COVID-19 compared with other deadly viruses

11/01/2021

PARIS — The global death toll from Covid-19, which is set to pass five million, is already far worse than most other viral epidemics of the 20th and 21st centuries. But there have been notable exceptions. The…

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.…

Local governments in quandary over spraying

Maricar Cinco - Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/13/2020

SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna, Philippines — Hundreds of thousands of pesos of local government funds might end up dissipating just like the disinfectants used in community misting and spraying after the Department of Health (DOH) said the…

Bill Gates warned of the global unpreparedness to deal with an epidemic five years ago

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Five years ago, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned that the world was not ready for the next epidemic, according to an article posted on the World Economic Forum (WEF) website. Gates said this during the…

Polio epidemic: DOH confirms resurgence in Philippines

Krissy Aguilar - INQUIRER.net 09/19/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Nearly two decades after the Philippines was declared polio-free, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed Thursday the resurgence of polio in the country as it recently recorded its first case of the potentially deadly…

Measles outbreak sow fear among CPDRC inmates

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–At least 40 inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) were confirmed to have measles, Provincial Health Office chief Rene Catan said on Thursday. Catan, in a phone interview on Thursday afternoon,…

North Korea running low on TB meds; experts fear epidemic

AP 11/16/2018

SEOUL, South Korea — The withdrawal of a major international aid organization threatens to leave tens of thousands of tuberculosis patients in North Korea without the medication they need and could spiral into a severe crisis if…

Understanding more about fat

Alex Pacquiao 01/09/2017

WHEN you think of fat, you probably think of foods that have a lot of fat, or people who do. After a few years with some extra pounds, the only thing you know about fat is that…

Typhoid case rise to 84 in Borbon town

Carine M. Asutilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/26/2014

The Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) in Central Visayas has recorded 84 cases of suspected typhoid fever in Borbon town, north Cebu. Rennan Cimafranca said they continue to take blood samples and distribute medicine to affected…

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