SINGAPORE – Tuberculosis (TB) is difficult to detect and trace as it has a long incubation period and symptoms are not always apparent, while patients are sometimes unwilling to reveal who they have been in contact with, said doctors TODAY spoke to.
Dr Leong…
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Lack of symptoms, patients’ reticence hinder TB detection
Doctor who helped connect dots praised for her ‘astute observation’
SINGAPORE – When a hospital staff member noticed that some of their multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients came from three different units of the same block in Ang Mo Kio, Dr Cynthia Chee’s suspicions were aroused, even though she “didn’t know…
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Northern Ireland boost hopes with Ukraine upset
UKRAINE 0
NORTHERN IRELAND 2
(Gareth McAuley 49, Niall McGinn 90+6)
Goals from Gareth McAuley and Niall McGinn took Northern Ireland to their first ever European Championship…
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England subs spare Hodgson blushes with late win over Wales
ENGLAND 2
(Jamie Vardy 55, Daniel Sturridge 90+1)
WALES 1
(Gareth Bale 42)
Roy Hodgson ran out of his dugout, hopping and skipping like a giddy schoolboy heading to the…
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TODAY’s brief, Friday, June 17
Non-oil exports data for May due for release
The Republic’s exports are expected to have contracted for a third straight month in May on persistently sluggish global demand, although the pace of declines may be easing. Non-oil domestic exports were predicted…
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Temasek Polytechnic sets up new centre to increase quality of health products
Over the next three years, SPRING Singapore will fund the centre’s operations and core activities to the tune of S$3.2 million.
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NTU, Delta Electronics set up S$45m lab to develop smart technologies
The new laboratory will come up with innovations in four key research areas: Smart manufacturing, smart learning, smart living and smart commercialisation.
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'High alert’ after 3rd case in same HDB block: Doctor who flagged TB cases
Dr Cynthia Chee from the Tuberculosis Control Unit at Tan Tock Seng Hospital raised the alarm after tracing a series of cases of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis to a block in Ang Mo Kio, prompting the Health Ministry to offer free screenings for residents from the block.
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New agriculture land to be offered longer, 20-year lease: AVA
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore says the longer lease period will give farms here more certainty and for them to invest in highly productive technologies.
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New agricultural land leases to be extended to 20 years: AVA
SINGAPORE – In a move welcomed by land farmers here, the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) announced on Thursday (June 16) that new agricultural land tendered will be based on 20-year leases instead of the current 10-year blocks, to…
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