Antibiotics for cold and flu?
Gan Pou WeeMPharm, MBBS, BCPS, RPh Sneezing, runny nose, sore throat. “Oh no! Am I falling ill? I guess I need a course of antibiotics.” Should one take a course of antibiotics for a cold or flu? To answer that we need to understand what are antibiotics, cold and flu. The common cold is a […]
Rabies: What it is and why it matters to me?
John Tiong Jeh LungMPharm, PhD, RPh Lau Hui LingMPharm, PhD, RPh In recent days, a number of rabies cases have been reported in Malaysia. The last canine rabies outbreak in the country was in 2015, which ended after mass vaccination and controversial culling of potentially infected animals. Despite multiple dog bite cases during that period, […]