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COVID SCIENCE: Placental infection may be more likely early in pregnancy

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 02:28 PM

The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 rarely infects the placenta, but new research suggests that when such an infection does occur it is more likely to happen early in pregnancy.  Read more »

Vietnam urges vigilance, as neighbors battle infection spikes

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 29 01:01 PM

Vietnam's health ministry called for "unanimity and determination" among the public to keep the virus at bay.   Read more »

Erap 'doing better' after return to ICU due to lung infection, says son Jinggoy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 09:59 PM

Former Philippine president Joseph "Erap" Estrada is "doing better" after being sent back to the intensive care unit (ICU) for non-COVID patients, his son Jinggoy said on Saturday. Read more »

Erap back in ICU due to bacterial lung infection

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 03:02 PM

Former president Joseph Estrada has been readmitted to the intensive care unit for non-COVID patients after being diagnosed with a super imposed bacterial lung infection, his son, former senator Jinggoy Estrada, said Friday. Read more »

Pagdapo ng COVID-19 sa mga bagay maliit ang tsansa, ayon sa pag-aaral

Isay Reyes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 07:21 PM

Ayon sa CDC, 1 in 10,000 ang posibilidad na mahawa ng sakit na COVID-19 dahil sa contaminated surfaces at objects. Read more »

Regeneron says antibody injection drastically reduced COVID infection

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 04:49 AM

No one who received the treatment was hospitalized or had to go to an emergency room for COVID-19, while four who received the placebo did. Read more »

Gobernador ng Nueva Vizcaya positibo sa COVID-19, bokal pumanaw sa sakit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 04:24 PM

Nagpapagaling ngayon sa ospital ang ilang opisyal ng lalawigan ng Nueva Vizcaya kabilang ang gobernador at bise gobernador nito matapos na magpositibo sa COVID-19. Pumanaw naman ang isang bokal dahil sa sakit.  Read more »

Philippine Orthopedic Center seeks COVID-19 mass testing for its workers, patients

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 05 03:32 PM

The Philippine Orthopedic Center on Monday called on the Department of Health to conduct mass testing in the hospital after dozens of its staff tested positive for COVID-19.   Read more »

‘I’m scared’: Top US health official urges Americans to heed COVID-19 warnings

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 30 02:49 AM

A top US health official made an emotional plea, acknowledging she felt a sense of "impending doom" as data showed the country tipping into another wave. Read more »

COVID-19: Chinese scientists find selenium may be a dirty secret behind low infection rates

Stephen Chen, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 10 12:53 PM

Researchers delve into theory that high selenium presence in the soil corresponds with higher human immunity. But scientists say more research is needed and warn of dangers associated with excessive intake and taking selenium without medical advice.  Read more »

Ina, 4-buwang gulang na sanggol mula Pasay nakarekober na sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 08:01 PM

Wala nang sintomas ng COVID-19 ang ina at kaniyang 4-buwang gulang na sanggol na naunang nagpositibo sa Pasay.  Read more »

Woman in US dies after receiving donated lungs infected with COVID-19: report

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 23 05:47 PM

A woman from the United States died in what appears to be the first case of donor-to-recipient transmission of the SARS-CoV-2, according to a report quoting a study published this month. Read more »

COVID-19 also attacks the pancreas

Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 07:33 AM

The new coronavirus directly targets the pancreas, infecting and damaging its insulin producing cells, according to a new study. Read more »

Co-infection of 2 COVID-19 variants possible, DOH says

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 03:51 PM

A patient may be infected with 2 variants of COVID-19, the Department of Health said Wednesday, after researchers in Brazil have recently confirmed in what could be the world's first co-infection of coronavirus. Read more »

Cebu City Mayor Labella nagpapagaling sa ear infection, balik-trabaho sa Lunes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 01:02 PM

Nakatakdang bumalik sa trabaho si Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella sa Lunes matapos magpahinga nang tatlong araw dahil sa ear infection.   Read more »

Tennis: 2 players test positive in new Australian Open blow

William West, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 19 11:25 PM

More than 1,000 players and staff are in quarantine after arriving last week in Australia, which is largely coronavirus-free.  Read more »

47 players quarantined after COVID-19 cases on Australian Open flights

Melanie Burton and Ian Ransom, Reuters
Posted at Jan 16 06:31 PM

Two dozen players who arrived from Los Angeles entered strict hotel quarantine after an aircrew member and Open participant tested positive for the new coronavirus. Read more »

Global COVID-19 cases surpass 75 million

Kavya B and Roshan Abraham, Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 10:49 AM

Global coronavirus infections surpassed the 75 million mark on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, as several nations around the world begin vaccinating against the virus. Read more »

DepEd Undersecretary Pascua contracts COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 07:14 PM

Education Undersecretary Alain Pascua disclosed Friday he has tested positive for COVID-19. Read more »

Over 6,000 people in China have tested positive for brucellosis—should we be worried?

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Nov 06 04:46 PM

The infection was caused by the leakage of bacteria-containing aerosols in a Brucella vaccine factory  Read more »