Innovative Chileans use discarded hair to clean up coasts and waterways
Matter of Trust's project employs tube-like booms, made out of mesh and filled with hair, to attract and trap oil in lakes and streams.
Sat Jun 08 2024
Jakarta expedites TB control efforts with TB alert villages
Jakarta is accelerating efforts to control tuberculosis (TB) by establishing TB alert villages in 267 community village.
Wed May 08 2024
[COLUMNIST] Ending Tuberculosis: Enhancing Prevention, Improving Diagnosis, and Incentivizing Treatment
With enhanced prevention, improved diagnosis and incentivised treatment, the target of ending tuberculosis is achievable.
Fri Mar 08 2024
India turns to AI to capture its 121 languages
Speech data collection can also boost rural livelihoods.
Fri Dec 08 2023
WHO acknowledges India's success in reducing TB incidence, mortality
India's Health Ministry said The World Health Organisation (WHO) has acknowledged India's success in lowering tuberculosis (TB) incidence and mortality since 2015.
Thu Nov 09 2023
NZ fortifies bread, flour with folic acid to prevent birth defects
The measure is to prevent neural tube defects, such as spina bifida.
Mon Aug 14 2023
World making 'huge mistake' not funding new TB vaccines - Gates
A lack of funding could delay late-stage trials of the first new vaccine against tuberculosis for more than a century, Bill Gates warned.
Wed Apr 05 2023
Higher TB death rate recorded in Malaysia last year - Dr Zaliha
Treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis is important for recovery and avoiding complications that can cause morbidity and mortality.
Fri Mar 24 2023
Jeremy Renner, Marvel's Hawkeye, posts first selfie after snow plow accident
Renner posted a selfie from his hospital bed in Nevada, showing him looking bruised with oxygen tubes in his nose.
Wed Jan 04 2023
Urgency lacking as TB passes COVID as biggest killer: Expert
With global COVID deaths steadily declining, "TB has regained the dubious distinction", Spigelman said.
Wed Oct 26 2022
Fungal infection list launched by WHO flags global health threat
Fungal infections often strike people who are already severely ill, like cancer or tuberculosis patients.
Wed Oct 26 2022
Google ordered to pay Australian politician over defamatory YouTube videos
The ruling revives the question of how much culpability technology firms have for defamation conveyed by users on their websites.
Mon Jun 06 2022
Police say man's death in custody due to acute lung infection
Azri Ahmad said the autopsy did not show any injuries or criminal elements, and the case has been classified as sudden death.
Tue Apr 12 2022
208 deaths reported at immigration depots since 2018
Dr Ismail said among the reasons for their deaths were due to septic shock, tuberculosis, severe pneumonia, lung infection, dengue.
Thu Mar 17 2022
TB mortality increased, case detection decreased due to impact of COVID-19, says Khairy
Tuberculosis mortality in Malaysia increased by five per cent and case detection decreased by 10 per cent last year compared to 2019, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thu Oct 28 2021
The scamdemic targeting the young and vulnerable
Teenagers and young adults are becoming prime targets for a new wave of cyber scams, a trend raising alarm bells across Southeast Asia.
Sat Nov 23 2024
Japanese manicurist takes on plastic pollution, one nail at a time
Before global leaders address plastic pollution, a Japanese manicurist highlights the issue by incorporating it into her nail designs.
Sat Nov 23 2024
What to watch for ahead of US presidential inauguration
Here's a timeline of events between now and inauguration day.
Sat Nov 23 2024
The battle to reduce road deaths
In Malaysia, over half a million road accidents have been recorded so far this year.
Sat Nov 23 2024
Pro-Palestinian NGOs seek court order to stop Dutch arms exports to Israel
The Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a duty to take all reasonable measures at its disposal to prevent genocide.
Sat Nov 23 2024
How quickly can Trump's Musk-led efficiency panel slash US regulations?
Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.
Sat Nov 23 2024
2TM: Consultations on PTPTN loans, admission to IPTA at MOHE booth
Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.
Sat Nov 23 2024
Kampung Tanjung Kala residents affected by flooded bridge every time it rains heavily
Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.
Sat Nov 23 2024
COP29 climate summit draft proposes rich countries pay $250 billion per year
The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Bomb squad sent to London's Gatwick Airport after terminal evacuation
This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.
Fri Nov 22 2024