The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) has reported 12 cases of adverse effects following the use of a recently recalled opioid medicine named Pholcodine. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah…
Nearly 2.8 million vaccine doses stored at health ministry and Covid-19 storage facilities have expired as of Feb 28, said health minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa. Zaliha said the 2,796,638 vaccine…
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has agreed to the listing of all polymyxins as prohibited substances in all veterinary medicines for all target species, except for veterinary medicines containing Polymyxin B in…
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has sought to allay fears of a link between Pfizer’s bivalent vaccine and strokes in senior citizens. Noor Hisham said a recent Reuters report…
The Selangor government will resume its initiative to give free COVID-19 vaccine and booster doses under the Selangor COVID-19 Vaccination Programme (SelVAX), starting tomorrow. State Public Health, Unity and Women and…
Malaysia has so far seen 20,131 reports of side effects for over 44.8 million doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine Comirnaty which had been given, with the majority or 94.2 per…
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak can buy his own medicine from other sources if he does not want to accept the medicines provided by the Health Ministry (MOH). Health Minister Khairy…
The Ministry of Health is considering purchasing a variant-specific COVID-19 vaccine that is capable of fighting the Omicron variant. Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said however the ministry has yet to…
A total of 1.76 million or 49.8% of children aged between five and 11 in the country have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of Tuesday…
The shortage of medicines in the country is expected to be resolved within two weeks, says deputy health minister Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali. He said the health ministry was working…
