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First case of new mpox variant detected in Germany

An infection with the new mpox variant clade 1b has been detected in Germany for the first time, the Robert Koch Institute health authority...

Salceda warns El Nino can be ‘hotbed’ for epidemics

House Ways and Means Chair and Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda on Monday warned that the coming El Nino season could be a “hotbed...

Silent epidemic: Millions of Filipinos at risk for fatty liver

At least 18 million Filipinos are either suffering from or at risk of a disease considered a silent epidemic – that of fatty liver. “Fatty...

Beijing hits US sanctions on Chinese painkiller firms

Beijing hit out at the United States on Thursday for its decision to impose sanctions on Chinese painkiller makers as Washington tries to curb...

Johnson & Johnson to stop selling opioids in US: NY attorney general

US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson will "exit from the opioid business nationally" as part of a $230 million settlement with New York, the...

The bogeyman is here

"Silver linings can still be found."     What a difference a week can make. Last Tuesday I wrote about how “online half-truths and manufactured fears” were exacerbating...

China’s exports plummet amid virus outbreak

China’s exports plummeted in the first two months of this year on the back of a coronavirus epidemic that forced businesses to suspend operations,...

WHO asks for $20M to fight Ebola epidemic in Congo

Geneva—The World Health Organization said Friday it needs $20 million to fight Ebola in DR Congo, even as the end of the devastating 19-month...

Samoa shuts in fight against measles crisis

WELLINGTON"•Samoa entered a two-day lockdown Thursday to carry out an unprecedented mass vaccination drive aimed at containing a devastating measles epidemic that has killed...

MM, Ilocos near dengue epidemic scale, DOH says

An official of the Department of Health urged residents in Metro Manila and the Ilocos region to be more vigilant in fighting dengue as both...

Epidemic

"Why is this happening in America?"     I just got back from a two-week sabbatical in the United States hoping to decompress from the stress of...

2.6 billion people in Zika risk areas in Africa, Asia: study

At least 2.6 billion people, over a third of the global population, live in parts of Africa, Asia and the Pacific where Zika could...

Heart disease epidemic will rise in China: study

China is facing an epidemic of heart disease brought on by a shift toward the Western lifestyle and researchers said the trend shows no...
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