Medical

Skipping periodic check-ups, self-medicating can worsen the disease in the elderly

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Hanoi - Through free health check-ups in Bach Mai ward, many elderly people are diagnosed with the disease but have self-medicated, posing many risks of worsening.

Instructions on caring for and preventing hand, foot and mouth disease for children when the disease increases

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The number of hand, foot and mouth disease cases in young children is on the rise, doctors recommend that parents need to take care of them properly and maintain hygiene to help children recover quickly.

Ho Chi Minh City prioritizes preventive medicine, reducing treatment costs due to late detection

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Ho Chi Minh City is developing a project for universal health check-ups 2026–2030, prioritizing cancer screening and non-communicable diseases to save treatment costs.

Bringing medical services closer to the facility, many people detect the risk of disease

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Hanoi - Many health check-up and screening programs are being implemented at facilities to help people access medical services, detect signs and risks of disease.

Successful surgery helps 103-year-old woman walk again

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Vinh Long - General Hospital performs safe surgery for a 103-year-old woman with a broken femur and many underlying diseases.

Tan Son Nhat airport tightens control of Nipah disease for inbound passengers

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Ho Chi Minh City - On January 29, Tan Son Nhat Airport urgently deployed measures to prevent Nipah virus, closely monitoring passengers from the epidemic area.

Nipah virus prevention: Tighten monitoring of livestock facilities, areas with many bats

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The Department of Livestock and Veterinary Medicine has issued a document requesting localities to proactively prevent, control, supervise, and prevent Nipah virus from entering Vietnam.

Health control at border gates to prevent diseases caused by Nipah virus

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Quang Tri - Faced with the risk of epidemics caused by Nipah virus entering, the province is synchronously implementing many health control solutions, especially monitoring at border gates.

Cause of poisoning due to eating bread in Ho Chi Minh City, causing hundreds of people to be hospitalized

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Ho Chi Minh City - The Department of Food Safety has concluded that the cause of the poisoning was due to 2 types of bacteria in the bread filling.

Nipah virus returns, Ministry of Health tightens food safety

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Concerned that the Nipah virus spreads through food, the Ministry of Health requests localities to strengthen monitoring, tighten food safety and proactively take epidemic prevention measures.

Habits to help protect workers' eyes in the middle of the pollution season

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For outdoor workers, air pollution not only affects the respiratory system but also directly damages the eyes.

Doctor warns Nipah virus can be transmitted from diseased bats and pigs

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Regarding information that India has recorded cases suspected of Nipah virus infection, doctors warn that this dangerous virus can be transmitted to humans.

Stem cell transplant to create blood for a pediatric patient with underlying spinal cord failure

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Ho Chi Minh City - Doctors have just successfully performed a hematopoietic stem cell transplant for an 8-year-old male patient with severe anatomyal spinal cord failure.

Khanh Hoa tightens health supervision in the face of the risk of Nipah virus epidemics

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Khanh Hoa - Khanh Hoa Department of Health issued an urgent document requesting units to strengthen supervision and proactively implement measures to prevent and control epidemics caused by the Nipah virus.

Liver transplant saves a baby under 1 year old, weighing only 5.3kg

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A special liver transplant for a baby girl nearly 1 year old, weighing 5.3kg, has just been successfully performed at Vinmec Times City Hospital.

Da Nang urgently prevents the risk of Nipah virus intrusion

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Da Nang - Da Nang City Department of Health has activated emergency measures to prevent the Nipah virus from entering the city.

Da Nang cancer patients split bamboo strings, process rice to wrap Tet cakes in spring

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Da Nang - Hundreds of patients at the Oncology Hospital gathered to wrap Tet cakes to welcome Tet early.

Eating pomelo snails soaked in chemicals, doctors warn of serious harm

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Ho Chi Minh City - Eating food contaminated with sodium silicate chemicals can cause abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea... In the long term, it causes metabolic disorders, affecting the liver and kidneys.

Nipah virus suspected of spreading from fresh rubber honey alarms border village

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West Bengal authorities suspect female nurse infected with Nipah virus after drinking fresh dates in a border village, which once recorded an outbreak related to this drink.

Nipah virus: Ministry of Health requests zoning and thorough handling of cases

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The Ministry of Health has just issued an urgent official dispatch on strengthening surveillance, prevention and control of diseases caused by the Nipah virus.