Medical

Proposal to increase the rate of payment for medicinal herbs and traditional medicines from the health insurance fund

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The current health insurance payment list includes 229 traditional medicines, medicinal herbs and 349 traditional medicine ingredients...

More than 22 billion VND in fines after nationwide food safety crackdown

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During the Action Month for Food Safety 2026, functional forces discovered nearly 5,800 violating establishments, fining more than 22 billion VND.

Successful surgery on a large uterine fibroid causing compression

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On May 29, Nha Be General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City said it had just successfully operated on a female patient with large uterine fibroids causing compression complications.

Violating drug circulation regulations, many pharmaceutical enterprises are heavily fined

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The Drug Administration of Vietnam (Ministry of Health) has just fined many pharmaceutical enterprises from more than 100 to 310 million VND for violations in drug circulation and pharmaceutical business.

Tighten measures to prevent Ebola epidemic at Tan Son Nhat airport

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Ho Chi Minh City - Tan Son Nhat Airport requests the entire unit to strengthen Ebola virus prevention to protect general health.

Warning about subjectivity with the route of infection of meningococcal disease

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The number of meningococcal meningitis cases tends to increase again in many localities, but many people are still subjective about the routes of infection.

Signs of meningococcal meningitis distinguished from common flu

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Can Tho - Meningococcal meningitis, besides similar signs to the flu, can be noted as characteristics of stiff neck, fear of light or drowsiness.

Causes of increasingly common infertility

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Doctors say that infertility is becoming increasingly common, not only due to medical factors but also related to lifestyle.

Mother choked up because her 6-year-old daughter has kidney disease, with a cautious prognosis

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Thinking he would be like many young children preparing to enter 1st grade, but the 6-year-old patient from Lao Cai had to put aside his dream of going to school because he suffered from kidney failure syndrome.

After a newly discovered meningococcal meningitis case, many people in Ho Chi Minh City actively vaccinated

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Ho Chi Minh City recorded a case of meningococcal meningitis in a 21-year-old student who has not been vaccinated. Faced with the risk of rapid disease spread, many people have proactively gone for vaccination early.

Men proactively get HPV vaccine before higher risk of infection than women

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The rate of HPV infection in men is higher than in women, while many people are still not fully aware of the risks and roles of vaccination.

Thai Nguyen sends 46 doctors to grassroots level

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Thai Nguyen - On March 27, Thai Nguyen Department of Health organized a meeting with doctors assigned to work at commune and ward health stations in 2026.

Warning of pufferfish poisoning, 3 consecutive cases hospitalized in Can Tho

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Can Tho - Doctors received and rescued 3 consecutive cases of pufferfish poisoning (also known as jackfruit snakehead fish) in just 2 days.

Abusing electronic devices, children face the risk of autism and psychological disorders

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Ho Chi Minh City - Letting children use electronic devices too much can seriously affect psychological and physical development.

Many women suffer from "unspeakable diseases" but are reluctant to see a doctor

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Ho Chi Minh City - Many women silently endure "difficult-to-speak diseases" such as urinary incontinence, genital prolapse but are reluctant to be examined, causing the disease to become increasingly serious.

3cm fish bone pierces through the stomach wall, into the patient's bile ducts

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Can Tho - Can Tho Central General Hospital took a foreign object, a fish bone about 3cm long, through the stomach, into the patient's bile ducts.

Complex meningococcal meningitis, doctors provide confusing signs

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Can Tho - Faced with the risk of complicated meningococcal meningitis, doctors provide information on identification signs and recommend proactive vaccination to prevent the disease.

Meningitis meningococcal vaccination increases by 30% in Can Tho

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Can Tho - Doctors recommend that people raise awareness of preventing meningococcal meningitis by traditional methods and vaccines, avoiding psychological panic.

Pub in Dak Lak violates food safety after 3 people hospitalized

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Dak Lak - Regarding the case of 3 patients being hospitalized after eating bitter beef ribs with eggplant, a restaurant selling food violated food safety regulations.

If you want to increase your lifespan, you should limit drinking these things

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Not only eating, but what you drink every day also directly affects longevity.