Monkeypox to be renamed mpox: WHO
Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox in English, the World Health Organization announced Monday, in a bid to avoid stigmatization stemming from the existing name.
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Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox in English, the World Health Organization announced Monday, in a bid to avoid stigmatization stemming from the existing name.
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Senators Bong Go and Robin Padilla on 25 November visited the town of Matanao where they inspected its Super Health Center.
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I continue to advocate for the establishment of more Super Health Centers in our country to improve access to primary care facilities.
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Climate negotiators were grappling for an agreement Saturday at the UN COP27 in Egypt after high-stakes talks went deep into the night with key sticking points…
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Global sports retailer Decathlon continues to expand its local footprint by opening a new concept store in SM Fairview — the sixth one in the country, and the…
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The Department of Health on Tuesday said it is eyeing to recommend the extension of the COVID-19 state of calamity should Congress fail to approve its proposed…
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The DoH earlier cautioned that the low vaccination rates may result in outbreaks and future health crises.
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The United Nations unveiled on Friday a satellite-based system to detect methane emissions as part of efforts to cut down on the major contributor to global…
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Deadlier than Covid, or even rivalling cancer? Researchers have been increasingly attempting to calculate the effect climate change will have on health if the…
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State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines has granted P500 million in funding support to a Cavite-based healthcare institution for the construction of a…
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In the wake of the devastation brought about by Severe Tropical Storm "Paeng" (Nalgae), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed Proclamation No. 84…
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Hackers leaking medical records stolen from a major Australian healthcare company said Thursday they are demanding $10 million to make it stop, about a dollar…
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Uganda will close schools nationwide later this month after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among pupils, including eight children who died, the country's first…
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Developing and emerging countries — excluding China — need investments well beyond $2 trillion annually by 2030 if the world is to stop the global warming…
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First booster dose uptake also remains low nationally among all age groups at around 26 percent of the target population.
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The war raging in Ukraine and other overlapping crises are taking a toll on labor markets worldwide, the UN said Monday, suggesting a "sharp"…
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Whether they realized it or not, some 7.6 billion people — 96 percent of humanity — felt global warming's impact on temperatures over the last 12 months,…
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The Department of Health on Thursday warned the public that daily Covid-19 infections may reach as high as 18,000 by November or December, following the…
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