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With Thailand facing its worst dengue outbreak in half a decade, people of all ages have been advised to protect themselves from mosquito bites and control the Aedes aegypti mosquito population.The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has assured that the authorities are fully prepared to ...

The Commerce Ministry will extend the submission deadline for 353 private hospitals to provide information about the actual costs of drugs, medical supplies and medical services to July 31, saying the decision is in line with a cabinet resolution on Tuesday.Keep reading ...

The Department of Disease Control is encouraging members of the public to get free HIV/Aids tests from state-run hospitals, after it found that at least 28,000 Thais are unaware that they have contracted the disease.Keep reading ...

Chulalongkorn University and dtac recently joined hands to raise awareness of bullying in Thai society and to seek solutions to the growing incidence of cyberbullying in the country. A comprehensive research study, undertaken by Chulalongkorn University, has pinpointed strong links between aspects of Thai culture ...

Economic inequality has become a major roadblock in Thailand’s path to prosperity and democracy. The massive development gap between the prosperous central and eastern seaboards and outlying agricultural regions has been a source of political division and unmet economic potential for decades. In Thailand’s northeast, ...

LGBT rights campaigners and activists have petitioned a House committee to usher in a panel that monitors gender protections.The petition was submitted to Thanikan Ponpongsaroj, spokeswoman of a committee responsible for drafting the rules governing the meeting of the House of Representatives.Keep reading ...

The Department of Mental Health’s new panel will come up with guidelines on the use of marijuana for medical purposes and a recommendation on its use in treating psychiatric patients, which will be proposed to the Public Health Ministry’s Narcotics Control Committee, a senior official ...

Foreigners can conveniently now access international-standard healthcare services from the newly established Foreign Customer Service Centres (FCSC) at 133 centres and general hospitals nationwide.Keep reading ...

In the next 12 years, the healthcare industry will face major demographic changes that would dramatically impact which services are needed and how they are delivered.As millennials, Generation X, and baby boomers will enter new life stages at the same time, there will be simultaneous ...

The Department of Disease Control has asked related agencies to monitor Chikungunya infections after 14 students and teachers from Singapore contracted the illness after visiting Ratchaburi province.Keep watching ...