Salceda warns El Nino can be ‘hotbed’ for epidemics
House Ways and Means Chair and Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda on Monday warned that the coming El Nino season ...
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Silent epidemic: Millions of Filipinos at risk for fatty liver
At least 18 million Filipinos are either suffering from or at risk of a disease considered a silent epidemic – ...
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Beijing hits US sanctions on Chinese painkiller firms
Beijing hit out at the United States on Thursday for its decision to impose sanctions on Chinese painkiller makers as ...
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Johnson & Johnson to stop selling opioids in US: NY attorney general
US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson will "exit from the opioid business nationally" as part of a $230 million settlement ...
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The bogeyman is here
"Silver linings can still be found." What a difference a week can make. Last Tuesday I wrote about ...
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China’s exports plummet amid virus outbreak
China’s exports plummeted in the first two months of this year on the back of a coronavirus epidemic that forced ...
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WHO asks for $20M to fight Ebola epidemic in Congo
Geneva—The World Health Organization said Friday it needs $20 million to fight Ebola in DR Congo, even as the end ...
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Samoa shuts in fight against measles crisis
WELLINGTON"•Samoa entered a two-day lockdown Thursday to carry out an unprecedented mass vaccination drive aimed at containing a devastating measles ...
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MM, Ilocos near dengue epidemic scale, DOH says
An official of the Department of Health urged residents in Metro Manila and the Ilocos region to be more vigilant in ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.