WHO tempers COVID gauge; end still far off
The head of the World Health Organization on Thursday tempered his assertion that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic was ...
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Monkeypox cases declining globally, but ebola spiking
The number of reported monkeypox cases across the world continues to decline, according to the World Health Organization. Since the ...
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They all made my day
"That President Bongbong Marcos is mulling over shutting down the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations is good news, and the President ...
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Breast cancer event to offer information, advice
"Some 70 percent of breast cancer cases occur among indigents, thus perhaps the high rates for late diagnosis and below ...
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Uganda: 1st Ebola death since 2019
Uganda’s health ministry on Tuesday announced the country’s first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an ...
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US leader believes pandemic over, but local expert says not in PH yet
US President Joe Biden said in a television interview aired Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is ...
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End is in sight for pandemic —WHO chief
The number of newly reported COVID-19 cases have dropped dramatically, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, urging the world to ...
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Palace extends state of calamity for 3 more months
The state of calamity due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be extended for three months, Malacanang said Monday. Press Secretary ...
Read moreWHO sees more COVID patients, deaths in winter
An increase in global hospitalization and deaths from COVID-19 in the coming months is “reasonable to expect,” a World Health ...
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Protecting children’s lives through vaccines
When the five-month-old son of Marissa Santos had recovered from measles, more commonly known as “tigdas,” Santos thought that that ...
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