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2 Pinoy survivors from sea mishap off Japan now in contact with families; several still missing

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 04:28 PM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday 2 Filipino survivors from a cargo ship that sank off Japan amid a storm earlier this week were already in contact with their families. Read more »

At Beirut's 'ground zero', rescuers race to find survivors

Jean-Marc Mojon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 08 05:03 AM

Rescuers from Lebanon, France, Germany, Russia and other countries worked shifts to try to find an entrance to a control room buried under metres (yards) of rubble. Read more »

A prayer for Hiroshima victims and survivors

Eugene Hoshiko, AP
Posted at Aug 05 04:51 PM

A woman prays before a memorial service for Korean atomic bomb victims in front of the Monument to Korean Victims and Survivors at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on Wednesday.  Read more »

75 years on, Japan bomb survivors make final pleas for abolition

Kyoko Hasegawa, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 04 12:22 PM

As Japan marks 75 years since the devastating attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the last generation of nuclear bomb survivors are working to ensure their message lives on after them. Read more »

Japan court recognizes more Hiroshima bomb survivors

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 29 05:29 PM

Around 140,000 people were killed in the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath, and 74,000 perished in the Nagasaki attack. Read more »

When coronavirus robs you of your sense of smell

Laurence Coustal, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 06 11:59 AM

Anosmia -- the loss of one's sense of smell -- may be an invisible handicap, but is psychologically difficult to live with and has no real treatment. And it is the price that an increasing number of people are paying after surviving a brush with the coronavirus, with some facing a seemingly long-term inability to smell.   Read more »

Survivor recalls horror of Pakistan plane crash that killed 97

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 03:54 PM

KARACHI, Pakistan - One of the two people to survive a plane crash in Pakistan that killed 97 people has described jumping from the burning wreckage of the aircraft after it hurtled into a residential neighborhood. Read more »

Davao City hospital prepares plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients

Vina Araneta-Pilapil, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 01:46 PM

DAVAO CITY - A state-run hospital here said Tuesday it was preparing to use plasma treatment for patients with severe symptoms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).    Read more »

7-year-old COVID survivor gets cheers, salute from Cebu frontliners

RC Dalaguit-de Vela, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 12:10 PM

LAPU-LAPU, Cebu - Disaster officials in this city sent home a 7-year-old boy from a hospital with applause and a salute, after he won his battle with COVID-19.    Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 27, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 28 03:06 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Certified COVID-19 survivors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 07:25 PM

COVID-19 survivors, including one who spent 44 days at the hospital, hold certificates while receiving applause after being discharged from the Sta. Ana Hospital on Monday. Read more »

Lung Center starts plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 27 04:02 PM

The Lung Center of the Philippines said Monday it had started using plasma treatment for patients with severe symptoms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).    Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 22, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 12:20 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Happy send-off for fellow frontliners

Czar Dancel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 11:25 PM

Health workers from Santa Ana Hospital in Manila celebrate as they send home two of their fellow frontliners who survived COVID-19 on Wednesday. Read more »

Angara pushes for government-backed plasma treatment for coronavirus patients

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 12:53 PM

Sen. Sonny Angara on Thursday urged the national government to share its database of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients to help hospitals secure more convalescent plasma donations. Read more »

St. Luke's Medical Center nanawagan ng plasma donation sa COVID-19 survivors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 04:32 PM

Nanawagan ang St. Luke's Medical Center sa mga gumaling mula sa coronavirus disease na magbigay ng kanilang plasma sa dugo, na nakatutulong umano sa paggaling ng sakit.   Read more »

'Our heroes': COVID-19 survivors donate blood plasma, raise hopes for treatment

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 10 08:20 AM

A seaman and 2 nurses who survived the coronavirus disease on Thursday set in motion a blood plasma donation drive at the Philippines' main government hospital that it hopes to use on severely ill patients, a doctor there said. Read more »

Pain, solitude, fear: stories of surviving COVID-19

Agence France-Presse bureaus
Posted at Apr 07 11:22 AM

A sense of death stalking the hospital ward, fear of dying alone, tearful despair and disarray at home, solitude, anger and the desire to share, or change their life: 12 people from different parts of the world who have survived COVID-19 share emotional and harrowing stories of the pain and fear after catching the virus: Read more »

4 Filipino seniors recover from COVID-19; total recoveries now at 13

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 21 07:45 PM

Four Filipino senior citizens survived the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bringing the country's total recoveries to 13. Read more »

Thai mall shooting survivors tracked killer via CCTV

Dene-Hern Chen, Nakhon Ratchasima and Aidan Jones, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 10 01:21 PM

In a fourth-floor toilet of the Terminal 21 mall, shoppers jammed cubicle doors against the entrance to keep out a Thai soldier on a shooting spree, tracing his movements through fragments of CCTV passed on by friends on the outside.  Read more »