
COVID: Baricitinib hoped to increase treatment effectiveness, reduce fatalities - Health DG
Hospitals nationwide will begin using Baricitinib for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, especially category four and five patients, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.
Fri Jul 23 2021

Trump steroid treatment for COVID-19 raises potential side effect risk
Dexamethasone has typically been reserved for more serious cases.
Tue Oct 06 2020

Experts raise questions about severity of Trump's COVID-19
The biggest question would be is there a risk of deterioration, or is he on a good trajectory?
Mon Oct 05 2020

COVID-19: Dexamethasone has side effects, don't misuse it - Health DG
The Health Ministry (MOH) today advised the public not to consume or misuse the drug Dexamethasone to treat COVID-19 without a doctor's prescription.
Wed Jun 17 2020

Show me the data: U.S. doctors skeptical of reported COVID breakthrough
Earlier, researchers in Britain said dexamethasone reduced death rates of severely ill COVID-19 patients by around a third
Wed Jun 17 2020

Steroid drug hailed as 'breakthrough' for seriously ill COVID-19 patients
Trial results showed dexamethasone reduced death rates by around a third among patients
Wed Jun 17 2020

Public urged to stop using CHR Creative Herbs - Health DG
Tests from samples of the products found them to be adulterated with Dexamethasone and Chlorpheniramine, both of which were controlled under the Poisons Act 1952.
Sat Dec 17 2016

No action against cordyceps supplier - Khairy
No action will be taken against the supplier of the cordyceps supplement found tainted with dexamethasone taken by Datuk Lee Chong Wei.
Thu Apr 30 2015

Chong Wei must compete in all Super Series events to regain world number one status - Frost
Former World number one Datuk Lee Chong Wei will have to play in all Super Series tournaments to regain his status as the world number one, said BAM technical director Morten Frost Hansen.
Tue Apr 28 2015

BAM legal team ready for doping case hearing on Apr 11
Lee Chong Wei's defence team will use the argument that he did not knowingly take the banned substance dexamethasone, at the hearing of the doping case in Amsterdam.
Tue Mar 24 2015

Chong Wei to know fate in Amsterdam on April 11
The 32-year-old two-time Olympic silver medalist was temporarily suspended after his urine samples taken tested positive for 'dexamathosone'.
Tue Mar 10 2015

Not wrong to bring Chong Wei's doping issue to CAS - Khairy
Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin says the Court of Arbitration for Sport is a channel to appeal if the decision by BWF is not in the national shuttler's favour.
Sat Nov 15 2014

Doping issue: Sample B positive, national shuttler suspended
National shuttler Datuk Lee Chong Wei has been suspended indefinitely following a positive Sample B result for dexamethasone.
Sat Nov 08 2014

AI Revolution: Will Malaysia’s workforce sink or swim?
AI is no longer a distant concept, it is actively transforming industries, reshaping job markets, and redefining the skills needed.
Tue Mar 11 2025

Dalai Lama says his successor to be born outside China
Beijing insists it will choose his successor, but the Dalai Lama says any successor named by China would not be respected.
Tue Mar 11 2025

Philippines' ex-President Duterte arrested at ICC's request over 'drugs war', government says
Rodrigo Duterte was arrested upon his arrival at a Manila airport and the ex-leader is now in custody, the office of the president said.
Tue Mar 11 2025

US judge says Musk's DOGE must release records on operations run in 'secrecy'
The ruling, the first of its kind, marks an early victory for advocates pushing DOGE to be more transparent about its role in mass firings.
Tue Mar 11 2025

How to Get to Merdeka 118: Your Complete Guide
Heres everything you need to know about getting there efficiently.
Tue Mar 11 2025

Trump's renewed interest in Greenland lacks respect, says prime minister
Greenland, whose population is only 57,000, belongs to its people and that it should decide on its own future, says it's PM.
Tue Mar 11 2025

Why Canada is jailing more Indigenous people despite Trudeau's promises
Sentencing rules, supervisory orders and parole denials drive higher incarceration rates.
Tue Mar 11 2025

BRICS' climate leadership aims hang on healing deep divides
So far the middle-income BRICS have resisted demands from cash-strapped developed countries that they should share financial liability.
Tue Mar 11 2025

As US restores some aid, humanitarian groups ask: where is the money?
The United Nations has started evaluating "choices we are making on which lives not to save" due to cuts.
Tue Mar 11 2025

Social media platform X down again for thousands of users, Downdetector shows
Elon Musk's social media platform X was down again for thousands of users in the United States, according to Downdetector.com.
Mon Mar 10 2025