Health

Doctors point traces of air and noise pollution
12/05/2009 05:00
A doctor checks a girlâs ear at HCMC Childrenâs Hospital No.1. City health experts have warned about the severe impacts of too much dust and sound on childrenâs health. Workers and children are...
Baby makers busier than ever
11/05/2009 05:00
Vietnamâs population grew by 0.1 percent in the first quarter, according to figures released Monday. Positive population growth was recorded in 27 provinces, the Ministry of Health...
Two more provinces hit with acute diarrhea outbreak
11/05/2009 05:00
Health authorities from the northern port city of Hai Phong Monday announced four out of the 13 patients admitted with diarrhea have tested positive for cholera. The city is the third one in Vietnamâs northern area hit with a severe...
Dengue fever ravishes southern Vietnam
08/05/2009 05:00
More than 13,000 people in southern Vietnam have contracted dengue fever already this year, and 11 of them had died as of May 3, the director of the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City said Friday....
Ministry warns of infectious diseases during seasonal change
07/05/2009 05:00
A patient with a virus-caused fever is examined at a health facility in Hanoi. Health authorities have warned of infectious diseases that often spread early in the rainy season. The Ministry of Health has called...
Officials tighten ânetâ around influenza A
06/05/2009 05:00
Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu inspected a health screening device at Tan Son Nhat International Airport with airport officials Wednesday Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu has told authorities in Ho Chi Minh...
Summer blood donation campaign set to open
05/05/2009 05:00
A nationwide summer campaign to encourage people to donate blood launched on May 8 expects to collect 140,000 units that will benefit around 100,000 patients in the next three months....