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Confusion, blame game fuels Philippines vaccine scandal

MelindaColiteshakeswithrageassheclutchesaphotoofhergrandson,whoshesaysdiedaftergettingtheanti-denguefevervaccineattheheartofabitterscandalinthePhilippines.While

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Philippines wants money back from Sanofi for dengue vaccine

ThePhilippinegovernmentwilldemandarefundof3.5billionpesos(69.5millionUSdollars)fromvaccinemakerSanofiPasteurandlookatpossiblelegalactionafterastudyshowedthevacc

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Philippine government to sue SANOFI

ByAPDwriterMeloM.AcunaMANILA,Dec.7.(APD)–HealthSecretaryFranciscoT.DuqueIIIsaidthePhilippinegovernmentwilleventuallysuetheFrance-basedpharmaceuticalcompanySanof

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Philippines suspends world-first public dengue vaccination program

ThePhilippinessaidFridayithadsuspendedalandmarkpublicvaccinationprogramforthepotentiallydeadlydenguevirusafteritsmanufacturerwarneditcouldworsenthediseaseinsome

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Millions of infected Brazilian mosquitoes to tackle dengue

BrazilianscientistsonTuesdaybegantounleashthefirstofmillionsofmosquitoesinfectedwithabacteriameanttopreventtheinsectsfromtransmittingthedenguevirustohumans.Thou

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Dengue fever death toll rises to 24 as outbreak spreads across Vietnam

‍RagingdenguefeveracrossVietnamthisyearhascaused24deathsandmorethan81,000infectionsofthemosquito-bornevirus,thecountry'sMinistryofHealthclaimedonWednesday.Asthe

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Dengue kills 21 in Indian tourist hotspot, crisis looms

Adengueoutbreakhaskilledatleast21peopleinIndia'ssouthernstateofKeralainthepastthreeweeks,agovernmentofficialsaid,addingthattherewasashortageofmedicinesandhealth

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Sri Lanka imposes new tax on neglected lands as dengue epidemic worsens

ByAPDWriterJamilaHusainCOLOMBO,July10(APD)-TheSriLankangovernment,onMondaysaiditwouldimposeanewtaxonabandonedlandsintheWesternProvinceasthedeathtollfromthedengu

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Sri Lanka says tourism not affected by dengue outbreak

ByAPDWriterJamilaHusainCOLOMBO,June28(APD)-SriLanka'sTourismMinister,JohnAmaratungaonWednesdaysaidthepresentdengueoutbreakhadnoadverseimpactonthetouristarrivals

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Sri Lanka to launch clean up programme as 70,000 affected by dengue

ByAPDWriterJamilaHusainCOLOMBO,June27(APD)-SriLanka'sHealthMinistry,onTuesdaysaiditwouldlaunchatwoweeknationwidecleanupprogrammethisweekasthedeathtollfromtheden

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Sri Lanka faces dengue epidemic with over 63,000 infected

ByAPDwriterJamilaHusainCOLOMBO,June21(APD)-SriLanka'shealthworkers,onTuesdaywarnedthatthecountrywasfacingadengueepidemicwithover63,000peopleaffectedbythevirusan

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Sri Lanka's deadly floods could trigger a dengue crisis

ByAPDwriterJamilaHusain COLOMBO,May28(APD)-Internationalchild'srightsorganisation,'SavetheChildren',warnedonSundaythatthedevastatingfloodsinSriLankacouldexacerb

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No more "red" dengue clusters in Singapore

​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.

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Dengue strikes again: Hong Kong woman is confirmed to be third local case this year

Like the other two people whose cases originated locally, she resides in Central and Western district

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Health alert after HK's first local case of dengue fever confirmed

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

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Brazilian cities turn to mobile apps in fight against Zika

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.

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Zika outbreak could be an omen of the global warming threat

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?