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FILE PHOTO: Department of Health Secretary Enrique Ona (UNTV News) MANILA, Philippines – Wala pang ibinibigay na kumpirmasyon ang Malakanyang kaugnay ng balitang nakapaghain na ng resignasyon si...
View ArticleEbola death toll in three African countries hits 7,373: WHO
Health workers push a gurney with a dead body at a Red Cross facility in the town of Koidu, Kono district in Eastern Sierra Leone December 19, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/BAZ RATNER (Reuters) - The death...
View ArticleDalawa pang OFW mula Liberia, naka-quarantine sa Cebu dahil sa Ebola virus
FILE PHOTO: Thermal Scanner (UNTV News) CEBU CITY, Philippines – Inaasahang lalabas na ngayong Martes ang 62-anyos na overseas Filipino worker na sumailalim sa dalawampu’t isang araw na mandatory...
View ArticleCode white alert sa mga pampublikong ospital, idineklara ng DOH
Code White Alert MANILA, Philippines – Simula noong Disyembre 21 hanggang sa Enero 5, 2015 ay nakataas ang code white alert status ng Department of Health sa lahat ng national, regional at local...
View ArticleExclusive: Can the blood of Ebola survivors create a cure?
Blood samples from patients suspected of having the Ebola virus disease are prepared for transportation to Freetown for testing, at the Port Loko District Hospital September 27, 2014. CREDIT:...
View ArticleDeath toll in Ebola outbreak rises to 7,588: WHO
A grave digger watches as health workers carry the body of an Ebola victim for burial at a cemetery in Freetown December 17, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/BAZ RATNER (Reuters) – The global death toll from...
View ArticleHong Kong confirms first case of deadly bird flu this winter
A health worker removes a dead chicken at a wholesale poultry market in Hong Kong January 28, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/TYRONE SIU (Reuters) - A woman is critically ill in Hong Kong with the deadly H7N9...
View ArticleMga nabiktima ng paputok, umabot na sa 113 — DOH
DOH Campaign Poster MANILA, Philippines – Ilang araw pa bago magpalit ng taon ay umaabot na sa 113 ang bilang ng mga biktima ng paputok sa iba’t-ibang lugar sa bansa. Sa pinakahuling tala ng Department...
View ArticleHong Kong culls chickens, suspends imports after H7 bird flu found
Health workers pack dead chickens into trash bins at a wholesale poultry market in Hong Kong December 31, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/TYRONE SIU (Reuters) - Hong Kong began culling 15,000 chickens on...
View ArticleEbola spreads in Sierra Leone as global cases top 20,000: WHO
A team wearing protective clothing prepares the body of a person suspected to have died of the Ebola virus for burial in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Sept. 28. CHRISTOPHER BLACK / WHO VIA REUTERS, FILE...
View ArticleFireworks-related injuries ngayong taon, bumaba ng 31%
GRAPHICS: DOH tally of Fireworks-Related injury as of January 01, 2015 morning MANILA, Philippines – Hanggang nitong umaga ng January 01, 2015ay umabot na sa 351 ang naitalang fireworks-related...
View ArticleSierra Leone’s president calls for week of fasting, prayer over Ebola
Sierra Leone’s incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma waves to supporters after voting in the capital Freetown November 17, 2012. CREDIT: REUTERS/JOE PENNEY (Reuters) - Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai...
View ArticleEbola fight remains tough but may be won this year: U.N. mission chief
Volunteers carry bodies in a centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres for Ebola patients in Kailahun July 18, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/WHO/TARIK JASAREVIC/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS/FILES (Reuters) - The world...
View ArticlePassion for vodka kills Russian men in their thousands
A customer takes a bottle of vodka from a shelf at a Russian supermarket in Benidorm, November 26, 2012. CREDIT: REUTERS/HEINO KALIS (Reuters) - A quarter of all Russian men die before they reach their...
View ArticleChildren with pet reptiles risk severe Salmonella infections
FILE PHOTO: Red-eared slider turtle (Reuters / Bab) (Reuters Health) - One in four children younger than age five who were infected with Salmonella got the disease from a pet reptile in a recent UK...
View ArticleWorld News Round Up (January 05)
Pauline Cafferkey was transferred on to a Hercules transport plane at Glasgow Airport in Scotland on 30 December.(Reuters/Stringer) British nurse na may Ebola, nasa kritikal na kondisyon Nasa kritikal...
View ArticleKabuoang bilang ng mga naputukan ngayong taon, bumaba ng 16% — DOH
GRAPHICS: Fireworks-related cases for 2014 MANILA, Philippines – Simula December 21, 2014 hanggang January 5, 2015, nakapagtala ang Department of Health (DOH) ng mahigit 800 kaso ng mga naputukan sa...
View ArticleBinge drinking most likely to kill middle-aged Americans, CDC says
Country music fans drink beer as night falls during the final day of the Stagecoach country music festival in Indio, California April 27, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/MIKE BLAKE (Reuters) - It’s not college...
View ArticleRacing video games may influence later behavior
An hostess plays a car racing game during the video game show in Paris September 17, 2009. CREDIT: REUTERS/CHARLES PLATIAU (Reuters Health) – Playing an intense racing game makes players more likely to...
View ArticleFathers-to-be may have hormonal changes too
FILE PHOTO: A father-to-be waiting outside a hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. (Photovillle International) Men waiting to become fathers for the first time experienced hormonal changes before...
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