At least 10% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, have symptoms that last more than four weeks after the infection. With more...
Something unusual seems to be happening with dengue, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne viral disease found across swathes of tropical Africa, Asia and the Americas. As with...
MANILA – About 65 percent of breast cancer cases in the Philippines are diagnosed in the advanced or late stages due to lack of adequate treatment and...
GENEVA – An estimated 13.4 million babies, or around 1 in every 10, were born prematurely in 2020, according to a detailed study published on Friday. “Since...
When you have a new baby, it can feel as though there are suddenly thousands of things to worry about. One of the biggest concerns for...
Microscopic view of a cell infected with the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles. (NIAID), CC BY It’s been almost four years since the first...
The World Health Organization has approved a new vaccine that scientists argue will be a game-changer in the fight against malaria, which kills half a million...
MANILA – Childhood vaccination is the most cost-effective intervention to prevent diseases which could lead to death among children under 5 years old, health experts said...
Billions of people around the world have received the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. The rapid development of these vaccines changed the course of the pandemic,...
It wasn’t that long ago that some people speculated that long COVID was all in the mind – a psychosomatic illness. Thankfully, that period of speculation...