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Puso ng baboy, ginamit sa heart transplant sa Amerika

ABS-CBN News
Jan 11 09:50 PM

Ginamit ng mga doktor sa pasyente ang puso ng baboy dahil halos kasinglaki ito ng puso ng tao. Read more »

Children get vaccine with help from 'Superheroes'

Devi Rahman, AFP
Jan 11 08:25 PM | Updated Jan 12 11:37 PM

Indonesian authorities granted emergency authorization for the use of five different COVID-19 vaccines as booster shots that will prioritize vulnerable groups to stave off the rising number of new cases. Read more »

No vax for Novak? Aussie court says no problem

Scott Barbour, Tennis Australia handout/Reuters
Jan 11 07:23 PM | Updated Jan 11 08:00 PM

Novak Djokovic returned to training after winning a court appeal to remain in Australia despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19. Read more »

China’s COVID-19 test kit orders surge globally

Luna Sun, South China Morning Post
Jan 11 03:33 PM

China’s manufacturers of COVID-19 testing kits are racing to keep up with surging demand, both domestically and abroad, as the world grapples with a spike in cases caused by the highly infectious omicron and delta variants. Read more »

US reports 1.35 million COVID-19 cases in a day

Lisa Shumaker, Reuters
Jan 11 02:44 PM

The United States reported 1.35 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, the highest daily total for any country in the world. Read more »

Southeastern Brazil hit by massive flooding

Douglas Magno, AFP
Jan 11 02:06 PM

People wade through the water as they remove belongings from their homes in the flooded Brazilian municipality of Juatuba, located in the state of Minas Gerais, on Monday. Read more »

Mexican president says he has COVID for second time

Agence France-Presse
Jan 11 12:45 PM

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday that he had COVID-19 for a second time and was experiencing mild symptoms. Read more »

Japan extends entry ban on non-resident foreigners till end-Feb

Kyodo News
Jan 11 09:55 AM

The Japanese government will further extend an entry ban on non-resident foreigners until the end of February, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said. Read more »

Experimental Lilly drug neutralizes omicron in lab

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Jan 11 09:12 AM

An experimental monoclonal antibody treatment from Eli Lilly & Co is effective against all known variants of the coronavirus, including Omicron, researchers have found. Read more »

Afghan baby lost in US airlift chaos reunited with family

Jay Deshmukh and Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi, Agence France-Presse
Jan 11 08:10 AM

A baby lost during the chaotic evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans at Kabul airport has been reunited with his relatives after five months. Read more »

US surgeons successfully implant pig heart in human

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Jan 11 06:40 AM | Updated Jan 11 07:28 AM

Today, pig heart valves are widely used in humans, and pig skin is grafted on human burn victims. Read more »

Pfizer expects omicron vaccine to be ready in March

Agence France-Presse
Jan 11 03:08 AM

Pfizer is already manufacturing doses, as authorities contend with large numbers of ‘breakthrough’ omicron cases in vaccinated populations. Read more »

US breaks COVID hospitalization record at over 132,000

Maria Caspani and Lisa Shumaker, Reuters
Jan 11 03:04 AM

Hospitalizations have increased steadily since late December, doubling in the last 3 weeks, as omicron quickly overtook delta as the dominant strain. Read more »

‘Deltacron’ likely result of lab error, experts say

Agence France-Presse
Jan 11 12:30 AM

While people can suffer from influenza and coronavirus at the same time, the two viruses cannot combine. Read more »

Kotse na nag-iiba ang kulay gamit ang isang app

ABS-CBN News
Jan 10 09:30 PM

Ipinakita ng kompanyang BMW ang kanilang color-changing car sa isang tech show sa Las Vegas. Read more »

Pope condemns COVID vaccine ideological misinformation

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Jan 10 08:45 PM

Pope Francis spoke in his yearly address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Vatican. Read more »

Suu Kyi gets more prison time over 'illegal import of walkie-talkies'

Kyodo News
Jan 10 05:58 PM

Monday's ruling by the special court in Naypyitaw was her second verdict. Read more »

LA police saves injured pilot before train slams on downed plane

LAPD/Handout via Reuters
Jan 10 03:17 PM

A screen grab from a police body camera video shows the pilot of a plane that crashed on railway tracks being rescued by Los Angeles Police Department officers moments before a train hit the aircraft in Los Angeles, California, U.S., Sunday. Read more »

Plane hit by train after crashing on train tracks in California

Reuters
Jan 10 03:13 PM

Police in Los Angeles, California pulled the pilot from a crash-landed Cessna seconds before the aircraft was hit by a train on Sunday. Read more »

Rapid nose swab tests for COVID may not detect omicron quickly enough -expert

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Jan 10 02:02 PM

Swabbing the nose with a rapid antigen test will not reliably detect the Omicron variant in the first few days of an infection, so manufacturers should seek U.S. approval to allow users to safely collect samples from the throat as well, according to an infectious diseases expert. Read more »

Residential building fire in New York kills 19, injures 63

Scott Heins, Getty Images/AFP
Jan 10 01:16 PM

Emergency first responders remain at the scene of an intense fire at a 19-story residential building in the Bronx borough of New York City, USA that erupted Sunday morning. Read more »

Australia COVID cases hit 1M as omicron drives record surge

Reuters
Jan 10 12:20 PM

Australia on Monday surpassed 1 million COVID-19 cases, with more than half of them recorded in the past week, as the omicron variant ripped through most of the country driving up hospitalization numbers and putting a strain on supply chains. Read more »

Nine kids among 19 dead in New York fire

Ana Fernandez, Ed Jones and Eleonore Sens, Agence France-Presse
Jan 10 11:22 AM

Nine children were among at least 19 people killed and dozens injured when a fire tore through a high-rise apartment building in New York on Sunday in one of America's worst residential fires in recent memory. Read more »

Family, friends mourn as death toll rises to 10 in Brazil cliff fall tragedy

Agence France-Presse
Jan 10 10:48 AM

Friends and families on Sunday mourned the deaths of 10 people who died when a cliff collapsed onto tourist boats on a lake in Brazil, after two people missing in the tragedy were confirmed dead. Read more »

China's Tianjin tightens control over travel as Omicron spreads

ABS-CBN News
Jan 10 10:41 AM

The Chinese city of Tianjin, with around 14 million people, has tightened exit controls and now requires residents to obtain approval from employers or community authorities before leaving town and a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours of departure. Read more »