Malaysia’s death toll from the Influenza A(H1N1) has risen to eight with the deaths of a young mother in Sarawak and a female teacher from Selangor, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said. He urged doctors to be alert of patients with flu-like symptoms and severe pneumonia especially high risk individuals such as the [...]

Malaysia has recorded the first influenza A (H1N1)-related death from a local transmission, signalling that the flu in the country is worsening. The 42-year-old man, who died on Monday, is the third victim to have died from the flu. The two earlier deaths were linked to imported cases of the H1N1. They were a 46-year-old [...]

Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Rais Yatim has suggested that both the “swine flu” and Influenza A(H1N1) terminologies be used by the media in reporting the disease. This was a better and more accurate way of reporting the pandemic to the public, he said. He added that many international media organisations such as [...]

The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic Thursday; the first global flu epidemic in 41 years, as infections in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere climbed to nearly 30,000 cases. The long-awaited pandemic announcement is scientific confirmation that a new flu virus has emerged and is quickly circling the globe. [...]

The number of confirmed Influenza A (HIN1) cases in Malaysia now has risen to five, with the latest two cases involving two German nationals, aged 30 and 32, who are holidaying in Southeast Asia. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, speaking to reporters in Putrajaya, said the duo arrived in the country on Air [...]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that more than one billion people are experiencing weight problems worldwide, and if left to continue the number of obese people may rise to 1.5 billion by 2015. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Medical Faculty dean and UKM Medical Centre (UKMMC) director, Prof Datuk Dr Lokman Saim, said in the [...]