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ByAPDwriterMeloM.AcunaMANILA,Dec.7.(APD)–HealthSecretaryFranciscoT.DuqueIIIsaidthePhilippinegovernmentwilleventuallysuetheFrance-basedpharmaceuticalcompanySanof
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The number of new dengue cases last week fell to a new low of 72, according to the latest statistics from the National Environment Agency's (NEA) dengue website.
Like the other two people whose cases originated locally, she resides in Central and Western district
Some 81 people in the city have been treated for the mosquito-borne disease this year in the city, however 79 of those were classified as imported cases, with one still under investigation
Various Brazilian cities are turning to mobile apps in the fight against the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which transmits the Zika virus, chikungunya and dengue, a local official said.
The global public health emergency involving deformed babies emerged in 2015, the hottest year in the historical record, with an outbreak in Brazil of a disease transmitted by heat-loving mosquitoes. Can that be a coincidence?