A new way of looking at Covid CLINICAL MATTERS Some media outfits and doomsayers continue to bandy the rising Covid-19 numbers and positivity rates in a way that tends to scare people into a panic. Alarmist headlines and overblown pronouncements of alleged impending lockdowns do not help. Covid-19...
(Unsplash) The Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (PSMID) has encouraged the public to get vaccinated against flu and pneumonia. The group is monitoring possible uptick in flu and pneumonia cases, said PSMID Adult Immunization Committee Co-Chair Dr. Faith Villanueva....
BEIJING, China -- China has confirmed the first known human case of the H3N8 strain of avian flu, but health authorities say there is a low risk of widespread transmission among people. H3N8 is known to have been circulating since 2002 after first emerging in North American waterfowl. It is known...
Literature, movies, and series about the imagined apocalypse and the post-apocalypse to keep our minds off this one Apocalyptic fiction challenges us to think of a far-fetched world, somewhere entirely different from reality. In the Covid era, however, most of the horrific, imagined narratives...
CEBU CITY -- Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has widened the coverage of her order banning the entry of live poultry and poultry products into the province. Last March 8, the governor issued an Executive Order (EO) banning the entry into the province of poultry products and by-products from Luzon....
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The provincial government of Misamis Oriental has allowed the entry of cooked poultry products in the province from the areas that have been affected by the Avian Influenza virus (Bird flu), the Provincial Veterinary Office (ProVet) announced on Monday, April 11. A file photo...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Eagle Center (PEC) will be closed temporarily on Monday for a simulation activity to prepare its personnel for a possible lockdown in case an Avian Influenza (AI) H5N1 or bird flu is detected in Davao City. photo: DENR Andi Baldonado, development project manager of the...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Sunday, April 3, urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to “work double time” to address the ongoing Avian Influenza (AI) or bird flu outbreak in the Philippines, reiterating that the country has yet to recover from the African swine...
DAVAO CITY — The City Government of Davao City has intensified efforts to monitor the entry of poultry products following the outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) H5N1 in some provinces of Luzon and Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat, an official said. Dr. Cerelyn Pinili, head of the City Veterinary...
The Department of Health (DOH) said that the transmission of avian flu virus from birds to humans is a "very rare" event. DOH The DOH made the statement after the Department of Agriculture (DA) declared an avian or bird flu outbreak in the country last March 30. "Gayunpaman, hindi kinakailangang...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has ordered on Monday, March 29, stricter measures to contain and control the spread of bird flu following the outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI) or H5N1 in duck and quail farms in Bulacan, Pampanga, Laguna, and Camarines Sur. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said...
PANGASINAN – Governor I. Amado Espino III has directed all poultry owners and stakeholders as well as the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPVet), to coordinate and prepare well amid the threat of "bird flu" and Newcastle disease. The instruction was relayed by the governor during a meeting...
