Get yourself vaccinated before travelling overseas, advises MMA
KUALA LUMPUR: If you’re planning on travelling overseas, it will do you good to be vaccinated for influenza a month…
Browsing: Health & Environment
‘Hundreds’ likely affected by Chinese virus: researchers
LONDON: The number of people infected by a mystery SARS-like virus that has killed two people in China is likely…
Fires, then floods: How much can a koala bear?
A week ago, koalas at an Australian wildlife park were in the path of raging bushfires. On Friday, they were…
Second person dies from SARS-linked virus in China: official
A second person has died in China from a mysterious SARS-linked virus that has stricken dozens and appeared in two…
2019 is 2nd hottest year on record: NASA, NOAA
WASHINGTON: The global surface temperatures in 2019 were the second warmest since modern record-keeping began in 1880, reported Xinhua News…
Makeshift koala hospital scrambles to save dozens injured in bushfires
KANGAROO ISLAND: Dozens of injured koalas arrive at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park’s makeshift animal hospital each day in cat…
First case of mystery SARS-like virus found outside China
A new virus from the same family as the deadly SARS disease has spread beyond China’s borders for the first…
Australian animals face extinction threat as bushfire toll mounts
GLENMORE PARK: When volunteer Sarah Price found a baby kangaroo frightened but miraculously alive in the pouch of its dying…