Health

Time banks: Are they the solution to Thailand’s aging crisis?

The millions of Thais heading back to their home provinces to visit elderly parents over Songkran underlines the harsh reality that many of these seniors spend most of the year…

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This picture taken on April 2, 2024 shows Vietnamese doctor Truong Duc Thai checking a drug-resistant tuberculosis patient at National Lung Hospital in Hanoi. A faster and vastly more effective treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis is being rolled out in the Asia-Pacific region, raising hopes of a “new era” in tackling one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases. Nhac NGUYEN / AFP

Asia-Pacific gets new weapon in fight against drug-resistant TB

A faster and vastly more effective treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis is being rolled out in the Asia-Pacific region, raising hopes of a “new era” in tackling one of the world’s…

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Part of Bangkok’s Bang Sue declared Hazmat zone

The Bang Sue district in Bangkok has declared the area where the latest 300 tonnes of toxic cadmium slag were found a Hazmat (hazardous materials) zone. The slag was discovered…

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Some of the cadmium waste discovered in Bangkok.

300 tonnes of cadmium slag found in Bangkok

About 300 tonnes of cadmium slag were found in a warehouse in Bangkok’s Bang Sue district on Wednesday, by officers from the Natural Resources and Environment Crime Division. The officers…

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About 3,000 tonnes of cadmium waste is found today in Bangsue district.

Summonses issued to partners in company where cadmium slag was found

Police have issued summonses for the partners in the company in Samut Sakhon province, on whose premises carcinogenic cadmium waste was initially discovered, Industry Minister Pimpatra Wichaikul said today. The…

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Cabinet agrees to Bt235Bn to fund health Gold Card scheme next fiscal year

The cabinet approved a Bt235 billion budget for 2025 fiscal year today, to fund the universal health security scheme (Gold Card) for the Thai population, under which each citizen will…

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Fighting overweight and obesity 

Obesity is a major public health problem, both internationally and in Thailand. In 2022, according to the World Health Organization, 1 in 8 people in the world were living with…

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Governor orders return of cadmium waste from Samut Sakhon to Tak within seven days

An initial inspection by the Pollution Control Department’s branch in Samut Sakhon province, where 15,000 tonnes of carcinogenic cadmium waste were being stored in smelting warehouses, has revealed that no…

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File photo : Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai experiences the world’s third worst air quality today

Chiang Mai is ranked as the city with the third highest level of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere today, measured at 128.2µg/m³, and an air quality index of 188 on…

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Story of an 11-year-old boy with HIV ignites social media

An 11-year-old boy, who reportedly told a doctor that he intentionally got infected with HIV from his 18-year-old girlfriend “to become buddies”, has caused an uproar on social media, according…

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File photo : Tisana Choonhavan during a budgetary debate last week.

Tisana blames distress over bereavement for misreading budget numbers

Move Forward MP for Bangkok, Tisana Choonhavan, has blamed her misreading of budget numbers during a parliamentary session on her distress and lack of sleep following the death of a…

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Booze battle: Thailand still missing the middle path in alcohol control

No less than four draft laws on alcohol control will soon go before Parliament, but none appear to contain a middle path that will satisfy everyone. Two drafts, one proposed…

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File photo : Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales arrives at Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023.//AFP

Britain in shock after Catherine’s cancer announcement

London, United Kingdom – After weeks of wild speculation, British people on Saturday digested the shock news that Catherine, Princess of Wales, has cancer, many praising her courage.  Others criticised the…

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Thailand’s surrogacy boom: Global baby-making haven or traffickers’ paradise

The idea of legalizing surrogacy services for foreign couples, including LGBTQ partners, promises rich benefits for Thailand’s medical industry – but has also triggered grave concerns about human trafficking risks….

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