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SINGAPORE - When he was first told to prepare for a new virus from Wuhan in early 2020, Associate Professor Kenneth Tan, then newly minted head of Singapore General Hospital's (SGH) Department of Emergency Medicine, felt a mixture of excitement and pride. "We were finally going to show the world what our Emergency Department (ED) was all about. I was...

Singapore News - When he was first told to prepare for a new virus from Wuhan in early 2020, Associate Professor Kenneth Tan, then newly minted head of Singapore General Hospital's (SGH) Department of Emergency Medicine, felt a mixture of excitement and pride. "We were finally going to show... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Health News - Experiencing a pregnancy loss is never easy, but it is perhaps especially hard for mothers who lose a child to stillbirth or lose the child very soon after birth. As stillbirths occur after the 28th week of pregnancy, parents would have at least seven months... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Health News - Dengue continues to infect hundreds of millions of people and across the globe a year, and takes thousands of lives. But although the disease has been around for decades - if not centuries - and its virus was identified in 1943, there is still no vaccine or specific... Read more at www.tnp.sg

GEORGE TOWN: Warning about climate change is reaching our shores as rising sea levels will submerge many coastal areas around Malaysia and one beach in Penang is reportedly disappearing.

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel super-hygroscopic material that enhances sweat evaporation within a personal protective suit, to create ...

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel super-hygroscopic material that enhances sweat evaporation within a personal protective suit, to create a cooling effect for better thermal comfort for users

Singapore News - KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) is looking into a pregnant woman's claim that she waited for four hours to be treated for abdominal pains at the hospital and eventually lost her baby. Prof Tan Hak Koon, chairman of the Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology... Read more at www.tnp.sg

SINGAPORE - KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) is looking into a pregnant woman's claim that she waited for four hours to be treated for abdominal pains at the hospital and eventually lost her baby. Prof Tan Hak Koon, chairman of the Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) at KKH, told The Straits Times on Thursday (March 24) that the...

It also wants to double its middle class in 10 to 15 years to support its new economic strategy. . Read more at straitstimes.com.