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
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
Kelantan urges caution amidst northeast monsoon rains
Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern receives UN leadership award
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.
Fri Nov 22 2024
ICC'S arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant an apt decision - PM
The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Fri Nov 22 2024
KTMB provides two additional ETS trains for Christmas, school holidays
KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.
Fri Nov 22 2024
BNM'S international reserves rise to USD118 bil as at Nov 15, 2024
Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Findings by dark energy researchers back Einstein's conception of gravity
The findings announced are part of a years-long study of the history of the cosmos focusing upon dark energy.
Fri Nov 22 2024
NRES responds to Rimbawatch press release on COP29
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Online Safety Bill and Anti-Cyberbullying Laws must carefully balance rights and protections
The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) stands united with people in Malaysia in the fight against serious online harms.
Fri Nov 22 2024