Global campaign for safer urban communities
By
Jonas Maniquis
| April 30, 2010 - 12:00am
It takes only seconds to destroy what takes years to build.
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WHO: Not sure if drug-resistant TB is worsening
March 18, 2010 - 10:04pm
The World Health Organization says it doesn't have enough information to know if it is winning the fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis.
First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US
December 28, 2009 - 9:35am
It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.
WHO: very few Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cases
September 26, 2009 - 12:01am
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says 28 swine flu patients worldwide had viruses resistant to Tamiflu, but another antiviral still worked.
Agencies: new drugs needed to tackle superbugs
September 17, 2009 - 5:01pm
STOCKHOLM (AP) – European health agencies warn there are not enough new drugs under development to tackle the growing problem of superbugs in Europe.
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu case found in Canada
July 23, 2009 - 4:00am
Canada has recorded its first case of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus in a man who had been given the drug to prevent infection.
RP opens first AsPac center on multi-drug resistant TB
By
Ghio Ong
| April 30, 2009 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines opened the first regional model center for the prevention and control of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Makati City the other day.
Science and Environment
WHO calls for "urgent action" against global epidemic of drug-resistant TB
April 1, 2009 - 10:00pm
BEIJING (Xinhua) - The World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries where tuberculosis (TB) is prevalent to take urgent action to curb the spread of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant (M/XDR-TB)...
WHO: 5,000 tuberculosis cases occur daily in Western Pacific
March 23, 2009 - 2:12pm
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- With 5,000 daily infections in the Western Pacific, the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) today urged governments to strengthen their national health systems to...
Biotech holds key to food sufficiency - DA official
By
Marianne V. Go
| November 20, 2008 - 12:00am
Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo R. Serrano, who also chairs the Department of Agriculture-Biotech Program steering committee, believes that modern farm technologies, particularly biotechnology,...
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