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Southeast Asian nations unite to fight ‘other pandemic’–tuberculosis As daily life around the world continues to be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people remain unaware that we are “missing millions” of individuals to another, less prominent pandemic: tuberculosis (TB). Luckily,...

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has partnered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide its field personnel with free tuberculosis (TB) screening and chest X-ray. (Photo from MMDA) MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said the initiative aims to...

This curable yet deadly disease takes thousands of lives across the globe For more than six months now, Covid-19 has changed how we are living, in ways we’ve  never anticipated. Everyone, especially parents, are taking extra precautions to protect their family from catching the deadly disease....