Are Covid-19 vaccines safe for cancer patients?

By Muhammad Basir Roslan KUALA LUMPUR: With the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme in full swing now, more individuals are coming forward to register for the vaccination. As of June 5, almost 13 million individuals had registered for the Covid-19 vaccine shots, up from 9.89 million on May 6, according to the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access […]

Farit Ismeth Emir, the man with the golden voice dies

KUALA LUMPUR: Popular Radio Televisyen Malaysia newscaster in the 1980s and 1990s, Farit Ismeth Emir, succumbed to cancer at about 11 am today at the Assunta Hospital in Petaling Jaya. He was 66. Fellow newsreader Hazlinda Hamzah, who had worked with him for more than 13 years, remembers him as a friend who never said […]

A third chance at life

It was in 2011 that Stephanie Goh heard that a close friend of hers was diagnosed with breast cancer. That was when she came with the idea of going for a check-up herself. She added that at the time, her curiosity too, persuaded her to go for the test as she had felt a lump […]