Uni hospital bears brunt
Thammasat University Field Hospital, which opened in early 2020 when the first wave of coronavirus hit the country, is on 24-hour alert to receive further admissions as hospitals spill over during this far more deadly third round of infections.
Poor communities take virus fight into own hands
Communities in Klong Toey slum build makeshift isolation centre as cases soar.
Former patients face community rejection
Alarmed by a surge of infections in the kingdom's third wave, a support group has been formed to help patients cope with stress brought on by the illness and discrimination they may experience despite fully recovering.
Third wave's unpalatable reality
The third wave of Covid-19 in Thailand is nothing short of an unprecedented crisis for the country's public health system, just as it is for its already flailing economy.
Unmasked Songkran parties dent Phuket’s reopening hopes
PHUKET: Around the corner from the teeth-whitening clinic and the tattoo parlour with offerings in Russian, Hebrew and Chinese, near the outdoor eatery with fried rice meant to fuel sunburned tourists or tired go-go dancers, the Hooters sign has lost its H.
Feeding the beast: Chiang Mai smoke seen as world's climate change problem
Fire-lighting farmers need a better way to clear farmland for the next maize crop.
Never too old to get physical
The elderly in Din Daeng district are aware of research which suggests that exercising in their middle age is likely to keep them in good health for many years to come.
Medical hub lends more than a hand
Nine years ago, Amaraphon Ong-at-itthichai, a 59-year-old senior nurse working at the Friendship Therapy Centre of Panyananthaphikkhu Chonprathan Medical Centre in Nonthaburi's Pak Kret district, wondered why many near-recuperated patients became unhappy at the prospect of being discharged from the hospital.
Rights chief optimistic despite UN cold shoulder
Acting chairperson is hopeful that the NHRCT's efforts to improve will be recognised after it was downgraded on concerns over its deficiencies.
Holding those behind the haze to account
Covid killed 61 people in 2020, air pollution an estimated 14,000. As Chiang Mai again wins awards for world's worst air, new data confirms corn is the biggest culprit.
