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This week, YouTube took the step of banning anti-vaccine content on its platform. The outcry against Facebook and YouTube being cesspools of medical misinformation has existed for years; with the stakes increasingly high due to COVID-19, the pressure has increased for these two major platforms to supervise uploaded content.

A military helicopter flew a sick baby from Mae Hong Son province to Chiang Mai for treatment.

The governments idea of allowing people at home to use rapid antigen test kits (ATK) is fraught with risks, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has not yet endorsed such test kits, the Federation of Doctors of central and general hospitals has warned.

The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has partnered with the Public Health Ministry and Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) to distribute 8.5 million Covid-19 antigen test kits (ATK) to hospitals and pharmacies across Thailand.

WASHINGTON - The National Institutes of Health on Friday removed restrictions that the Trump administration imposed on research using fetal tissue, allowing university researchers and government scientists freer rein to use material from elective abortions when studying diseases and possible treatments.

Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang on Saturday visited a field hospital, set up in Ratchaphipaht Hospital premises in the capital’s Wattana district.

Bangkok's Ramkhamhaeng Hospital stopped offering Covid-19 tests because it does not have enough beds for patients.

Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is leading the global battle against Covid-19 thanks to its nationwide database, healthcare network and commitment to equality.

A rare disease is any disease found in a small percentage of the population. There is a lack of a sample size large enough to gain resources for research and clinical trials, making it tough for patients to access affordable rare-disease medication and treatment.

Primary analysis of Phase III clinical trials of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine conducted in the UK, Brazil and South Africa showed the vaccine is safe. There have been no hospitalisations in more than 22 days after the first shot was administered.

Field hospitals are gaining coverage in the media nowadays, along with the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Thailand. However, since their function is rarely explained clearly, medical blogger Dr Sandy decided to feature the hospitals in her post on Monday.

The Public Health Ministry’s Praboromarajchanok Institute, where public health workers get their higher education certification, announced on Friday that it will take 3,686 students in the nursing faculty and 1,875 in the faculty of public health and allied health sciences next year.