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Filipino Canadians urged to take precautions amid influenza epidemic

Rowena Papasin | TFC News Vancouver
Posted at Nov 22 08:36 PM

As Canada faces an influenza epidemic, a Filipino Canadian doctor stresses the need to become more vigilant and take extra health precautions. Read more »

US authorities relax regulations on prescription opioids

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 04 03:53 AM

Last year, the US had a record 107,000 overdose deaths, more than 70 percent of which were from illegal synthetic opioids. Read more »

DOH: Fewer regions exceed dengue epidemic threshold

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 06:34 PM

The number of regions that exceed their epidemic threshold for dengue has declined to 6, the Department of Health said on Friday. Read more »

N. Korea says hundreds of families ill with intestinal disease

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 17 02:40 PM

North Korea said Friday that hundreds of families have fallen ill with an unidentified intestinal disease. Read more »

U.S. lawmakers seek permanent ban on illicit types of fentanyl

Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 09:47 AM

A bipartisan trio of U.S. congressmen on Monday unveiled new legislation that would permanently ban illicit versions of fentanyl, the powerful synthetic painkiller that has helped fuel the nation's opioid epidemic. Read more »

UNICEF: 1 child infected with HIV every 2 min. in 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 01 03:05 PM

One child was infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) every 2 minutes in 2020, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a report Wednesday. Read more »

Not 2nd wave: Rise of COVID cases in NCR a ‘spike’ in ongoing wave, says WHO

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 05:24 PM

MANILA — The World Health Organization on Tuesday said it considers the ongoing increase in COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, specifically in the National Capital Region, a “spike” in the current epidemic wave.  Read more »

Guinea tracks potential Ebola contacts, says it can overcome new outbreak

Saliou Samb, Reuters
Posted at Feb 16 04:52 PM

CONAKRY- Guinea is tracking down people who potentially had contact with Ebola patients and will rush vaccines to the affected area as soon as possible following at least three deaths from the disease, Health Minister Remy Lamah said on Monday.   Read more »

Holidays in a Pandemic? Here’s What Happened in 1918

Jacey Fortin, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 27 04:59 PM

That pandemic, like the coronavirus today, seemed to roll across the United States in waves. Read more »

Dissecting Data: NCR may be winning vs COVID-19, but 2 other regions need help

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 03:27 PM

The latest data from the month of November provide a promising picture, but there are still some warning bells ringing. Read more »

Coronavirus: international funding boost for Chinese vaccine maker Clover

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 04 03:03 PM

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations earmarks millions of dollars for the Chengdu-based firm to advance its candidate to next phase of trials. The company also plans to use money to scale up manufacturing of doses. Read more »

Woman dies in Delhi after gang rape, fueling outrage again in India

Hari Kumar and Emily Schmall, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 01 06:59 AM

NEW DELHI — A teenager from a north Indian village who was reported to have been dragged from a field and raped by a group of men died of her injuries at a hospital in New Delhi on Tuesday, triggering nationwide outrage again after years of what experts describe as a gang rape epidemic in India. Read more »

All eyes on me

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 03:38 PM

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III speaks to the media after the National Task Force (NTF) on Coordinated Operation to Defeat Epidemic (C.O.D.E.) team visit and the “Mask Para sa Masa” program launch at the Don Alejandro Roces Science High School in Quezon City on Saturday. Read more »

Cooling off in Wuhan where COVID-19 first emerged

Stringer, AFP
Posted at Aug 17 05:40 PM

This photo taken on August 15, 2020 shows people watching a performance as they cool off in a swimming pool in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province, where the novel coronavirus was first detected. Read more »

How climate change could expose new epidemics

Amélie Bottollier-Depois, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 16 02:53 PM

Long-dormant viruses brought back to life; the resurgence of deadly and disfiguring smallpox; a dengue or zika "season" in Europe. Read more »

Face masks distribution for Rizal residents

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 12 06:53 PM

A resident receives personal protective equipment and hygiene kit during the community distribution of face masks organized by the government’s COVID response team and the provincial government of Rizal at the Ynares Center, Ynares Compound, Antipolo City on Wednesday. Read more »

House-to-house case search as PH reboots pandemic strategy

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 05:08 PM

Stung by criticism from weary medical front liners, the Philippine government is set to deploy teams to go on a house-to-house search for COVID-19 cases as part of a recalibrated strategy against a virus outbreak threatening to spin out of control. Read more »

Angara wants pandemic, health crises included in school curriculum

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 03:09 PM

Sen. Sonny Angara is pushing for the inclusion of pandemics, epidemics and other health crises in primary and secondary subjects to help people "behave properly whenever there is a health emergency." Read more »

Iran's death toll from coronavirus outbreak approaches 10,000

Reuters
Posted at Jun 19 05:00 AM

There have been nearly 200,000 people infected with the new coronavirus in the Islamic Republic and the number deaths in a single day from the pandemic topped 100 for the first time in two months on Sunday. Read more »

New task for spy agencies: stay ahead of epidemic threats

Didier Lauras, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 08 11:32 PM

A host of state intelligence services warned early of a new coronavirus with the potential to wreak havoc worldwide, yet many governments failed to heed the warnings -- a mistake that experts say they are unlikely to make again. Read more »