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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Small bite, big threat
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Malaria has killed millions of people, and there is widespread awareness that the killer disease is borne by mosquitoes.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20140407/opinion-big-threat.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1308584 [Title] => Small bite, big threat: WHO issues vectors alert [Summary] =>

Disease-causing organisms, known as vectors, may bite small but they infect two billion people around the world every year and kill half of them, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140404/margaret-chan.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1268613 [Title] => FDA issues holiday food safety tips [Summary] =>

Beware of a possible surge in food-borne diseases during the Christmas holidays, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 843646 [Title] => US: West Nile virus cases rise 40 percent in week [Summary] =>

 U.S. health officials say West Nile virus cases are up 40 percent since last week and are on pace to rival the record years of 2002 and 2003.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-30 10:09:28 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 708270 [Title] => Las Piñas mayor warns vs food, water-borne illness [Summary] =>

Las Piñas City Mayor Vergel Aguilar has warned city residents against the possible upsurge of water and food-borne diseases like dengue, leptospirosis and diarrhea due to unpredictable and extreme weather conditions.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 697727 [Title] => Is Your Banana Cue Safe? [Summary] =>

It may not be the stick of your banana cue or barbecue that’s deadly.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1728377 [AuthorName] => Ruth Mercado [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 586742 [Title] => Farm-to-table approach on food safety pushed [Summary] =>

A Filipino professor is pushing the adoption of “farm-to-table” approach in handling food safety in the country to help reduce the incidence of food-borne illnesses.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 539431 [Title] => Caloocan residents warned vs dengue [Summary] =>

Caloocan City Mayor Enrico Echiverri reminded yesterday residents to keep their environment clean in order to prevent the spread of dengue as summer approaches where the illness increases.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 513039 [Title] => DOH warns vs flood diseases [Summary] =>

Government health authorities are now on alert for a possible increase in cases of leptospirosis and other flood-borne diseases in Metro Manila and other typhoon-affected areas in the country.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 68054 [Title] => Dagupan hotel food downs guests? [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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