There is growing concern about the bird flu epidemic that has so far already claimed the lives of many people in Asia. Can one get bird flu by eating infected poultry? Is the threat of a human bird-flu pandemic real? Please discuss this disease in your column.
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Nearly 500,000 children or roughly one child per minute dies every year worldwide because of rotavirus infection – a wheel-shaped virus that is a leading cause of severe vomiting, fever and watery diarrhea among infants and children, causing severe dehydration.
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International health executives will hold a convention and exhibit during the Health Emergency Week on Dec. 5 to 7 at the Manila Hotel to help upgrade the capability of civilian and military facilities on dealing with biochemical and nuclear accidents or terrorist attacks.
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A whole day of inspiration and interaction took place in one event as Asian Hospital & Medical Center joined I Can Serve Foundation and various sectors in a forum aptly dubbed "Silver Linings Breast Cancer Forum."
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