By Selangor Journal Team SHAH ALAM, June 11 – Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari has vowed to conduct a thorough probe into the case of a teenager and toddler who died after eating food from a school in Gombak. In a Facebook post today, Amirudin conveyed his condolences to the families...

BHUBANESWAR, India, June 4 — India's unusually severe heatwave this summer is suspected to have killed more than 100 people and made tens of thousands ill, authorities and media reports said, while parts of the country were also battered by a recent cyclone and heavy rains.

JOHOR BAHRU, May 17 — Two policemen have been killed while one was injured in an attack at the Ulu Tiram police station here early today.

PUTRAJAYA, March 24 — Last year, a total of 2,623 deaths due to Tuberculosis (TB) were recorded, signifying a two per cent increase of 51 cases compared to 2022, announced Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

By Yasmin Ramlan  SELAYANG, March 21 — The Selangor government has launched a safety campaign aimed at preventing further deaths of children in vehicles following recent cases reported in the state.  State executive councillor for welfare Anfaal Saari said the campaign with the tagline 'Di...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 — A total of 821 road accidents and three deaths were recorded in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya throughout ‘Op Selamat 21’ that ended yesterday, held in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 — The population of Malaysia was estimated at 33.7 million in the fourth quarter of last year, marking a 2 per cent increase from 33 million during the same period the previous year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — A total of 14 deaths were recorded as of the fourth day of ‘Op Selamat 21’ yesterday (February 11), implemented in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebrations nationwide.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 5 — The number of dengue fever cases dropped to 3,781 in the fourth Epidemiological Week (ME04) from January 21 to 27, compared with 3,971 reported in the previous week, with seven deaths due to dengue fever complications recorded.

DAVOS (Switzerland), Jan 16 —- Climate change threatens to cause several million deaths in the coming decades as well as serious illnesses and high costs for healthcare systems, according to a report published on Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland, reported German news agency (dpa).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 — Non-governmental organisation Alliance For A Safe Community (Ikatan) has called for a sound political will by the government on overall road safety measures to reduce traffic accidents and high number of fatalities throughout the year by communicating effectively.

KOTA BHARU, Dec 26 — Three fatalities due to floods have been recorded since the northeast monsoon season began on November 21 until yesterday (December 25).

GAZA CITY (Palestine), Dec 24 — The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October7 has risen to 20,258, with 53,688 injured, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave said on Saturday.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 7 — The number of live births in Malaysia has decreased by 2.8 per cent in the third quarter (Q3) of 2023 to 110,354 from 113,506 births in the corresponding period last year, according to the Demographic Statistics released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today.

GENEVA, May 19 – Deaths from Covid-19 robbed people worldwide of an estimated 336.8 million years of life, according to new calculations from the World Health Organisation that attempt to demonstrate the true extent of the pandemic, reported German news agency (dpa).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — The Health Ministry has detected five cases of heat-related illness thus far, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 21 — Four deaths due to dengue fever complications were reported in the seventh epidemiological week this year, from February 12 to 18, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 27 — Covid-19 infection was the principal cause of death in Malaysia in 2021 with 31,063 deaths recorded out of the total of 157,251 medically certified deaths reported, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — The number of live births in Malaysia sees the highest decrease in a decade with 439,744 births recorded in 2021 compared to 471,504 births in 2020, according to Vital Statistics, Malaysia, 2021 report released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia today.

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.