• Vietnam’s dog slaughterhouses shut on health fears

    19/05/2009 05:00

    Authorities in Hanoi have temporarily closed at least a dozen dog slaughterhouses on fears their unclean conditions may help spread cholera bacteria to people, an official said Monday. Dog meat is a popular dish in Vietnam. It was unclear...

  • South Korea quarantines Vietnamese woman on swine flu fears

    19/05/2009 05:00

    A Vietnamese national in transit has been quarantined at a South Korean airport after showing symptoms of influenza A (H1N1), also known as swine flu, health officials said Monday. “A 22-year-old Vietnamese woman has been isolated at Incheon...

  • Business booms at world’s biggest sperm bank

    Business booms at world’s biggest sperm bank

    19/05/2009 05:00

    The director of the new sperm bank Cryos, Ole Schou, poses for the camera at the new headquarters in the Danish city of Aarhus on April 29 Business is booming for the world’s biggest sperm bank,...

  • One dead as cholera spreads in northern region

    19/05/2009 05:00

    A 50-year-old man from the northern province of Ninh Binh died last Tuesday of cholera, the Ministry of Health reported on its website Monday. The man from Lai Thanh Commune in the province’s Kim Son District complained of stomach pain and...

  • Middlemen grease healthcare wheels in HCMC hospitals

    Middlemen grease healthcare wheels in HCMC hospitals

    17/05/2009 05:00

    People queue up at 3 a.m. outside the Medical University Hospital in HCMC to be able to take the small numbers for a check-up. Most patients coming for a check-up at hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City have to arrive...

  • Cholera outbreak continues spreading north

    17/05/2009 05:00

    Northern Thai Binh Province on Sunday reported three individuals had tested positive for cholera, making it the ninth locality to report the disease in the north-central region of the country. The provincial Center of Preventive Health said the...

  • Acute diarrhea spreads to eighth province in north

    Acute diarrhea spreads to eighth province in north

    15/05/2009 05:00

    A patient with acute diarrhea at Thanh Loc Commune Medical Center in Thanh Hoa Province’s Hau Loc District The northern Ninh Binh Province Friday reported that people were hospitalized with acute diarrhea...

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