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Ong Ye Kung

Singapore revises healthcare AI guidelines, attains WHO top rating for medical device regulation

These AI guidelines enables HSA to contribute to advancing global healthcare while keeping healthcare safe and effective.
These AI guidelines enables HSA to contribute to advancing global healthcare while keeping healthcare safe and effective.

Announcements on MediSave, preventive care at Budget debate re-examine assumptions: Ong Ye Kung

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said his ministry recognises the changing role of MediSave, and how it is now also used to to manage chronic diseases effectively.
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said his ministry recognises the changing role of MediSave, and how it is now also used to to manage chronic diseases effectively.

AI and genetic screening, flexible use of MediSave to help super-aged S’pore stay healthy

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung brought up three new initiatives to support the changes in healthcare as Singapore readies itself for the future.
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung brought up three new initiatives to support the changes in healthcare as Singapore readies itself for the future.

Babies travelling to countries with high measles incidence should get MMR vaccine early: Ong Ye Kung

The measles virus is spread through air droplets and direct contact with nasal and throat secretions.
The measles virus is spread through air droplets and direct contact with nasal and throat secretions.

MOH to share AI experience in healthcare with National AI Council: Ong Ye Kung

Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung (left) posing for a photo with a pony at the opening of the new Gallop.sg stables along Admiralty Road East on Feb 21, 2026. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung (left) posing for a photo with a pony at the opening of the new Gallop.sg stables along Admiralty Road East on Feb 21, 2026. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

MOH to revise salary guidelines for community care staff; annual wages may rise by 7% or more

Minister for Health and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies Ong Ye Kung, visited healthcare workers at St. Luke’s Hospital and Alexandra Hospital on the first day of Lunar New Year. Mr Ong and representatives from the Healthcare Services 
Employees’ Union(HSEU) will also deliver a doorstop interview at the end of the visit to AH. ST PHOTO KELVIN CHNG
Minister for Health and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies Ong Ye Kung, visited healthcare workers at St. Luke’s Hospital and Alexandra Hospital on the first day of Lunar New Year. Mr Ong and representatives from the Healthcare Services 
Employees’ Union(HSEU) will also deliver a doorstop interview at the end of the visit to AH. ST PHOTO KELVIN CHNG

‘Not very worried’: Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on potential for measles spread in Singapore

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said 99 per cent of Singapore’s adult population have immunity against measles.
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said 99 per cent of Singapore’s adult population have immunity against measles.

askST: What are Singapore’s enhanced measures to contain the risk of measles infections?

Vaccination against measles has been made compulsory by law since 1985l
Vaccination against measles has been made compulsory by law since 1985l

Ong Ye Kung gets inaugural award from anti-tobacco group for pushing vape ban in S-E Asia

Singapore’s ambassador in Bangkok, Ms Catherine Wong, received the award on the behalf of Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Feb 6, 2026.
Singapore’s ambassador in Bangkok, Ms Catherine Wong, received the award on the behalf of Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Feb 6, 2026.

Over 800 women in S’pore have frozen their eggs for non-medical reasons since 2023

In Singapore, women aged between 21 and 37 – regardless of their marital status – are allowed to undergo the procedure, which preserves their fertility.
In Singapore, women aged between 21 and 37 – regardless of their marital status – are allowed to undergo the procedure, which preserves their fertility.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.