Health News
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City LGU, Health Units Intensify Drive vs HIV/AIDS
ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Oct. 25 (PNA) — City Mayor Casimiro “Jun” Ynares III has ordered the city health services units…
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Vietnam’s HCM City Spots One More Zika Patient
HO CHI MINH CITY, Oct. 20 (PNA/Xinhua) — Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City has just detected a new case of…
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Singapore’s Largest Zika Cluster Closes, Placed Under Surveillance: NEA
SINGAPORE, Oct. 18 (PNA/Xinhua) — Singapore’s first and largest Zika cluster at Aljunied Crescent/Sims Drive area was closed on Oct.…
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3,000 Wolbachia-infected Mosquitoes Released at Braddell Heights in Study to Curb Mozzies
Image Caption: An NEA staff releasing male Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes at Jalan Sukachita.ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM Lin…
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70% Filipino Smokers See Better Option in E-Cigarettes
MANILA: About 70 percent of smokers in the Philippines see e-cigarettes as a “positive alternative” to tobacco products, according to…
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Ebola Nurse Cafferkey Rushed to Hospital Under Police Escort
Image Caption: Pauline Cafferkey REUTERS EDINBURGH: British nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted Ebola in 2014 while caring for patients in…
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Mexican Authorities Report Cases of Zika Linked Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Image Caption: Research scientist Dan Galperin holds vials marked “Zika” during his work on Purified Recombinant Zika Enveloped Protein at the…
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Number of Chikungunya Cases Rises in Odiongan Town
Health authorities in the municipality of Odiongan in Romblon have reported a rise in the number of towns folk infected…
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MERS Infection Most Virulent in Ramadan
Image Caption: A hospital employee wears a mouth and nose mask as he leaves a local hospital’s emergency department, in this…
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Protect Students from Zika, DepEd Tells School Officials
By: Jeannette I. Andrade @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer Education Secretary Leonor Briones has urged schools nationwide to support the Department of…
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