Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 10:41:00 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign into law the Universal Healthcare bill on Wednesday, February 20, Malacañang said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:05:37 +0000
SEOUL — Ultrafine dust, smaller than 2.5 micrometer in diameter, may increase emergency hospitalization for mental illness, analysis showed Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 09:58:05 +0000
Air pollution around Bangkok is expected to worsen again this week with an increase in the level of PM2.5 dust particles.
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Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 07:55:38 +0000
BACOLOD CITY — Measles cases in Negros Occidental increased by a whopping 3,333 percent in January this year.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 06:58:04 +0000
In the wake of measles plagues in different parts of the country, Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on PAO chief Persida Acosta to resign.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 04:03:13 +0000
Forget politics and focus on the welfare of children, was the call of opposition Senator Bam Aquino amid the declaration of measles outbreaks.
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Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:45:38 +0000
TOKYO — African swine fever (ASF), an infectious livestock disease that affects pigs and other animals, is increasingly likely to spread throughout Japan, prompting the agriculture ministry to strengthen quarantine efforts at airports and ports. ASF has been found in 48 countries. Seven cases have been confirmed in Japan from October of last year through January […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2019 10:13:45 +0000
The government has completed emergency vaccinations of cows and pigs nationwide to prevent further spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) during the Lunar New Year’s holiday, officials said Sunday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 09:15:35 +0000
The Health Ministry has recorded a sudden spike in dengue fever cases in the last four weeks, with the death toll rising to 132 by Jan. 29.
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Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 06:28:29 +0000
After spending several days choking on high levels of fine particle dust, many Bangkok residents have opted for masks to protect themselves.
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