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THE dengue season is again upon us and the Department of Health (DOH) has dutifully raised the alarm again. The warning is strangely muted. The press continues reflexively to describe the A(H1N1) virus “deadly” but no such adjective is attached to the dengue virus.
DENGUE has claimed its 11th victim in Cebu City this year. A three-year-old child died due to the mosquito-borne disease last July 1, a day after she was brought to the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC). read more
KUALA LUMPUR: A 19-year-old student and a 47-year-old housewife are the latest to succumb to dengue.
THE H1N1 flu bug has invaded schools, nightspots and army camps - but not the dormitories of foreign workers so far. And operators want to keep it that way. Those returning to Avery Strategic Investments' four dormitories now have to go through temperature checks before they enter their lodgings. Anyone found running a temperature of 37.5 deg C and above will be isolated. If a worker's fever ...
IT’S sad that more than the A(H1N1) pandemic itself, the worse thing that’s happening is the misinformation pandemic about swine flu.
For a country like Sri Lanka, in the tropical belt of the Earth, mosquito borne diseases are a common occurrence. Already, few diseases like malaria, filariasis, dengue and chikungunea (Ross River Fever) are established and have become endemic in the country.
1 Canada A strike by 24,000 municipal workers in Toronto shut down parks, recreation programs, ferry service and garbage collection June 22. Negotiations continue; meanwhile, garbage has been piling up around bins and residents were dumping their trash at 19...
CEBU CITY -- Dengue has claimed its 11th victim in this city this year with the death of a three-year-old child last July 1 read more
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/03 July 2009) -- Six of the 10 cases of Influenza A (H1N1) reported in Northern...
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/03 July 2009) -- Six of the 10 cases of Influenza A (H1N1) reported in Northern Mindanao this week are from Malaybalay City, Dr. David Mendoza, Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit Chief and Head of the Emergency Health Team, DOH -CHD- 10 said.
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