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Rio Olympic Games to go on, unmindful of Zika virus threat

THE International Olympic Committee said it sees no need “to cancel, delay or move the Rio Olympic Games because of the Zika virus threat.” However,...

US travel alert over Zika only precautionary – Palace 

The Department of Health  is continuing to do all the measures to prevent the Zika virus  from  spreading  in the country, Malacañang said   on...

Press conference

Health Secretary Janette Garin gestures during a press conference on Monday on the Zika Virus in Manila on Monday. AFP

Clean-up drive vs Zika pushed

Senatorial candidate and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez on Wednesday called on every Filipino family to show “malasakit” (compassion) by actively pushing for a massive clean-up campaign...

Health rules out Zika virus outbreak

Malacañang on Monday said there is no epidemic or an outbreak of the deadly Zika virus in the Philippines. “  Secretary  Garin has pointed out this...

First Zika case in PH bared

The Department of Health on Sunday disclosed that an American woman who visited the Philippines last January  was infected with the Zika virus.  Health Secretary Janette...

Manila hospitals get P60m to combat dengue

Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada on Monday gave an additional P60 million to fund six public hospitals in the city as part of the local...

Garin tells women not to get pregnant

HEALTH Secretary Janette Garin advised women not to get pregnant this year, amid fears that the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which continues to spread rapidly...

Church joins fight against Zika virus

The Church’s health ministry has joined efforts in raising public awareness about the Zika virus and on ways to prevent its spread in the...

The mosquito from hell

By Natalia Ramos Salvador de Bahia, Brazil—Infernal heat fills the waiting room of the pediatric neurology department, a heat against which the few fans buzzing...

Asia vulnerable to Zika virus

MUMBAI—Densely packed slums, rampant mosquitoes and a history of rapidly spreading infections make Asia particularly vulnerable to the devastating Zika virus, posing a massive...

Pregnant women told to guard vs Zika virus

The Department of Health has advised the public, especially pregnant women, to seek immediate medical help should they experience symptoms of Zika virus infection,...

Govt warns vs Zika virus

THE Palace ordered Health Secretary Janette Garin on Saturday to thoroughly study the Zika flavivirus that, like dengue, is also transmitted by the daytime-active...

How to Fight Zika Virus

AN EMERGENCY meeting in Geneva about an incurable tropical disease now “spreading explosively” does not sound good. But in fact the World Health Organization’s...
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