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Water, baking soda ‘cannot prevent, cure cold or flu’

November 11, 2020

The Digital Economy and Society Ministry has warned people not to believe or share news or Internet posts which claim that drinking water mixed with baking soda can help prevent or cure a common cold and flu.

FDA allays fears about flu vaccine imports after deaths reported in South Korea

November 02, 2020

Following recent reports that 59 South Koreans had died after being injected with influenza vaccines, the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that the vaccine in question had never been imported for use in Thailand.

Free flu vaccines for social security members aged over 50

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Social security scheme members who are more than 50 years old will be eligible for free influenza vaccine with effect from October 15.

Swine flu infecting humans raises fears of another possible pandemic

TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020

A strain of flu virus spreading in Chinese pigs has shown it can also infect humans, suggesting that another pathogen with pandemic potential waits in the wings behind the coronavirus.

More evidence emerges on why covid-19 is so much worse than the flu

FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2020

Researchers who examined the lungs of patients killed by covid-19 found evidence that it attacks the lining of blood vessels there, a critical difference from the lungs of people who died of the flu, according to a report published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Anti-Covid measures also effective against other diseases, says leading virologist

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2020

Dr Yong Poovorawan, a virologist from Chulalongkorn University, says that measures imposed to deal with Covid-19 had also been effective in stopping the spread of influenza and other respiratory contagions, and also digestive diseases.

Get ready to be hit by seasonal flu, dengue now, say doctors

TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2020

Apart from the continued threat of Covid-19, Thais are now being urged to prepare for seasonal influenza and dengue now that the rainy season is approaching.

Fatality rate: COVID-19 could be 10 times deadlier than flu

SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2020

GENEVA - The fatality rate of COVID-19 is estimated to be 10 times higher than influenza, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday.

Trump 'didn't know people died from the flu.' It killed his grandfather.

SUNDAY, MARCH 08, 2020

In Atlanta on Friday, President Donald Trump talked about the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in other countries vs. the United States. He also compared coronavirus disease with influenza.

Livestock chief allays swine flu fears

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2020

The Department of Livestock Development has denied reports of an outbreak of H1N1 (swine flu) in Taiwan, and has assured that Thailand’s pork industry is safe.

Livestock Department has hawk’s eye on H5N1 virus

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 04, 2020

The Department of Livestock Development is seriously monitoring and aiming to prevent any spread of H5N1 virus in response to this type of influenza originating in China’s Hunan province, director-general Sorawit Thanito said today (February 4).

Flu is a much bigger threat than coronavirus

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2020

The rapidly spreading virus has closed schools in Knoxville, Tennessee, cut blood donations to dangerous levels in Cleveland and prompted limits on hospital visitors in Wilson, North Carolina. More ominously, it has infected as many as 26 million people in the United States in just four months, killing up to 25,000 so far.

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