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Reducing the harm from tobacco

It is not easy to quit smoking, but this harmful habit affects not only smokers themselves, but also those around them.

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Climate change affects our health too

The environment we live in is intimately intertwined with our personal wellbeing.

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Will there be a Covid-19 surge with restrictions lifted?

With restrictions easing up and more people moving around, there is a possibility Covid-19 cases may rise again.

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Are you using the self-testing Covid-19 kits correctly?

Many people do not have a sense of how much specimen collect or how deep to insert the test probe.

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Keeping our schools Covid-free when they reopen

All care must be taken to avoid outbreaks of this disease among students and school staff.

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Herd immunity for Covid-19 is unlikely to be achieved

Even with high vaccination rates, this infectious disease is likely to remain in the community.

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Does Covid-19 and its vaccines adversely affect breast milk?

Neither Covid-19 vaccination nor the disease itself should stop mothers from breastfeeding their babies.

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Covid-19: What is a superspreader?

This term, along with "superspreading event", has become more commonly used during this pandemic.

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Let's get the anti-vaxxers to change their minds

There are various factors fuelling the continuing vaccine hesitancy among some Malaysians, which need to be tackled now.

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Is there really a 'best' Covid-19 vaccine?

Our columnist attempts to answer this question on many people's minds with the currently-available data.

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Malaysia needs a multiracial healthcare team

Measures that improve ethnic diversity and cultural competence of the healthcare workforce will help improve patients’ outcomes.

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Physically-active persons can fight off Covid-19 more easily

Those who have some form of regular exercise have a better chance of avoiding hospitalisation and death if they are infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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