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Government vows to expand support for Type 1 diabetes patients following death of family

 

Jan 15, 2024By Kim Hyun-bin
Government vows to expand support for Type 1 diabetes patients following death of family

Korea to break ground for first infectious diseases hospital

The country will start construction of its first-ever special medical facility treating patients with infectious diseases at Chosun University Hospital in Gwangju within the first half of the year, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) announced, Thursday.

Jan 11, 2024By Jun Ji-hye
Korea to break ground for first infectious diseases hospital

Nearly half of young Korean women with normal, low weight try to shed even more: study

One in six to seven Korean women in their 20s are underweight, and nearly half of women of underweight or normal weight in the same age group still try to lose even more weight, according to a research paper published by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Monday.

Jan 8, 2024By Jun Ji-hye
Nearly half of young Korean women with normal, low weight try to shed even more: study

Korea reports additional avian influenza case

The government on Sunday confirmed an additional case of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm, the latest in a series of infections nationwide.

Jan 7, 2024
Korea reports additional avian influenza case

Pharmaceutical supplies remain unstable amid influenza outbreak

Patients are struggling to find prescription and over-the-counter medicines in pharmacies amid a nationwide outbreak of influenza as well as a global drug shortage.

Jan 4, 2024By Lee Hae-rin
Pharmaceutical supplies remain unstable amid influenza outbreak

Mental health test to be available at all schools to help students at risk of mental crisis

The education ministry said Wednesday it will make a mental health test available at all elementary, middle and high schools starting in the new semester in March in an effort to detect students at risk early amid worsening problems of teenage suicide and loners.

Jan 3, 2024
Mental health test to be available at all schools to help students at risk of mental crisis

Migrant wives twice as likely to experience depression as Korean women

Foreign women who migrated to Korea to marry Korean men showed a more than twofold chance of experiencing depression compared to Korean adult women, a government study showed, Monday.

Jan 1, 2024By Lee Hae-rin
Migrant wives twice as likely to experience depression as Korean women

Average time from depression diagnosis to suicide is 4.5 years: study

Individuals diagnosed with depression, who later died by suicide, had, on average, a duration of 4.5 years between diagnosis and death, while one third of them took their own lives within one year of being diagnosed, a recent study revealed on Sunday, highlighting the importance of early diagnosis and treatment for depression.

Dec 31, 2023By Kim Hyun-bin
Average time from depression diagnosis to suicide is 4.5 years: study
  • 7 in 10 Koreans experienced mental health problems last year

Number of work days lost due to strikes at 10-year low

The number of work days lost due to strikes hit a 10-year low at 330,726 days this year, the Ministry of Employment and Labor announced, Wednesday, attributing the achievement to the government’s adherence to laws and principles in its ongoing push for labor reform.

Dec 27, 2023By Jun Ji-hye
Number of work days lost due to strikes at 10-year low

Korean lunar orbiter Danuri releases photographic map of moon

Korea's unmanned lunar orbiter Danuri has released a comprehensive photographic map of the moon to mark the one-year anniversary of its mission, the science ministry said Tuesday.

Dec 26, 2023
Korean lunar orbiter Danuri releases photographic map of moon
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