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Number of HIV Cases Among OFWs Up by 22% in February
by Staff Report The number of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who tested reactive to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to…
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Madagascar Battles Killer Measles Outbreak
Tsiresena Manjakahery, Agence France-Presse ANTSIRANANA, Madagascar — Frangeline is aged 2 but weighs no more than a 4-month-old — the…
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First 2 Cases of Imported Measles this Year Confirmed in Taiwan, Over 300 Exposed
By Keoni Everington,Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2 Taiwanese men contract measles after traveling to Vietnam, Philippines, over 300 exposed TAIPEI (Taiwan…
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HKU Develops Virus Killer Against SARS, MERS and More
By ASIA TIMES STAFF In what could be a major breakthrough for medical science worldwide, researchers at the University of Hong…
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Ebola Infects Woman’s Husband, Sons, A Year After She Recovered: Study
Image Caption: Colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of ebola virus virion. Image from CDC PARIS, France – A woman who survived Ebola…
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Saudi MERS Outbreaks Killed 23 Over 4 Months – WHO
GENEVA – Outbreaks of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) killed 23 people in Saudi Arabia between Jan. 21…
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Panic as Bat-Borne Virus Kills 10, Infects at Least 13 More
Image Caption: Animal Husbandry department and Forest officials inspect a well to to catch bats at Changaroth in Kozhikode in…
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Ebola Vaccine Arrives in DR Congo Amid Outbreak
Image Caption: A health worker wears protective equipment as he looks on at Bikoro Hospital — the epicenter of the latest…
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DR Congo Ebola Outbreak Spreads to City, Says WHO
Image Caption: The first batch of experimental Ebola vaccines to combat the outbreak has arrived in Kinshasa [Kenny Katombe/Reuters] The…
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Filipino ‘Critical’ in Macau Hospital with Influenza A
Image Caption: Hospital Conde S Januário in Macau. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Doraemon.tvb Man, 54, was diagnosed with influenza A, but…
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