GENEVA, Switzerland – Dwindling Covid deaths may have allowed "normal" life to largely resume but uncertainties persist, the WHO chief said Thursday, as experts debated if the global health emergency should be declared over. WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland (Xinhua)...
Reverting to the old April and May summer break in schools is not as simple as it sounds, said President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos on Monday, April 24, in response to a proposal coming from a legislator and groups of concerned parents. Lakan Dula Elementary School in Tondo, Manila holds dry...
A woman has died from H3N8 bird flu in China, the World Health Organization reported Tuesday -- the first known human fatality from the avian influenza strain. (AFP/File) GENEVA, Switzerland – A woman has died from H3N8 bird flu in China, the World Health Organization reported...
GENEVA, Switzerland- Mozambique is going through its worst cholera outbreak in more than a decade in the wake of Cyclone Freddy, the World Health Organization said Friday. "While cholera outbreaks regularly occur in Mozambique between October to April, with almost 21,000 cases and 95 deaths, this is...
Climate advocate 'Clean Air Asia' believes that policy and technology solutions are key to ensuring significant and efficient emission reduction in the country. In a statement on Monday, March 20, the non-government organization stated that the air quality in the country does not meet the standards...
Brazzaville, Congo - Burundi has declared a polio outbreak after detecting its first cases of the virus in over three decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. In a statement, the United Nations agency said the central African nation had detected eight cases of type 2 polio...
CLINICAL MATTERS Conspiracy theorists went into overdrive anew when several mainstream media outlets, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, published stories suggesting that the SARS-CoV-2 virus might have leaked from a Chinese laboratory. Anti-China rhetoric went into overdrive and...
Citing the 30 percent uptick in human rabies deaths last year, Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo is pushing for the implementation of "more aggressive pet vaccination programs" in the country. (Unsplash) “We need more aggressive pet vaccination programs. We also have to improve treatment...
An aerial picture shows a makeshift shelter for people who were left homeless, near the rebel-held town of Jindayris on February 9, 2023, two days after a deadly earthquake hit Türkiye and Syria. The death toll from the massive earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria on February 6 rose above...
People rest in the historical Grand Mosque, where they found refuge, two days after a strong earthquake struck the region, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir on February 8, 2023. Many have taken refuge from relentless aftershocks, cold rain and snow in mosques, schools and even bus...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The World Health Organization called Wednesday for vigilance after the recent detection of bird flu in mammals, but tried to calm fears that large-scale human outbreaks could be looming. "The recent spillover to mammals needs to be monitored closely," the UN health agency's...
DOH Palawan is the only province in the country that is not malaria-free, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that “80 out of the 81 provinces in the country are all malaria-free” at present. “Iisa na lang po at yun po ang Palawan (There is...
