1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (1575+ words) Thailand's plan to introduce a tiered salt tax in a bid to curb soaring rates of high blood pressure and kidney disease has sparked debate over whether price measures can succeed where education campaigns have struggled. BANGKOK: Every day at…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (805+ words) By 2035, about 30 per cent " more than 400 million people " of China's population is expected to be 60 and above. BEIJING: Before Zhou Jiayi's retired father fell gravely ill, she had been his primary caregiver." But when the 67-year-old was diagnosed with adrenocortical…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1041+ words) Thermal scanning at ports of entry is not as effective in keeping rare deadly pathogens out as one may hope, says Hsu Li Yang from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. SINGAPORE: "Singapore stopped temperature screening in airports…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (399+ words) Punch's predicament has sparked huge interest online, spawning a devoted fanbase with large crowds thronging Ichikawa City Zoo. TOKYO: The plight of a baby monkey in Japan who has become an internet sensation shows the cruelty of zoos, an animal…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (496+ words) SINGAPORE: Singapore has recorded its first case of measles involving a child attending preschool since the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) stepped up measures to better contain and manage measles infection. The agency was notified of the case, involving an 11-month-old…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (109+ words) Imagine growing up being told you're stupid, simply for having difficulty reading. That was the experience of singer-songwriter, Inch Chua. In Singapore, one in ten people are dyslexic and Inch is one of them. In this documentary, she meets fellow…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (158+ words) BANGKOK: A deadly virus and bacterial infection have killed at least 72 tigers at a private animal park in Thailand's north in recent weeks, authorities said. The provincial livestock office in Chiang Mai said in a statement on Friday (Feb 20) that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (281+ words) No cases of the Nipah virus infection have been reported in Singapore to date in connection with the outbreak in West Bengal or the case in Bangladesh. SINGAPORE: Singapore will progressively ease some Nipah virus public health measures from Monday…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (322+ words) Raised largely in a children's home under a protection order, Mr Dino spent his early years moving between caretakers amid domestic violence and instability. Born in a forested area while his mother ... Born in a bush and raised in a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (22+ words) Nursing homes bring in lion dances, special festive dishes for residents'CNA Nursing homes bring in lion dances, special festive dishes for residents...