Japan’s dengue outbreak spread out from the park where it started, with 70 cases already recorded.
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DOH: PH remains Mers-Cov free
The Department of Health assured the public that the Philippines is still free from the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, after a Filipina nurse from Saudi Arabia allegedy infected with the virus, tested negative for MERScov.
Leading Ebola researcher discusses lab success of experimental drug ZMapp
(Reuters/CCTV) A leading Ebola researcher said on Tuesday that the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp has a good chance of curing people who are infected in the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa. ZMapp, co-developed by U.S. researchers and the Public Health Agency of Canada, is a cocktail of three monoclonal antibodies – extracted from tobacco plants – that is designed to bind to the protein of the Ebola virus, neutralizing the virus so it can’t cause further damage. According to a […]
U.N. says $600 million needed to tackle Ebola as deaths top 1,900
(Reuters) – The United Nations said $600 million in supplies would be needed to fight West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, as the death toll from the worst ever epidemic of the virus topped 1,900 and Guinea warned it had penetrated a new part of the country. The pace of the infection has accelerated, and there were close to 400 deaths in the past week, officials said on Wednesday. It was first detected deep in the forests […]
DOH awaits medical test results of nurse with MERS-CoV
The Department of Health is now awaiting the results of the latest round of medical examinations of a Filipino nurse from Saudi Arabia. The Filipina nurse tested positive for MERS-Corona Virus or MERS-CoV.
Ebola outbreak now a global threat
The World Health Organization is asking the international community to enforce stricter methods to contain the Ebola virus as rising numbers of casualties make the outbreak a global threat.
Weight of the world: 2.1 billion people obese or overweight
(Reuters) – Obesity is imposing an increasingly heavy burden on the world’s population in rich and poor nations alike, with almost 30 percent of people globally now either obese or overweight – a staggering 2.1 billion in all, researchers have said. The researchers conducted what they called the most comprehensive assessment to date of one of the pressing public health dilemmas of our time, using data covering 188 nations from 1980 to 2013. Nations in […]
Knowing Obesity and Preventing It
In a new study this year, researchers have found out that at the early age of nine to 11, children who have been obese are most likely to remain in that state until they mature. Still, there is no reason to be complacent for children in the same age with normal weight. Because studies also reveal that the ratio of children aged nine to 11 with normal weight are also proven to develop obesity […]
Aquino launches anti-measles and polio vaccination campaign nationwide
President Aquino has launched the nationwide anti-measles and anti-polio campaign at the Department of Health building in Manila. President Benigno S. Aquino III on Monday led the launch of the Ligtas sa Tigdas at Polio mass immunization campaign at the San Lazaro Compound in Manila, encouraging the public to participate in the program.Some 11 million to 13 million people in the country are at risk from measles, polio and rubella (German measles), he said, asking […]
President Aquino leads mass immunization campaign
President Aquino leads the mass immunization campaign against measles and polio.
Ebola hits 5th African country, experimental drug heals all monkeys in study
DAKAR, Aug. 30 (PNA/Xinhua) — With the first case of Ebola confirmed on Friday by Senegalese health authorities, the epidemic has spread to a fifth West African country and claimed over 1,500 lives in the region since earlier this year. Health Minister Awa Marie Coll Seck said a Guinean university student infected with Ebola has carried the deadly virus to Senegal after he slipped into the country trying to evade health surveillance for weeks. As […]
HIV and AIDS cases in the Philppines, rising
The Department of Health expressed its worries about the rising number of HIV and AIDS cases in the country, with 600 new cases being recorded last July.
