Public health

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 ...

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 ...

Thailand has set its sight on becoming Asean’s genomic-medicine leader within five years. “We have already secured a budget of Bt4.47 billion for the five-year Integrated Genomics Thailand Plan,” Public Health Minister Dr Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn revealed on Friday.  Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of biology ...

Although Thailand is still lagging behind other countries in developing cannabis-based medication, Thai medical researchers hope frozen knowledge could be renewed and extended to serve patients’ needs, especially in the field of traditional medicine.Keep reading ...

Over 7 million Thais worked more than 50 hours per week and were at risk of severe stress that can affect their work quality and health if they do not learn how to manage the stress properly, a senior doctor warned on Thursday.Keep reading ...