• US runs blood safety workshop for military medical centers

    10/08/2009 05:00

    Laboratory officers and technicians currently working at different Vietnamese military hospitals are attending a US-funded workshop on blood safety that opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho Monday. In the three-day workshop, funded by the...

  • Don’t use Tamiflu without doctor’s orders: HCMC health authority

    Don’t use Tamiflu without doctor’s orders: HCMC health authority

    10/08/2009 05:00

    Boxes of Tamiflu. Children with seasonal flu should not be given antivirals such as Tamiflu because harmful side effects outweigh relatively meager benefits, according to a study by British researchers The Ho...

  • Lax detection of H1N1 infected medical worker in Binh Duong

    09/08/2009 05:00

    Health authorities in the southern province of Binh Duong Sunday confirmed the influenza A (H1N1) infection of a medical worker but not before she had come into contact with several dozen people. The provincial’s Department of Health said...

  • New approach needed for HIV/AIDS fight: UNAIDS head

    09/08/2009 05:00

    The response to HIV/AIDS in the Asia Pacific region needs to work for marginalized people like sex workers, homosexuals, injecting drug users and women if it is to become more effective, says Executive Director of UNAIDS Michael Sidibe....

  • First drugstore chain gets nod for good practices

    08/08/2009 05:00

    The Ministry of Health granted the GPP (Good Pharmacy Practices) certificate to drugstore chain ECO Pharmacy Joint Stock Company at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday. ECO is the first drugstore chain in the country to receive the...

  • Hanoi to inspect bubble tea

    Hanoi to inspect bubble tea

    08/08/2009 05:00

    Hanoi Health Department inspectors will begin examining the quality of bubble tea in the capital city next week, Chief Inspector Nguyen Viet Cuong said Saturday. The move follows a...

  • Hoa Binh joins list of H1N1 infected provinces

    Hoa Binh joins list of H1N1 infected provinces

    08/08/2009 05:00

    The northern province of Hoa Binh has detected its first influenza A H1N1case, a health official said Saturday. The patient is a three-year-old girl living in Lac Thuy District’s...

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