified and disappeared: China cracks down on faulty vaccine outcry October 12, 2018 0 There are fears for the safety of a woman campaigning about China’s defective vaccines, with activists saying she has been ...
HIV/Aids: China reports 14 percent surge in new cases September 29, 2018 0 China has announced a 14% jump in the number of its citizens who are living with HIV and Aids. ...
Asia News First shipment of Moderna vaccine for USFK to arrive Friday: sources December 24, 2020 0 U.S. Forces Korea (USKF) is expected to receive the first shipment of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine Friday, sources said. The... Read more