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PARIS, France (AFP) — Some 45 percent of children with cancer are left undiagnosed and untreated, according to an innovative study of the disease’s global footprint among under-15s, published Wednesday. Worldwide, there are some 400,000 new cases of childhood cancer each year, but barely half are logged in national health registries, researchers reported in The Lancet Oncology, a medical journal. “The patients will almost certainly die, although cancer will not be listed on a death […]
by Pauline FROISSART Agence France Presse LONDON, United States (AFP) — Diabetics and insulin providers in Britain are stockpiling the precious medicine to avoid potential shortages in case Britain leaves the European Union without a deal in just over month’s time. “I started about two months ago,” David Burns, a 37-year-old teacher living in London, told AFP. “I used to pick up insulin once a month. Now I’m picking it up about once every two […]
At least 35 more workers have died in northeastern India after drinking toxic liquor, police said Sunday, taking the death toll from the latest mass alcohol poisoning beyond 130. The deaths in Assam state came less than two weeks after tainted liquor killed about 100 people in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. In addition to the latest toll, at least 200 more people were still hospitalised across Assam. “The death toll has […]
Ninety-eight workers have died and at least 200 others have been hospitalised in northeastern India after drinking toxic liquor, officials said Saturday, in the latest case of alcohol poisoning in the country. The deaths in Assam state came less than two weeks after tainted liquor killed about 100 people in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. In addition to the latest toll, at least 200 more people were still hospitalised, according to a […]
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — An Ebola epidemic that has killed more than 500 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been brought under control in one major area, the health ministry said late Tuesday. In a statement, it said there had been no new confirmed cases of Ebola in the Beni area for the past 21 days. “We can now consider that the Ebola epidemic is currently under control in Beni,” it said, […]
KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine’s capital has seen its first death from measles in a major outbreak, the health ministry said Monday. A 57-year-old woman died in hospital of complications from the highly infectious illness, health ministry spokeswoman Maryna Dadinova told AFP. Eight people, including two children, have died of measles in Ukraine this year. There were 16 deaths nationwide in 2018. Around 20,000 people in Ukraine have contracted the highly contagious viral disease since […]
(Eagle News) — Posibleng magdeklara na rin ng measles outbreak ang Department of Health (DOH) ang sa Region 2 kasunod ng paglobo sa 578 percent ng kaso ng tigdas sa nasabing rehiyon ngayong Pebrero. Ayon sa DOH, ang mga lalawigan ng Cagayan at Isabela ang higit na magiging apektado kung magpapatuloy sa pagdami ang mga pasyente na may kaso ng tigdas sa kabila ng isinagawang mass vaccination. Ang Region 2 ay binubuo ng mga lalawigan […]
(Eagle News) — Patuloy na tumataas ang naitatalang kaso ng tigdas sa Region 1 Medical Center. Ayon Dra. Maribel Pasaoa, Infectious Disease Specialist ng R1MC, mayroon nang bilang na 50 ang naitalang kaso at walo sa mga ito ang nasawi simula Enero hanggang Pebrero 15 sa nasabing pagamutan. Ayon sa R1MC, karamihan sa mga nasawi ay mga batang edad lima pababa at nasa malala nang kalagayan nang dalhin sa pagamutan. Karamihan sa nasawi ay dahil […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — A major Chinese food producer said Monday that traces of the African swine fever virus had been found in its frozen dumplings. China, the world’s biggest consumer and producer of pork, has struggled to contain an outbreak of the virus since the first cases were detected last August. Officials have said hundreds of thousands of pigs were culled in a bid to stop its spread — an effort that has also […]
(Eagle News) — Bukod sa paghihigpit, kailangang magpatupad na ng total ban sa lahat ng mga meat products na pumapasok sa bansa. Ito ang reaksyon ni Agricultural Sector Alliance of the Philippines (AGAP) Partylist President Nicanor Briones matapos makapasok sa bansa ang mga meat product galing Japan na apektado ng African swine fever. Sa panayam ng Radyo Agila, sinabi ni Briones na bukod sa panganib sa kalusugan, babagsak din ang negosyo ng mga pork farmer […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — More than a decade after vowing to “close the gap” between indigenous Australians and the rest of the country, the government on Thursday admitted it was still falling far short. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that only two of seven government targets to improve the wealth, health and wellbeing of the first Australians were being met. Efforts to improve early education and rates of high school qualifications were on track, […]
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — More than a hundred children in the Democratic Republic of Congo have died of measles since the start of the year, an outbreak that has added to deadly epidemics of cholera and Ebola, the UN said on Wednesday. Health officials in the southeast provinces of Lualaba and Lomami recorded 7,175 cases of measles in January, “at least 137 of which were fatal,” the UN’s MONUSCO peacekeeping mission said. More than […]
