Summer 2024: DOH-7 reports rise in dengue, influenza-like illnesses

Niña Mae Oliverio 04/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The scorching summer heat is already too much for the public to endure. Health experts say that over exposure to the sun may result to heat stroke, cramps, dehydration, and exhaustion. In addition,…

Kris Aquino miangkon nga nakasinati og simtomas sa lupus apan dili gihapon mosurrender

CDN Digital 01/22/2024

Gisugat ni Kris Aquino and Bag-ong Tuig nga nagpadayon ang mga problema sa iyang panglawas. Miangkon siya nga karong bag-o lang, nakitaan na pud siya og simtomas sa lupus. Sa iyang Instagram, mipagawas si Kris og usa…

Searchers look for more than 10,000 missing in flooded Libyan city

Associated Press 09/16/2023

DERNA, Libya — Libyan authorities limited access to the flooded city of Derna on Friday to make it easier for searchers to dig through the mud and hollowed-out buildings for the more than 10,000 people still missing…

Special mosquitoes are being bred to fight dengue

09/14/2023

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more effective way to control the disease —…

Leptospirosis: Beware of the unseen killer lurking in floodwaters

Mariele Ocubillo 07/13/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Leptospirosis, the silent killer which has claimed thousands of lives is again being watched due to the constant rains and floods in Cebu. The disease is caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira…

DOH reminder: Beware of food and waterborne diseases this summer

Wenilyn Sabalo 05/04/2023

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—Aside from heat exhaustion, heat cramps, and heat strokes, the public should also be on the lookout for food and waterborne diseases this summer season, an official of the Department of Health in Central…

Love actually

Fatima Ignacio Gimenez - @inquirerdotnet 04/03/2023

A pet, in my opinion, is the perfect poster child of unconditional love. I remember falling flat on my backside and it was Biscuit, our late golden retriever, who first witnessed the incident and who rushed to…

Amazon could be next virus hot zone, says scientist

Agence France Presse 05/15/2020

The next pandemic could come from the Amazon rainforest, warns Brazilian ecologist David Lapola, who says human encroachment on animals’ habitats — a likely culprit in the coronavirus outbreak — is soaring there because of rampant deforestation.…

Capitol warns public to be wary against rainy season-related diseases

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With the nationwide dengue alert declaration of the health department, the Cebu provincial government has called on the public to raise their awareness against diseases common during the rainy season. The Provincial Board…

DOH: Prepare for common rainy season diseases

06/07/2019

MANILA, Philippines — This early, the public should prepare for the onset of illnesses that are common during the rainy season, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday. Common diseases during the rainy season, according to DOH, include…

1.4 billion risk disease from lack of exercise

AFP 09/16/2018

PARIS, France – More than 1.4 billion adults are putting themselves at heightened risk of deadly diseases by not getting enough exercise, doctors are warning, with global activity levels virtually unchanged in nearly two decades. With richer…

State of calamity declared in 2 barangays in Asturias due to rice diseases

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 05/25/2018

Local officials in Asturias town have declared a state of calamity in two barangays due to rice-infected diseases. Asturias Mayor Jose Antonio Pintor said that rice producing barangays in Barangays Bago and Lunas have experienced Rice Tungro…

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