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Did you ever know what Triphallia is? Triphallia is a rare congenital anomaly where a person has three distinct penile shafts. It was highlighted lately when researchers discovered a man with three genitalia after he donated his…
GENEVA, Switzerland — The WHO on Tuesday said droplets were a minor route of transmission for mpox compared to physical contact, adding that more research was needed to understand how the outbreak is spreading. The World Health…
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Countries with a high prevalence of viral hepatitis, including the Philippines, are ured by international medical experts to declare public health emergencies to meet the goal worldwide of eliminating the “silent…
In 2016, Analyn Gamboa was diagnosed with cervical cancer. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cervical cancer is most often caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). Analyn shared the story of how she fought cervical cancer –…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Health experts recommend using iodized salt for the prevention of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). And Cebu is one of the 15 provinces in the Philippines with high prevalence of IDD among pregnant and…
There is no need for people to panic over the Nipah virus, which has caused an outbreak in India and killed two people so far. This was what House Deputy Majority Leader Rep. Janette Garin, a former…
NEW YORK— Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past them. The dramatic experiment…
Chinese scientists made a world record for growing the first-ever humanized kidneys in pigs. In other words, they have figured out how to create organs in pigs, potentially helping those who need transplants. We could use this…
The World Health Organization on Wednesday classified the EG.5 coronavirus strain circulating in the United States and China as a “variant of interest” but said it did not seem to pose more of a threat to public…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—Department of Health (DOH) Central Visayas urges the public to be vaccinated with bivalent COVID-19 vaccines. Bivalent vaccines target specific variants of COVID-19, like the more transmissible Omicron, and can serves as a first, second,…
CHICAGO — Researchers at the University of Miami reported on Thursday, April 6, what they believe are the first two confirmed cases in which the SARS-CoV-2 virus crossed a mother’s placenta and caused brain damage in the…
LONDON – More than half of the world’s population will be overweight or obese by 2035 without significant action, according to a new report. The World Obesity Federation’s 2023 atlas predicts that 51% of the world, or…
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