Health

HCMC clamps down amid H1N1 flu threat
07/08/2009 05:00
Children wear protective masks at a kindergarten in Hanoi Friday Anyone having physical contact with influenza A (H1N1) patients must be closely monitored afterward, whether or not they have symptoms, the Ho Chi...
One H1N1 patient critical as schools gear up for new year
06/08/2009 05:00
Studentsâ temperatures at a Ho Chi Minh City high school are being checked before they enter the school to prevent the A (H1 N1) flu Another H1N1 infected woman in the central province of Khanh Hoa has...
More medical workers catch influenza A
05/08/2009 05:00
A doctor questions a student at the Ngo Thoi Nhiem High School after it was found infected with influenza A (H1N1), in Ho Chi Minh City. The Thong Nhat Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday added 10 more to...
Malaria may have come from chimps, study shows
04/08/2009 05:00
Red blood cell bursting after infection of malaria (Photo courtesy of scienceblogs.com) Malaria may have jumped to humans from chimpanzees much as AIDS did, US researchers reported in a recent study they hope...
Khanh Hoa reports Vietnamâs first H1N1 death
04/08/2009 05:00
Medical staff spray sterilizer around the house of an A (H1 N1) patient in south central Khanh Hoa Province A 29-year-old woman from the central province of Khanh Hoa died on Monday, becoming the countryâs...
Late or no diagnosis for most diabetics in Vietnam
04/08/2009 05:00
More than 60 percent of diabetes patients in Vietnam are diagnosed only after the disease has caused organ damage, a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City heard Tuesday. The meeting, which was...
Late start okayed for new school year as H1N1 spreads wider
03/08/2009 05:00
Students of Lomonosov Private High School in Hanoi with H1 N1 are treated at the National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. Binh Dinh and Ninh Thuan provinces reported on Monday their first...