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+ Follow EMERGING DISEASES Tag
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                    [ArticleID] => 738225
                    [Title] => World leaders urged to be more committed in fighting dengue
                    [Summary] => 

The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked world leaders to take “more committed and coordinated action” against dengue, saying that dengue-causing mosquitoes now know no boundaries.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279832 [Title] => Rainy season’s here, but why is it still hot? [Summary] => The rainy season is definitely here: the habagat (south-southwest wind) is blowing in, thunderclouds are rumbling, and the rains wash down most afternoons and evenings.

Why, then, you may ask, is there no respite from the heat?

"It’s the greenhouse effect created by clouds suspended about three to five kilometers in the atmosphere," meteorologist Nonoy About of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) told The STAR.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1316800 [AuthorName] => Felix De Los Santos [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270998 [Title] => Get anti-tetanus shots, DOH advises would-be penitents [Summary] => The Lord will protect you from evil, but inoculation will protect you from tetanus.

The Department of Health (DOH) advised penitents yesterday — especially those who self-flagellate — to have themselves vaccinated against tetanus before performing their religious penance this Holy Week.

"We hope they can get tetanus shots because this will protect them against infection," said Dr. Luningning Villa, head of the DOH’s Unit for Emerging Diseases.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) ) )
EMERGING DISEASES
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    [results] => Array
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            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 738225
                    [Title] => World leaders urged to be more committed in fighting dengue
                    [Summary] => 

The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked world leaders to take “more committed and coordinated action” against dengue, saying that dengue-causing mosquitoes now know no boundaries.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279832 [Title] => Rainy season’s here, but why is it still hot? [Summary] => The rainy season is definitely here: the habagat (south-southwest wind) is blowing in, thunderclouds are rumbling, and the rains wash down most afternoons and evenings.

Why, then, you may ask, is there no respite from the heat?

"It’s the greenhouse effect created by clouds suspended about three to five kilometers in the atmosphere," meteorologist Nonoy About of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) told The STAR.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1316800 [AuthorName] => Felix De Los Santos [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270998 [Title] => Get anti-tetanus shots, DOH advises would-be penitents [Summary] => The Lord will protect you from evil, but inoculation will protect you from tetanus.

The Department of Health (DOH) advised penitents yesterday — especially those who self-flagellate — to have themselves vaccinated against tetanus before performing their religious penance this Holy Week.

"We hope they can get tetanus shots because this will protect them against infection," said Dr. Luningning Villa, head of the DOH’s Unit for Emerging Diseases.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) ) )
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