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Health
Ebola hits 5th African country, experimental drug heals all monkeys in study
DAKAR, Aug. 30 (PNA/Xinhua) — With the first case of Ebola confirmed on Friday by Senegalese health authorities, the epidemic has spread to a fifth West African country and claimed over 1,500 lives in the region since earlier this year. Health Minister Awa Marie Coll Seck said a Guinean university student infected with Ebola has carried the deadly virus to Senegal after he slipped into the country trying to evade health surveillance for weeks. As […]
HIV and AIDS cases in the Philppines, rising
The Department of Health expressed its worries about the rising number of HIV and AIDS cases in the country, with 600 new cases being recorded last July.
Ebola outbreak reaches Senegal, riots break out in Guinea
(Reuters) – The West African state of Senegal became the fifth country to be touched by the world’s worst Ebola outbreak on Friday, while riots broke out in neighboring Guinea where infection rates are rising fast. The deadly virus has defied efforts by governments to control it, prompting the leading charity fighting the outbreak Medicines Sans Frontiers to call for the U.N. Security Council to take charge of efforts to stop the epidemic. At least […]
Death toll due to Ebola outbreak
The death toll due to the Ebola outbreak in west Africa has reached 1,550 according to the World Health Organization, with most cases being recorded in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.
Senegalese WHO doctor with Ebola arrives for treatment in Germany
(Reuters) – A who contracted Ebola while working for the World Health Organisation (WHO)in Sierra Leone arrived in Hamburg on Wednesday for treatment at a tropical medicine unit, becoming Germany’s first patient with the disease. At a news conference on Wednesday the clinic’s tropical medicine specialist said the man would not be given new experimental drugs such as ZMapp but that his treatment would at first focus on managing his symptoms. The Senegalese doctor arrived […]
Food poisoning in Misamis Oriental
A food poisoning incident in the province of Misamis Oriental resulted in 130 people being sent to various hospitals in the country.
Victims of Ebola outbreak continues to rise
According to the World Health Organization, the victims of the Ebola outbreak now stands on 1, 975, a marked rise
Ebola awareness campaign in NAIA
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport will conduct an awareness campaign against the Ebola virus in coordination with the Department of Health and Bureau of Human Quarantine.
DOH will release template for cigarette graphic warning
Next month, the Department of Health will release the template that will be used for the graphic warning which will be used on cigarette packages.
WHO considering the use of experimental treatment against Ebola
The World Health Organization is considering the use of experimental treatment to control the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Second Ebola patient to receive experimental treatment in U.S
Disease experts are weighing in new Ebola treatment as second patient receives experimental treatment.
