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| 27.12.2024 | The Lifeblood of Community: A Call to Action for Blood Donation | In the heart of Singapore, a silent crisis brews. The Singapore Red Cross has sounded the alarm. Blood supplies are dwindling. The festive season, usually a time of joy, has turned into a call for action. The need for blood is urgent. The s... |
| 27.12.2024 | 'The third wave that came in was like a wall': One Singaporean's experience in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami | Listen
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SINGAPORE: At the tender age of 12, Mr Lavan Vickneson stared death in the face.
He was swimming in the sea while on holiday with his family in Sri Lan... |
| 23.12.2024 | Giving the gift of blood: Singapore Red Cross calls for donors as supplies dip | Listen
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SINGAPORE: The Singapore Red Cross is urging more people to donate blood during the festive season amid a dip in supply that is expected to stretch unt... |
| 28.11.2024 | Man jailed, fined for helping to store S$5.2 million worth of vape products | Listen to this article
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| 28.10.2024 | Singapore's Bold Steps: Passport-less Travel and the Vape Crackdown | In a world where speed and efficiency reign supreme, Singapore is setting the pace. The city-state has recently unveiled two significant initiatives: a passport-less immigration system at Changi Airport and a vigorous crackdown on vaping. B... |
| 23.10.2024 | Nearly 4,000 people caught possessing or using vapes, 52% rise from previous quarter | Listen to this article
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| 05.10.2024 | Aged 60, he runs 10km daily, practises clean eating to donate blood every 28 days | New: You can now listen to articles.
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SINGAPORE: Some people get up before dawn, others crush 10km runs daily, but few can claim to do both, especially at age 60.
Lim Kim Koon is one who can, and his mo... |
| 01.10.2024 | Singapore's Healthcare Shift: A New Era of Support and Accountability | In a bold move, Singapore is set to enhance its healthcare subsidies starting October 1. This decision aims to support up to 1.1 million residents, a significant step towards making healthcare more accessible. The Ministry of Health (MOH) h... |
| 25.09.2024 | Iris Koh and husband ordered to pay HSA S$12,000 in costs, court finds abuse of process: AGC | New: You can now listen to articles.
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SINGAPORE: Activist Iris Koh and her husband Raymond Ng Kai Hoe have been ordered to pay S$12,000 (US$9,338) in costs to the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) after f... |
| 12.09.2024 | Health Sciences Authority appoints new CEO | Listen to this article
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SINGAPORE: The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) will have a new CEO from Dec 13, when Adjunct... |
| 05.09.2024 | Cordlife's Recovery: Lessons from a Crisis | In the world of healthcare, trust is paramount. When that trust is shaken, the path to recovery can be steep. Cordlife, Singapore's oldest private cord blood bank, recently faced a significant crisis. A mishandling incident led to the suspe... |
| 05.09.2024 | Singapore's Health Strategy: Navigating the Mpox Challenge and Vaccine Changes | In the heart of Southeast Asia, Singapore stands as a beacon of public health management. Recently, the nation has been thrust into the spotlight due to the emergence of mpox, a viral disease that has raised alarms globally. As the World He... |
| 30.08.2024 | Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine will cease to be offered after September: MOH | Listen to this article
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| 06.08.2024 | Pei Pa Koa-flavoured food products unlikely to have any food safety issues: SFA | Listen to this article
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| 04.08.2024 | CNA Explains: Is vaping ‘getting out of hand’ in Singapore, and what can be done? | Listen to this article
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| 01.08.2024 | 2,530 people caught for possession, use of e-vaporisers in Q2 as authorities step up enforcement efforts | Listen to this article
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| 11.07.2024 | More than 600kg of smokeless tobacco seized in Little India | Listen to this article
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| 17.06.2024 | From her one-handed keyboard, this 25-year-old gamer and disability advocate is championing inclusivity | Listen to this article
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| 07.06.2024 | EASL Wrap-up Session Highlighted Late-Breaking Clinical Data of First-in-class HBV-specific TCR T Cell Therapy (SCG101) Showing Improved Overall Survival in HBV-related Hepatocellular Carcinoma | SINGAPORE, June 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SCG Cell Therapy Pte Ltd (SCG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel immunotherapies for infectious diseases and their associated cancers, announced that clinical data from its firs... |
