PUTRAJAYA, Sept 28 — Climate change is one of the factors affecting the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes in the country, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

PORT DICKSON, Sept 8 — Low health literacy can be regarded as an epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCD), imposing a significant burden on individuals, families, society, and the national healthcare system.

JOHOR BAHRU, Sept 6 — The Health Ministry confirmed that 46 cases of suspected monkeypox virus or mpox in Malaysia were negative.

DUNGUN, Aug 24 — The government has activated a special operations room at the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) since last Friday (August 16), to monitor and prevent the spread of the monkeypox (mpox) outbreak.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 2 — Malaysia is still listed as the country with the highest prevalence of diabetes in South East Asia, with one out of six Malaysians having diabetes, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 2 — The 17th National Food and Nutrition Safety Council (MKMPK) meeting today gave the green light for the proposal to implement the National Food Analysis Laboratory Holistic Framework over the next 10 years.

GEORGE TOWN, July 30 — Malaysia needs to navigate the challenges of an ageing nation effectively and compassionately, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 — Covid-19 test results no longer need to be uploaded to the MySejahtera app and will instead be reported by medical practitioners through the eNotifikasi system, said the Health Ministry (MOH).

KUALA PERLIS, July 14 — The deaths of two young boys after eating poisoned snacks in Kulim, Kedah serves as a wake-up call for the Health Ministry (MOH) to tighten standard operating procedures (SOP) on the use and sales of such poisons.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — As of June 11, approximately 9,159,151 Covid-19 vaccine doses stored in the Health Ministry's (MOH) facilities or warehouses have expired, representing approximately 10.8 per cent of the total doses obtained through procurement and donations.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is studying several proposed new policies on the appointment and placement of medical officers through its Human Resource Reform programme.

NILAI, June 29 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) will release details of the revised standard operating procedures (SOP) related to Covid-19 soon following the country’s transition to the phase of living with the pandemic.

PORT DICKSON, June 8 — The use of electronic cigarettes will be strictly regulated under the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024, to be enforced this month.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — The people are currently in the phase of living with the Covid-19 virus and in the transition towards continuing life as usual (normalcy), said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

PUTRAJAYA, June 6 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is currently reviewing existing practices, including excessively prolonged on-call duties, to relieve workload burdens and address the extreme fatigue among frontline hospital staff.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — The proposal paper addressing issues concerning the Professional Advanced Degree Training Programme, or parallel pathway for cardiothoracic surgery, will be presented by Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad to the Cabinet on June 5.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — Three out of the four operating theatres at the Serdang Heart Centre (PJS) in Selangor will be operational for elective and emergency surgeries next month (June).

CYBERJAYA, May 18 — Approximately 987 out of 253,822 infants screened under the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) programme nationwide in 2023 were diagnosed with hearing problems, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

PUTRAJAYA, May 16 — One million individuals in Malaysia aged 15 years and above suffer from depression, according to the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2023 report released today.

KOTA KINABALU, May 12 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) aims for zero new local leprosy cases by 2030.