疫情打亂例行健康服務聯合國十五日發出「紅色警示」,指由於武漢肺炎疫情打亂例行健康服務,或者造成有關接種疫苗的不實資訊,去年全球約二千五百萬名孩童錯過防範一些常見疾病的常規疫苗接種,是三十年來常規疫苗覆蓋率最大規模倒退,越來越多孩童正面臨受可預防疾病之害的風險。
By Wu Liang-yi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAThe Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported Taiwan’s first
By Lee Hsin-fang and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerDeputy Minister of Health and Welfare Hsueh Jui-yuan (薛瑞元) is to succeed Ministe
DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE? Police arrested Lee Hung-yuan at a spa in Taichung and a manager at the business, with prosecutors saying that he might be an ac
By Huang Hsu-lei and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writerJapan’s Sankei Shimbun yesterday ran a two-page advertisement purchased by 175 T
REMEMBERING LEADERS: The delegation is to pay their respects to late former president Vaclav Havel and former senate president Jaroslav Kubera, the Cz
ANNUAL DEFENSE ACT: The bill, which still requires approval in the Senate, would require the US president to invite Taiwan to the 2024 Rim of the Paci
本土武漢肺炎(新型冠狀病毒病,COVID-19)疫情持續下降,但尚未完全平息,資深媒體人陳文茜發文表示,「我們剛剛經歷的不是最糟的疫情,最強大病毒經過多次變種出現了」。陳文茜在臉書粉專「文茜的世界周報 Sisy's World News」中發文表示,根據世界衛生組織(WHO)的數據,Omicron的
Martha Stewart has revealed she ended her romance with Anthony Hopkins because she couldn’t separate the actor from his most notorious film role.
TENTH MEDAL: Taiwan lifted the nation’s medal tally to 10 at the World Games with the softball result, which the team’s coach said would shine a light
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterTaiwan is likely to face another wave of COVID-19 infections next month or in September, but it is unlikely to see a r
CHILD PATIENT: Doctors said that an infusion of CD19 CAR T-cells put a 10-year-old girl’s cancer into complete remission, allowing her to celebrate he
By Huang Hsu-lei and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writerA military man who retired and took up rice farming took home the title of “cham
武漢肺炎(新型冠狀病毒病,COVID-19)疫情延燒至今已3年,它有機會像SARS忽然消失嗎?對此,胸腔暨重症專科醫師黃軒表示,據專家分析,SARS病毒有較高重病機率,一出現症狀,就可能會快速住院隔離,而新冠病毒大部分是無、輕症狀,住院治療不到1成,但病毒感染依然持續擴散、出國旅遊人數也不斷增加,短
腦中風是造成全球人口死亡與失能的主因之一,世界衛生組織(WHO)統計2016年全球人口有31%(約1,790萬人)死於心臟血管疾病,其中有85%是由於心臟疾病和中風所引起。依據衛生福利部109年國人死因統計顯示,腦血管疾病為國人十大死因第四位,在45~64歲這個年齡層則排第三位。
A man who tried to slither past border agents in California had 52 lizards and snakes hidden in his clothing, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.
/ Staff writer, with CNATaiwanese wushu athletes Liu Pei-hsun and Lai Po-wei on Tuesday won silver and bronze respectively at the World Games in Birmi
By Lee I-chia and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAThe Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said it is considering heeding
NUMBERS DROPPING: The center reported 49 deaths, down from a peak of 210 last month, saying that Taiwan’s fatality rate is slightly higher than Japan’
/ Staff writer, with CNAMinister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) on Tuesday said that he looks forward to working with Central American ally Hondur