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Daily Cuts - S1E376: How can we play our part in managing dengue?

Dengue is endemic to Singapore and has been a public health threat since the 1960s. Globally, over 40,000 deaths are reported annually, many of whom are children. The 7th Singapore International Dengue Workshop is taking place with leaders from the World Health Organisation and partners here to take part in lectures and sharing sessions. CNA938’s Arnold Gay and Andrea Heng speak with Associate Professor Ng Lee Ching, Group Director of the Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency to find out more.

Daily Cuts - S1E60: China scraps quarantine

China is set to reopen its borders to international travellers, ending quarantine requirements from early next month. We speak to Joy Soh, a Singaporean living with her family in Beijing on her reaction to the news.

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Daily Cuts - S1E59: The True Victims Of Today's Online Scams

Singapore Today speaks with Dr Reuben Ng, Lead Scientist (Data and Technology), Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk, National University of Singapore about a study that finds those aged below 25 more likely to be fooled by scams than those aged over 65.

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Daily Cuts - S1E58: HEALTHIER SG

The Health Ministry launched the Healthier SG blueprint earlier this year, in a bid to get Singaporeans to take charge of their own health.  Singapore Today speaks to Associate Professor Michael Dunn from the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, who says careful thinking on the implementation of Healthier SG is needed, to ensure people are not judged through the prism of their health status.

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Daily Cuts - S1E57: NLB's Book Bugs

Cultivating young book worms - Singapore Today speaks Siti Aisyah Abdul Nasir, Deputy Head for Children & Teens services at the National Library Board, to find out more about what's in store for the NLB's Book Bugs events this December school holidays.

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Daily Cuts - S1E56: Diabetes Prevention Through Coffee

Singapore Today speaks with Dr Jiaxi Yang from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NUS Medicine about a new study that has found drinking coffee regularly after childbirth may keep type 2 diabetes away from women who had diabetes during pregnancy.

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