Health

Public concern growing over influenza A
02/08/2009 05:00
Employees in Hanoi wear medical masks at the office. Medical masks in Ho Chi Minh City have been selling like hotcakes as some medical suppliers run out of stock. The influenza A (H1N1)...
Hanoi school confirms first H1N1 cases
31/07/2009 05:00
A medical worker posts a notice about H1N1 preventive measures at the Lomonosov High School in Hanoi. Influenza A (H1N1) has spread to the first high school in Hanoi and the second office building in Ho Chi Minh...
Stronger H1N1 precautions advised in Vietnam as tally climbs
30/07/2009 05:00
People wear masks at the PetroVietnam building in Ho Chi Minh City. Thirty-one new influenza A (H1N1) cases were detected Thursday with the north-central province of Thanh Hoa Province registering its first one...
Sunbeds elevated to top cancer risk level: WHO
29/07/2009 05:00
A woman stands near a sunbed on August 22, 2007 in Paris. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced Wednesday that it had elevated sunbeds, used by tens of millions of people for tanning,...
Flu fears hit the larger community
29/07/2009 05:00
Employees at the PetroVietnam building in HCMC wore masks at work Wednesday after an employee was found infected with the flu. Offices and businesses in Ho Chi Minh City have beefed up measures against the...
Doctors accused of illegally profiting off cancer treatment
29/07/2009 05:00
Doctors at a Hanoi hospital have been accused of cashing in by forcing cancer patients to use expensive equipment rather than the facilities their insurance policies allow them to use for free....
HCMC reports over half of new HIV/AIDS cases
29/07/2009 05:00
A boy takes a nap at the Tam Binh Care Center for HIV-afflicted Children in Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City. More than half or over 4,100 of the countryâs 8,131 new HIV/AIDS cases were detected in Ho Chi...