Long COVID still baffles experts, millions ‘suffer in silence’ globally
Millions of people around the world are believed to suffer from long COVID, yet little remains known about the condition—though ...
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The vaccine comes (Part 2)
"Both ethical and mathematical models have to face real-world practicalities." The whole world wants a vaccine, but countries will ...
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Air pollution killed 500k newborns in 2019 — global study
Air pollution killed 476,000 newborns in 2019, with the biggest hotspots in India and Sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new ...
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Poor diet can lead to death
Paris—One in five deaths globally are linked to poor diet, experts said Thursday, warning that overconsumption of sugar, salt and ...
Read morePH lost $27b in 2013 due to air pollution
The Philippines suffered economic losses of about $27 billion in 2013 due to air pollution, the World Bank said 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.