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Health Ministry: Cancer is the number two killer in Malaysia
PUCHONG: Health Ministry said cancer had caused 16,000 deaths in 2018 alone, making it the number two killer ailment in Malaysia after heart disease. Its director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that there are 10 types of cancer
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Many still refuse to abide by smoking ban at eateries
KUALA LUMPUR: There are still people who refuse to abide by the smoking ban at all eateries on the first day of full enforcement of the ruling across the country yesterday. In fact, many still claimed that they were still
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Health Ministry: RM250 compound awaits those who violate smoking ban on Jan 1
PUCHONG: Effective Jan 1, those caught smoking in public areas, including eateries across Malaysia, will be slapped with a fine of RM250. First time offenders, however, can appeal to reduce their fines to RM150 at any district health office within
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Health Ministry: Smoking among youths declined
PUCHONG: Health Ministry refuted claims that it is not doing enough to combat smoking or educating in rural areas especially among youth, in the upcoming smoking ban. In a Facebook post, the ministry said the of smoking among youths aged
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Health Ministry: Vaccinate your child to prevent communicable disease
PUCHONG: Health Ministry today advised all parents to ensure that their children aged below five years old to get vaccinated. In a Facebook post today, the ministry said the action is needed to help protect children from being infected by
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Polio case: Vaccinate yourself before going to Sabah-Health Ministry
PUCHONG: Health Ministry today advised people traveling to Sabah to ensure they have completed their immunisation against polio after a case of polio infection was confirmed in the state. In a Facebook post, the ministry also advised the public to
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Health Ministry seizes RM142mil in medical products over three years
The Health Ministry, through the Pharmaceutical Enforcement Division, has conducted 4,169 raids for the past three years against licensed pharmacy premises, private clinics and other premises found to have violated various laws and regulations. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham
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Health Ministry: No new polio infection so far
PUCHONG: Health Ministry said no new case of polio infection was detected after a three months old baby boy in Tuaran, Sabah was confirmed infected with the disease recently. Its director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said no new
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Dzulkefly: Polio virus probably brought in from outside Malaysia
PUTRAJAYA: Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the polio virus which infected a three-month-old Malaysian boy from Tuaran, Sabah was suspected to have come from outside Sabah. He said there were two possibilities how the polio virus, which
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Health Ministry: Vaccinate your kids against polio!
PUCHONG: Health Ministry today advised parents to ensure that their children are vaccinated from polio after being born, as Malaysia just had its first polio case after 27 years recently. In a Facebook post, the ministry said parents must ensure
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