| 21.05.2024 | More than S$5 million worth of vape products seized in Woodlands warehouse raid | Listen to this article
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| 21.05.2024 | New NUH procedure reduces side effects for prostate cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment | Listen to this article
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| 20.05.2024 | Cough syrup made in ‘unsanitary’ Geylang condo seized in crackdown on illegal medicine | Listen to this article
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| 16.05.2024 | Commentary: What’s the science behind Singapore’s policy on vapes? | Listen to this article
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| 16.05.2024 | HSA approves GSK's Arexvy, the world's first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for older adults [1] | Arexvy has been approved by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore for active immunisation for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in individuals 60 years of age and... |
| 08.05.2024 | HSA reviewing penalties to strengthen deterrence against vaping in Singapore | SINGAPORE: The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) is reviewing legal penalties to strengthen deterrence against the advertising, importation and distribution of e-vaporisers, said Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health Rahayu Mahzam on Wedn... |
| 10.04.2024 | Commentary: Why haven’t we cured cancer yet? | Listen to this article
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| 09.04.2024 | Students caught for vaping offences for the first time may be fined up to S$2,000: MOH, HSA | Listen to this article
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| 06.04.2024 | CNA Explains: What is red yeast rice, its health benefits and safety concerns? | Listen to this article
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| 05.04.2024 | HSA approves new asthma indication for GSK's Trelegy Ellipta, the first once-daily single inhaler triple therapy approved for use in the treatment of both asthma and COPD in Singapore | SINGAPORE, April 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GSK Singapore announced that the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved a new indication and a new strength for Trelegy Ellipta (fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol 'FF/UMEC/VI') for th... |
| 20.03.2024 | Everest Medicines Announces Singapore Health Sciences Authority Approves NEFEGAN® for the Treatment of Primary IgA Nephropathy in Adult Patients | SHANGHAI, March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Everest Medicines (HKEX 1952.HK, "Everest", or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, manufacturing and commercialization of innovative... |
| 30.01.2024 | Sex enhancement, beauty products: Over 12,000 illegal online listings removed in 2023 | Listen to this article
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| 25.01.2024 | Singapore's type O blood stocks at critical levels; Red Cross, HSA urge donors to come forward | Listen to this article
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| 19.07.2023 | Significantly Reduce Manufacturing Cost and Increased Local Production: SCG Cell Therapy Opens State-of-the-art Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility and R&D Centre in Singapore | SCG Cell Therapy celebrates the opening of its new Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility and R&D Centre, launching a new first-of-its-kind automatic cell therapy manufacturing system in Singapore, pioneering Singapore's Manufacturing 2030... |
| 11.06.2023 | Can you donate blood if you have tattoos, piercings or high cholesterol? | When it comes to blood donation, our reactions can go either way: Where do I sign up? Or doesn’t Singapore’s blood bank already have enough?
The answer to the latter is “no”, which is why you hear of blood donation drives from time to time ... |
| 14.04.2023 | HSA issues warning for 'herbal' products after 2 women suffer steroid-induced effects | SINGAPORE: Two products - marketed separately for pain relief and cough relief - have been found to contain steroids, and health authorities on Friday (Apr 14) warned the public against buying or consuming them.
Two women, who got the produ... |
| 18.02.2023 | Singapore Reports First Death Likely Linked to COVID-19 Vaccination | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 18 February 2023, 09:02 am
Singapore's Ministry of Health recently reported the first COVID-19 vaccine-related death after a 28-year-old Bangladeshi man reportedly died as a result of his vaccination against the v... |
| 22.12.2022 | HSA warns against use of rash cream which caused symptoms of Cushing's syndrome in child | SINGAPORE: Members of the public have been warned not to buy a rash cream which contains four potent medicinal ingredients including two steroids.
