UTHAI SAWAN, Oct 7 — Family members and relatives on Friday were seen laying white roses on the steps of the childcare centre, which was the scene of Thursday’s knife and gun rampage in Uthai Sawan in Nong Bua Lamphu province, about 500 km northeast of Bangkok.

BANGKOK, Oct 6 — A former policeman killed 34 people including 22 children in a gun rampage at a daycare centre in eastern Thailand on Thursday, later shooting dead his wife and child at their home before turning his weapon on himself, police said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 — A viral message being shared on social media about the abduction of six children for the purpose of harvesting their organs is fake.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 13 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) will procure a new variant of the Covid-19 vaccine, especially for children with chronic diseases and the elderly, said minister Khairy Jamaluddin today.

SINGAPORE, Aug 24 — Singapore is preparing to start boosting children aged five to 11 years with PfizerBioNTech/Comirnaty vaccine in the fourth quarter of this year, the Health Ministry said today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — A total of 1.76 million or 49.8 per cent of children aged between five and 11 in the country have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

KOTA KINABALU, July 28 — Two children were killed, while two adults were injured after their house in Taman Elok, Jalan Bukit Nenas here was hit by a landslide last night.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — The prevailing rise in food prices or food inflation, as well as supply chain issues, may disrupt access to balanced diets, according to experts who fear that this may have repercussions on people’s health.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Child Refrain Systems (CRS) can improve safety and its use should be taken seriously, especially during festive seasons when the risk of accidents is higher than on normal days, said the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros).

PUTRAJAYA, June 27 — The Special Committee to Combat Double Burden of Malnutrition Among Children in Malaysia approved the 2022-2030 National Strategic Plan to Address the Problem of Stunting in Children in its first meeting today.

SEMPORNA, June 16 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is tracing cases of babies or children dropping out of immunisation during the Movement Control Order (MCO) to reschedule the required jabs, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — Putrajaya is the second richest state in Malaysia by median income but has the fourth-highest rate of stunting.

By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, June 14 — Parents with children who are experiencing speech delay are invited to participate in the screening and confirmation programme for special needs children in Selangor. Anak Istimewa Selangor (AnIS) informed that registration for the free screening...

LOS ANGELES, May 24 — Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said Monday that preliminary clinical data showed their three-dose Covid-19 vaccine regimen was 80 per cent effective for children 6 months to 5 years old at preventing illness during the Omicron wave.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — A total of 1,079,745 or 30.4 per cent of children aged five to 11 in the country have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 — A total of 1,073,551 or 30.2 per cent of children aged five to 11 in the country have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — A total of 1,063,569 children aged five to 11 or 30 per cent of the child population in Malaysia have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — A total of 1,058,626 children aged between five and 11 years, or 29.8 per cent of their population in Malaysia have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) have received tens of thousands of internet protocol (IP) addresses suspected of sharing child pornography on the internet from international authorities over the past six years.

KOTA BHARU, May 13 — Kelantan has recorded a 553 per cent increase in the number of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) cases, or 1,548 cases between January and early this month, as compared to only 237 cases in the same period last year.