NEWS LIST

Dengue fever cases in Perak on the rise

IPOH, Oct 18   -- A total of 2,486 cases of dengue fever have been reported in Perak between January and Oct 12 this year, an increase of  13.1 percent from 2,198 cases for the corresponding period last year.

Policy Needed For Mental Health Issues

By Siti Radziah Hamzah

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) – "I told her once I wasn't good at anything. She told me survival is a talent," wrote American author Susanna Kaysen in her 1993 memoir Girl, Interrupted, narrating her two-year experience being institutionalised in a psychiatric hospital. 

Survival is a talent, indeed, as mental illness patients have been heavily stigmatised by the community. This is despite gaining proper attention from the government, medical practitioners as well as non-governmental organisations championing the cause.

The aforementioned parties have acknowledged the rise in patients and suicide ideation among those affected with it. However, are the attention being translated into the appropriate measures and policies  to address mental health issues in the country?

Vaping-related lung injury cases in US near 1,500, with 33 deaths

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 -- The United States (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday that 1,479 vaping-related lung injury cases had been reported across the country as of Oct 15, Xinhua news agency reported.

Public should be concerned about effects of plastic disposal on marine life - Sim

MERSING, Oct -- Everyone should be concerned and sensitive to the effects of plastic disposal on the environment, especially to the marine ecosystem.

“Let’s TALK Healthy Mind” to overcome stigma against mental health

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17  -- The Health Ministry (KKM) today launched the “Let’s Talk Healthy Mind” as an effort to boost awareness and understanding on the problems of mental health to overcome the negative stigma on the ailment among the community.

Only healthy foreign workers can work in Malaysia - Dr Dzulkefly

Only foreign workers who are confirmed healthy and free from any dangerous or contagious diseases will be allowed to work in Malaysia and get a Temporary Employment Visit Pass (PLKS), said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

Drug prevention campaign to be held early next year

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 16 -- The Cabinet Committee on the Eradication of Drugs (JKMD) meeting has agreed to launch a drug prevention campaign early next year (2020).

Selangor records 49 deaths from dengue since January

SHAH ALAM, Oct 16  -- Forty-nine deaths from 57,980 dengue cases were recorded throughout Selangor from January to Oct 12.

More children are facing consequences of poor diet - UNICEF

Poverty, urbanisation, climate change and poor eating choices have contributed to the alarmingly high number of children globally, including in Malaysia, suffering from the consequences of poor diets, that threatens their survival, growth and development.

Siti Hasmah, the 'breast cancer' survivor

The prime minister’s wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali today shared her experience as a “breast cancer” survivor who underwent treatment in March last.