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KUALA TERENGGANU: The use of contaminated fish to make crackers, a favourite snack in the state, has been identified as among the sources of cholera outbreak Terengganu, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said. He said...
Increasing Hygiene, Reducing Suffering In the 19th century, it was possible for whole families to die from diseases such as cholera, typhoid and smallpox and giving birth was a risk for both mother and child Surgery was an...
Author Summary Multi-drug resistant bacteria continue to emerge and there is a pressing need for the development of new antibiotics. Here, we carried out a cell-based high throughput screen to identify inhibitors of RctB, the...
PUTRAJAYA: Those in Terengannu suffering from diarrhoea or vomiting should seek immediate medical attention, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. This, he added, was because of the outbreak in the state of a new...
By MARGIE MASON AP Medical Writer HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Yet even though cheap tools could prevent and cure both diseases, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each a year globally _ more than HIV and malaria...
A fresh outbreak of cholera in parts of Maiduguri and Jere Local Government Area of Borno State claimed six more persons between Monday and yesterday, bringing to 78, the number of persons who died in one month as a result of...
Five people have died of cholera in Zimbabwe since the beginning of September out of 116 cases, according to the World Health Organization, signaling that as anticipated the disease has broken out again with the onset of...
ALOR SETAR: Floods in Kedah and Perak continue to worsen while in Terengganu, 138 cases of suspected cholera have been detected, resulting in one death. In Kedah, the floods entered its second week with 220 more people being...
KUALA TERENGGANU: The state government has asked local councils and the health department to take immediate measures to contain the spread of cholera. State Health, Unity and Consumerism Committee deputy chairman Datuk Din Adam...
Dangerous waters? Cholera, caused by the aquatic bug Vibrio cholerae, spreads through contaminated food and water. The team, from Tufts University, United States, analysed Bangladesh's two seasonal cholera outbreaks — one...
