KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is not ruling out the possibility of reinforcing the issuance of compound notices under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342) if Covid-19 cases continue to rise in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Five Omicron BA.5 variant cases have been detected in Malaysia and are likely to spread widely, resulting in an increase in Covid-19 cases, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

PUTRAJAYA, July 2 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) through the Food Safety and Quality Division (BKKM) yesterday informed that no distributor or company in Malaysia has obtained a licence for the import and sale of zam zam water.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 — There is no shortage crisis involving medical officers at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) and Tunku Azizah Hospital (HTA) here, the Health Ministry said today.

PUTRAJAYA, July 1 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) through the Food Safety and Quality Division (BKKM) today informed that no distributor or company in Malaysia has obtained a licence for the import and sale of zam zam water.

REMBAU, June 23 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) aims to establish one-stop centres (OSC) for sleep-related issues in 40 hospitals nationwide within the next five years.

PUTRAJAYA, June 19 — The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) will be open for five days, from Monday (June 20) to Friday (June 24), to vaccinate children aged five to 11.

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

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has taken several temporary solutions to overcome the medicine supply shortage at private clinics and hospitals as well as community pharmacies in the country.

PUTRAJAYA, June 3 — There is no significant disruption in the supply of medicine with the active ingredient of paracetamol for fever and mild pains; vitamin C and as well as cough and cold medicine in the market, said Health Ministry senior director of pharmaceutical services Norhaliza A.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 — A week after celebrating Hari Raya Aidilfitri in her village in Pekan, Pahang, Nur (not her real name) realised that her youngest child Nur Natrah Thihani Azurun, 2, started having a high fever as well as blisters in the mouth, on the hands and feet.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed that it has not received any notification regarding a monkeypox infection or of a child said to be infected with the virus here as claimed on social media.

KUALA BERANG, May 22 — Unsafe sex has been identified as the main cause behind HIV/AIDS infections in the country, said the Ministry of Health (MOH)'s HIV/STI/Hepatitis C Sector head Dr Anita Suleiman.

TAIPING, May 22 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) does not encourage alternative treatment methods such as using turmeric powder or ‘semambu’ (neem) leaves to treat hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 — Malaysians planning to visit countries affected by the monkeypox outbreak are advised to get vaccinated beforehand to protect themselves against the virus.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Dr Muhammad Izzudin Badaruddin, who did six months of housemanship training in Malaysia in 2018 before continuing it in the United Kingdom the same year, finds the UK’s work culture “more civilised”.

REMBAU, May 14 — There has been a significant increase in hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in the country, with a total of 28,957 cases reported for the period from last January until yesterday nationwide, compared to only 4,239 cases for the whole of last year, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — A total of 993,652 children aged between five and 11 years, or 28 per cent of their population, have completed the vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme For Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has agreed to grant conditional registration approval for the product Evusheld 100 milligrammes per millimetre (mg/ml) Solution For Injection (Tixagevimab 100 mg/ml and Cilgavimab 100 mg/ml) manufactured by AstraZeneca AB of Sweden.

PUTRAJAYA, May 12 — The list of doctors allegedly involved in bullying trainee doctors or housemen at Penang Hospital (HPP) received by the Ministry of Health (MOH) also involves specialist doctors, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.