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Mon, October 21, 2019 | 06:55

Health authorities advise public to get flu vaccination this month

The health authorities are urging people public to get influenza vaccination next month as seasonal flu has already begun to spread. Influenza usually becomes rampant in early winter through spring, but hospitals have already started seeing patients diagnosed with the flu, and the number has been increasing in recent years.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2019-10-20 12:28

Johnson & Johnson recalls 33,000 bottles of baby powder as FDA finds asbestos in sample

Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online. J&J shares fell more than 6% to close at $127.70.

2019-10-20 11:56

Pork prices in South Korea on wane amid African swine fever outbreaks

The average wholesale price of pork here decreased nearly 40 percent in October from a month earlier, as consumers shunned the meat amid the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF), data showed Saturday.

2019-10-19 14:45

3 out of 10 foreign patients received cosmetic treatment last year

Nearly three out of 10 foreign patients visiting Korea last year came for cosmetic treatment, data showed Wednesday. According to information submitted by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute to Rep. Nam In-soon of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), 136,400 out of 464,452 patients who came here for medical purposes visited plastic surgery or dermatology clinics.

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-10-16 18:00

Nearly 40,000 teenagers treated for depression in 2018

The number of teenagers receiving treatments for mental health problems including depression and anxiety disorder is increasing, data showed, Tuesday. According to the data submitted by the National Health Insurance Service to Rep. Park Kyung-mee of the Democratic Party of Korea, the number of young students who were treated for depression increased by 65.2 percent in two yea...

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-10-15 16:54

Military to kill wild boars to prevent African swine fever spread

Hundreds of soldiers and civilian hunters will be deployed to areas bordering North Korea for operations to shoot and kill wild boars in an effort to prevent the possible spread of African swine fever (ASF), the defense ministry said Tuesday. The measure comes after a total of five wild boars have been found dead north of Seoul this month amid speculation that the highly cont...

2019-10-15 11:21

Swine fever spreads in wild boar population along DMZ

Quarantine authorities sounded a red alert over the weekend after new detections of African swine fever (ASF) among wild boars near the shared border with North Korea. On Sunday, quarantine officials confirmed two more cases of the virus in dead boars found in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, inside the civilian control line (CCL), 5 kilometers to 10 kilometers from the Southern L...

Lee Suh-yoon | 2019-10-13 16:58

Electric scooter accidents on the rise

The number of accidents involving personal transportation methods, such as electric scooters and kickboards, has been on the rise, government data showed, Sunday. Many of the accidents were caused by hitting obstacles on uneven roads, so the police are requesting relevant government organizations to improve manufacturing standards of the devices.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2019-10-13 16:43

96 percent of Korean teens own smartphones

More than 95 percent of secondary school students have smartphones, and they use the devices for more than two hours a day, a report showed, Sunday. According to the report by the state-run Korea Information Society Development Institute, 95.9 percent of middle school students and 95.2 percent of high school students owned smartphones as of 2018.

Kim Rahn | 2019-10-13 11:48

Korea to join WHO's Executive Board

Korea will serve as a board member of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2019-10-10 15:52

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