Thái Nguyên warns about rising streptococcus suis infection cases

Thái Nguyên Central Hospital has raised a warning over rising streptococcus suis infections, after two fatalities were reported within less than a week of each other.

Health Ministry warns people of Streptococcus suis infection

The Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health has issued a warning concerning Streptococcus suis infection.

Bến Tre warns residents against pig-based pathogen

Medical authorities in the Mekong Delta Province of Bến Tre have stepped up a prevention campaign against Streptococcus suis bacteria, a pig-based pathogen capable of transmission to human beings.

Hospitals cope with Tet patient influx More than 250,000 people were brought to hospitals for emergency aid during the Tet holiday (February 6-14), according to the health examination and treatment department.Traffic accidents, explosives, and digestive disorders were reportedly the major causes for emergency admission.

2 die after having raw pig blood Two of five men admitted to Ha Noi's National Tropical Diseases Hospital with Streptococcus suis bacterial infection, a pathogen found in pigs, have died.

Streptoccoccus suis kills 58-year-old man The Preventive Health Centre in central Thua Thien-Hue Province has announced the first human fatality caused by a new case of Streptococcus suis bacteria that affects pigs.

Pig-based pathogen transmitted to human Ngo Van Hoang, director of the Preventive Medicine Centre in Mekong Delta Long An Province, said the first case of Streptococcus suis bacteria, a pig-based pathogen, was reported in provincial Tan An City, on Wednesday.

Man, 51, dies from swine infection A 51-year-old man, of Ha Noi's Tay Ho District, has died from septic shock after being infected with Streptococcus suis in Ha Noi, experts have confirmed.

Final round of Robocon Viet Nam kicks off The final round of Robocon Viet Nam 2011 kicked off in Da Nang on Tuesday and will end on May 15. The 32 best teams out of 245 universities, colleges and technical secondary schools throughout the country are taking part in the contest's final round.

Early diagnosis of inflammation prevents blindness Each year, the National Eye Hospital treats between 80 and 100 children suffering from endophthalmitis, as does Sai Gon Eye Hospital. However, the actual number of sufferers was much greater, former hospital director Ton Thi Kim Thanh stated.