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DoH declares cholera outbreak in Palawan town

Health officials have declared a cholera outbreak in Bataraza town in Palawan following the death of nearly 20 people, mostly children belonging to a tribe, due to diarrhea and vomiting.

20 April, 2011

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Indian pharma market to touch $20 bn by 2015

The Indian pharmaceutical industry is expected to reach $ 20 billion by 2015 which will make it one of the world’s top 10 pharmaceuticals markets.

20 April, 2011

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Demand for dengue vaccine to exceed supply

Decades in the making, the dengue vaccine’s arrival is now in sight, but

20 April, 2011

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Volatile Kandahar – the polio capital

Eliminated in the relatively secure northern and central provinces, polio persists in the insecure southern and eastern provinces,

15 April, 2011

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New antibiotic-resistant bacteria discovery

Disease-causing bacteria carrying the new genetic resistance to antibiotics, NDM-1 have been discovered in New Delhi’s drinking water supply by a Cardiff-led team.

12 April, 2011

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WHO flu center to be set in China

The National Influenza Center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention has been designated as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza,

17 March, 2011

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H5N1 cases reported in Indonesia, Bangladesh

Two people died of H5N1 avian influenza in Indonesia in the past few weeks,

16 March, 2011

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Chinese national regulatory authority meets international standards

A WHO-led team concluded today, at the end of a comprehensive review by experts from 6 countries,

9 March, 2011

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Japan suspends use of two vaccines

Japan has suspended the use of two vaccines made by Pfizer, Inc., and Sanofi-Aventis as it investigates the deaths of four children that have been linked to the drugs. The children, who ranged in age from six months to...

8 March, 2011

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Thailand researchers announce dengue fever vaccine

Researchers in Thailand say that they have developed a prototype vaccine that will protect against dengue fever.

8 March, 2011

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