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NASA uploaded video showing an animation of what a flight over the dwarf planet of Ceres would look like illustrating the different craters that can be seen including “Occator”, “Ikapati”, “Ahuna Mons”, “Urvara”, “Haulani”, “Yalode” and “Dantue” The video was uploaded onto the social media page for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on January 29, 2016. The video was created using images from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, a probe that was launched in 2007 to study Ceres […]
The first Zika virus case in the United States of America was recorded in Texas with the Dallas County Health and Human Services announcing that the person contacted the virus due to personal contact with a person coming from a country affected by Zika. The health department added that the public should be more careful as the Zika virus can be transmitted through close and personal contact. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, […]
The Philippine Red Cross is asking individuals that came from countries affected by the Zika virus to refrain from donating blood, with PRC Chairman Richard Gordon adding that this a precaution to avoid the spread of said virus in the Philippines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/TjOB347IzPI
Despite the spread of the Newcastle disease, the Department of Agriculture assured the public that the poultry supply remains stable. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/gneXanUz-4s
The Department of Health will start the screening of those who are suspected of having the Zika virus, with Health Secretary Janet Garin saying the DOH will conduct said testing in six hospitals all over the Philippines. Garin added that they have disseminated over 1, 000 testing kits for the said virus. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/jkSm44dYHYg
(Courtesy CCTV) — A Portugal tropical disease expert urged Europe to be vigilant against possible Zika virus outbreak. Vitor Laerte, an expert at the Portuguese Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases, said that “Based on previous cases that we’ve recorded here in Europe of other viruses like Chikungunya, we have had cases in Italy, south of France, south of Spain, so [in] these areas, there is a species of mosquito, albopictus, that adapts itself […]
The World Health Organization gave the Zika virus an international public health emergency due to the thousands of birth defects recorded in Brazil. According to reports, the Zika virus has spread over 24 countries in South America. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
(Reuters) — The World Health Organization has declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus to be an international public health emergency due to its link to thousands of suspected cases of birth defects in Brazil. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan told reporters on Monday (February 1) coordinated international action was needed to improve detection and speed work on a vaccine and better diagnostics for the disease, although curbs on travel or trade were not necessary. The emergency […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Environmental Management Bureau 6 (DENR-EMB 6) has called on owners, operators and drivers to properly maintain their vehicles to keep roads in Metro Iloilo and other parts of Western Visayas free from air pollution. Lawyer Jonathan Bulos, Director of DENR-EMB 6 and Chairman of the Metro Iloilo Airshed, said it is an obligation of motorists and owners to maintain their vehicles. “They will be not allowed on […]
(Eagle News) – A committee from the World Health Organization (WHO) will convene today, Monday, February 1, to assess the Zika virus outbreak and to ascertain if it is already a public health emergency of international concern. No less than WHO Director-General, Margaret Chan, will convene an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations. The Committee will meet on Monday 1 February in Geneva […]
There are two potential vaccines for the Zika virus but said vaccines will be tested at the end of 2016. The US National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease is now meeting with pharmaceutical companies for potential partners. At press time, there is no recorded Zika virus case in the United States. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/dXUYM9y5VXU
REUTERS — Barbie, the world’s most famous doll, has a new body. In fact, she has three new bodies – petite, tall and curvy. Some 57 years after the impossibly busty and narrow-waisted blue-eyed Barbie doll was first introduced, California-based toy maker Mattel on Thursday (January 28) released the new models, which it says better reflect a changing world. Parents and feminists have long criticized Barbie’s original shape as setting an unrealistic body image for […]
