#acute respiratory

Collection of acute respiratory news, found 139 news.

Algeria confirms first MERS cases

Algeria has confirmed its first two cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infection, both being ...

Polluted air linked to 7 million deaths in 2012: WHO

Air pollution killed about 7 million people in 2012, making it the worlds single biggest environmental health risk, ...

Number of Riau`s hotspots increases to 145

The United States NOAA 18 satellite detected 145 hotspots in Riau Province, an increase from 79 earlier, an official ...

Rally held in Riau to protest haze

A peaceful rally was organised here on Monday to protest the prolonged haze that has enveloped Riau Province. ...

Refugees of Mt Sinabung Survive Four-Month Ordeal

Though the floods in Indonesia took over media space over the past week, it certainly does not indicate that the ...

122 Mt Sinabung refugees suffering from acute respiratory infection

A total of 122 Mount Sinabung eruption refugees in the Karo District, North Sumatra, are reportedly ill and still ...

Forest fire occurs again in Riau as new hotspots found

About 185 hotspots, possibly forest fires, have been found in Riau province recently, spokesman to National Disaster ...

Police arrest 23 suspects over forest fires

The Police of Riau have arrested 23 suspects in connection with forest and peat land fires in the province that have ...

China steps up H7N9 flu monitoring

China`s local health organs have been instructed to step up flu monitoring as part of the country`s efforts to fight ...

Washing hands seen as cheapest, easiest way to save lives

Indonesia, together with around 70 other countries celebrated the fifth Global Handwashing Day on Monday (October 15) ...

Lebaran services not routine

President Susilo Bambang Yudhono has stated that the health and security services provided to Id-ul Fitr travellers ...

Some 2,000 people sicken in Philippine flood evacuation centers

About 2,000 people fell ill in evacuation centers in flood-hit areas in the Philippines, a senior official ...

Indonesian health ministry to set up more than 1,400 posts for travellers

The Ministry of Health has planned to set up 1,468 health-care posts, with at least 65,000 paramedics, for home-bound ...

Indonesian Health Ministry wary of mystery illness in Cambodia

The Indonesian Ministry of Health is wary of an undiagnosed illness that has claimed the lives of at least 50 ...

Lactobacillus reuteri Protectis Reduced Diarrhoea in Children

         A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 494 children showed that ...