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DOH reports surge in leptospirosis, dengue cases amid post-typhoon floods

The Department of Health (DOH) is ramping up efforts to address a spike in leptospirosis and dengue cases following the widespread flooding caused by...

Western Visayas battles dengue outbreak with rising clusters

Dengue cases in Western Visayas surged by 88 percent, according to the 30th morbidity week monitoring by the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU). The latest...

Experts warn bird flu virus changing rapidly in largest ever outbreak

The virus causing record cases of avian influenza in birds across the world is changing rapidly, experts have warned, as calls increase for countries...

DOH wants data before declaring HFMD outbreak

The declaration of a hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreak should be backed by scientific data, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday. This...

China: 1st COVID death since May

China reported its first death from COVID-19 in six months on Sunday as it contends with a rising outbreak despite stringent measures to eliminate...

WHO, Unicef warn of measles outbreak next year

Two United Nations agencies have warned of a possible measles outbreak in the Philippines next year on the back of low routine immunization rates,...

WHO triggers highest alert on monkeypox

The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 17,000 people in 74 countries, to be a global health...

WHO: Monkeypox a deeply evolving threat

The World Health Organization's chief said the monkeypox outbreak was a deeply concerning evolving threat but did not currently constitute a global health emergency. WHO...

N. Korea Covid outbreak likely ‘getting worse’ says WHO

The World Health Organization lamented Wednesday that it had no access to data about North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak, but assumed the crisis was deepening,...

North Korea reports 15 more ‘fever’ deaths amid COVID outbreak

North Korea on Sunday reported 15 additional deaths from "fever", days after officially confirming its first-ever COVID-19 cases and ordering nationwide lockdowns. The outbreak, which...

China reports 13,146 COVID cases as outbreak spreads: National Health Commission

China Sunday reported 13,146 COVID cases, the highest since the peak of the first wave more than two years ago, as the highly transmissible...

Chinese cities, factories shut amid outbreak

Beijing—Seventeen million people in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen began their first full day under lockdown Monday, as a key factory making iPhones...

Global COVID infections pass 250 million: AFP tally

More than 250 million COVID-19 infections have been recorded worldwide since the start of the pandemic, according to an AFP count compiled from official...

QC outbreaks set off massive contact tracing

Quezon City public health authorities are working to determine the cause of the COVID-19 outbreak in two convents where hundreds of people tested positive...
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