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The Ministry of Health recommends people get the flu shot once a year, particularly those at high risk of infection, including young children aged six months to five years, pregnant women, the elderly, patients with chronic conditions or weakened immunity, people living in long-term care facilities and healthcare workers. Yet vaccination levels are low inRead more

On 31 October, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that it will introduce standardised packaging for all tobacco products sold in Singapore, as part of ongoing efforts for a tobacco-free society. If enacted, the new measures may take effect from 2020 and all tobacco products may soon be required to be sold in plain or

A rapidly ageing population is no cause for despair, shared the five panellists on the Straits Times-AIA Roundtable on ‘Managing Singapore’s Health with an Ageing Population: What more needs to be done?’ Being old is not the problem, they pointed out, but being sick, at any age, is. Speaking with Straits Times senior health correspondent

Antibiotics are critical for human and animal health, and it is not an exaggeration to state that they are one of a few critical discoveries that have improved human health dramatically in the past century. Yet, their use in humans and animals are not without risks and trade-offs. As with all medicines, there is a

A study commissioned by the Ministry of Health and involving 5,415 adult inpatients from 13 public and private acute hospitals found that 11.9 per cent of the patients caught an infection while being treated for other conditions. About one in four of the affected had an infection in their bloodstream, while a similar number had

In the first scientific study ranking countries based on human capital, Singapore came in 13th in the world out of 195 countries and territories in 2016, up from 43rd place in 1990. Recently published in The Lancet, the study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation looked at expected human capital: the number of years of peak

For incoming students from AY2019/2020 onwards, there will be a reduction of tuition fees by up to 75% for Singaporean Citizens, 75% for Singaporean Permanent Residents and 65% for International Students, if deemed eligible for the Ministry of Education subsidy. Tuition fees for AY2019/2020 will be released by the NUS Registrar’s Office in due course. More information may

On 15 September 2018, at the 50th Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Ms Tan Sok Teng, Research Associate, was conferred the Young Investigator Traveller’s Award and Dr Andre Matthias Müller, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, received the Best Oral Presentation Award. Congratulations, Ms Tan and Dr Müller! The Young Investigator Traveller’s

The MOH pilot National Population Health Survey 2016/17 shows more men are overweight, with more of them also suffering from chronic conditions. The survey of more than 3,000 people found that 43 per cent of men aged between 18 and 69 were either obese or overweight, compared with 29 per cent of women. Compared to

Free healthcare screenings for residents in the Neighbourhood Health Service will be expanded to include health checks for depression and hearing tests. This is in addition to screenings for chronic diseases, cancer, and dental and vision issues. The programme was started by medical students from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in 2007 to