The use of the product, Tao Ju Hui Yi Mei Li Shang Kou Hu Li Ruan Gao, caused symptoms of Cus... |
| 14.11.2022 | Creams for babies, pregnant women found to contain steroids, public advised against use | SINGAPORE: Creams aimed at babies and pregnant women are among a list of products placed on an alert list for containing potent ingredients including steroids, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said on Monday (Nov 14).
Members of the publ... |
| 20.09.2022 | Two adults given undiluted COVID-19 vaccine at Hougang clinic, one discharged after hospitalisation: MOH | SINGAPORE: Two adults were each given a full vial of the undiluted Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Hougang, with one needing hospitalisation after experiencing headache and increased heart rate, the Ministry of Health (MOH) ... |
| 06.06.2022 | PADCEV™ (enfortumab vedotin) treatment for Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer receives market authorisation in Singapore | Enfortumab vedotin is the first antibody drug conjugate approved in Singapore for la/mUC patients who received a prior platinum-containing chemotherapy and a PD-1/L1 inhibitor.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 6 June 2022 – Astellas Pharma Inc.... |
| 26.01.2022 | Singapore Grants Approval for INDICAID COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test as Consumer Self-test for SARS-CoV-2 Control | HONG KONG and SINGAPORE, Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PHASE Scientific International LTD (PHASE Scientific), today announced that its INDICAID™ COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test (INDICAID™) has received authorisation from the Health Sciences Aut... |
| 26.01.2022 | Singapore Grants Approval for INDICAID COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test as Consumer Self-test for SARS-CoV-2 Control | HONG KONG, Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PHASE Scientific International LTD (PHASE Scientific), today announced that its INDICAID™ COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test (INDICAID™) has received authorisation from the Health Sciences Authority of Sing... |
| 03.08.2012 | Regulators in Singapore lower some medical device registration fees | By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA), the agency regulating the medical device market in Singapore, has lowered registration fees for its Special Authorization Routes (SAR) to expand public access to low-ri... |
| 23.04.2012 | Singapore eases market entry for lower-risk devices | By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
In a move likely to boost interest in the Singaporean medical device market, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singapore’s medical device market regulator, plans to implement new rules effective May 1 t... |
| 05.04.2012 | Singaporean, Malaysian health regulators team up | By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore and the Malaysian Ministry of Health have signed on to a memorandum of understanding in which both agencies will collaborate on regulatory science, enforcem... |
| - | Do cloth masks protect against the Omicron variant? | SINGAPORE: Cloth masks remain effective in protecting people from COVID-19, including the Omicron variant, as long as they are the right fit and material, said experts.
The type of cloth used in reusable masks makes a difference, said Assoc... |
| - | Blood donations needed in Singapore as stocks of A+ and O+ blood run low | SINGAPORE: Health authorities in Singapore are calling for people with A+ and O+ blood to step forward to donate blood as stocks have run low.
“Our A+ and O+ blood stocks are running at low levels,” said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung in a Fac... |
| - | Blood donations up by 45% after appeal, but supply still not at healthy levels: Ong Ye Kung | SINGAPORE: Blood donations in Singapore saw a 45 per cent increase after health authorities appealed for more donors of A+ and O+ blood last week, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Thursday (Jul 14).
More blood is still needed, however, a... |
| - | HSA says COVID-19 ART kits sold in Singapore not affected by US FDA warning on unauthorised tests | SINGAPORE: The Health Sciences Authority on Friday (Mar 4) said that antigen rapid test (ART) kits sold in Singapore are not affected by the United States Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) advisory against the use of unauthorised test ki... |
| - | High levels of 'potent' ingredients found in sexual enhancement product, weight loss pill: HSA | SINGAPORE: "Potent medicinal ingredients" that can cause serious adverse effects in consumers have been detected in two products, said the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) on Wednesday (Apr 27).
Members of the public should not pur... |
