Healthcare

MOH increases subsidies for community hospitals

MOH increases subsidies for community hospitals

It will also extend to covering advanced diagnostics. The Ministry of Health (MOH) will enhance subsidies for community hospitals starting 1 October...

National Healthcare Group, Safe Space launch programme for employee wellbeing

It offers access to counselling, mental fitness coaching, and multilingual resources. The National Healthcare Group (NHG) has partnered with Safe...

Health Sciences Authority approves Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial vaccine

Abrysvo is the first RSV vaccine approved for use in both older adults and pregnant individuals. 

Generic diets fail Asians, personalised nutrition needed for health

Singapore Dietitian says Asians face higher chronic disease risk even at leaner body mass.

Duke-NUS study links NKT cells to dengue defense

This can potentially reduce the severity of subsequent infections.

Health Sciences Authority approves pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment

Winrevair is expected to be available by the first quarter of 2025. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved Winrevair (sotatercept)...

FairPrice links with HPB app to reward healthy food purchases

Users can exchange HPB Healthpoints to redeem FairPrice transport and food vouchers.

SGX Regco grants SAM Holdings’ extension for FY 2024 results

The company filed the application on 16 August with SGX Regco.

Synapxe officially opens innovation lab Terrarium

The lab will develop new HealthTech solutions and platforms.

Cordlife enhances lab with 24/7 monitoring and backup power systems

The system tracks the temperature of 27 cryogenic storage tanks.

Q&M unit temporarily halts lab operations as licence expires

The company must apply for a new license to continue its operations.

Health Sciences Authority names new CEO

Raymond Chua Swee Boon will succeed Mimi Choong May Ling in the role.

Cordlife to resume cord blood banking services limitedly

It is expected to continuously impact its finances negatively. 

Singapore unveils emergency medical team for disaster response

The SGEMT can be deployed to crisis-affected regions within 72 hours.

NDCS develops digital workflow for removable partial dentures

The system integrates intra-oral scanning, automatic design, and 3D printing.