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                    [ArticleID] => 470723
                    [Title] => Luxury
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A drug store chain is offering a vaccine for ordinary flu at P695 per shot, which its personnel will administer free of charge so consumers can save on doctor’s fees.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255966 [Title] => Finding my niche in science [Summary] => The exodus of Filipinos abroad for greener pastures is true not only for domestic helpers, nurses, teachers and information technologists, but also for science researchers. We have "lost" a lot of our young brilliant scientists to more progressive and developed countries, for which I think, they cannot be condemned. Sometimes we really have to go, to learn and contribute more to science. I myself am also about to leave our country on a Fulbright scholarship for a Ph.D. in the USA. [DatePublished] => 2004-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1754954 [AuthorName] => STAR SCIENCE By Joyce Sarah A. Ibana, MS [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249870 [Title] => The most awaited news of all [Summary] => ( The elections and the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez boxing match last Sunday somewhat stole some of the thunder from this year’s celebration of Mother’s Day. And so I am unilaterally extending the celebration a bit –if only in my column – by sharing with you this heartfelt piece written by brand-new mom, ABS-CBN news reporter Jing Castañeda Velasco, who shares the exquisite joy of motherhood and the suspense and anxiety that preceded it.)
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135221 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1391760 [AuthorName] => Joanne Rae M. Ramirez [SectionName] => Newsmakers [SectionUrl] => newsmakers [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 248749 [Title] => Editoryal - Banta na naman ang SARS [Summary] => BUHAY na naman ang Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome at muli na namang sumasalakay. Baka ang kaabalahan sa election ang maging dahilan para ito makapasok sa bansa galing China. [DatePublished] => 2004-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 234289 [Title] => EDITORYAL - SARS na naman [Summary] => NATATANDAAN n’yo pa si Adela Catalon? Siya yung nurse na nagtatrabaho sa Canada na nahawahan ng Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) noong nakaraang taon. Nagbakasyon si Adela subalit kamatayan ang kinahantungan niya. Nahawahan din ni Adela ang kanyang ama at namatay din. Marami ang natakot nang mapabalitang kung saan-saan pang lugar nagtungo si Adela bago nagtungo sa kanilang lugar sa Bgy. Vacante, Alcala, Pangasinan. [DatePublished] => 2004-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 232199 [Title] => DOH ready to face SARS anew [Summary] => Amid the reappearance of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan, Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit assured yesterday that the government is ready to face off again with the killer virus.

"We will never let our guard down," he said.

"The system is in place. We continue screening and monitoring incoming passengers from overseas, which is the main transmission route of SARS in getting to the country."
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 213179 [Title] => EDITORYAL - SARS reresbak, ituloy ang pag-iingat [Summary] => HINDI pa tapos ang pananalasa ng Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) at maaaring manalasa uli sa mga susunod na buwan, ito ang pahayag ng World Health Organization (WHO). Isa ang Pilipinas sa mga tinamaan ng sakit at kailan lamang ipinahayag na SARS-free, gayunman, may mga bansa pa rin na ayaw papasukin ang mga overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) sa takot na may dala pang virus. [DatePublished] => 2003-07-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 208374 [Title] => Experts to meet on 2 possible local SARS cases [Summary] => The panel of experts on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome will convene next week to discuss the condition of two suspected SARS cases in the country, the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday.

Dr. Consorcia Quizon, head of the DOH’s National Epidemiology Center (NEC), said the two cases will be reviewed for SARS though they have not yet developed pneumonia, which is a determining criterion for diagnosing SARS.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207890 [Title] => DOH alarmed at possible SARS case [Summary] => Doctors of the Department of Health (DOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) will talk with hospital officials in Hong Kong to find out the medical background of an overseas Filipino worker suspected to be suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Dr. Troy Gepta, an epidemiologist at the DOH, said they wanted to know if the woman, who is confined in a government hospital in the Ilocos Region, was afflicted with the killer disease while she was in Hong Kong.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207770 [Title] => Suspected SARS case in Ilocos monitored [Summary] => The Department of Health (DOH) is now verifying reports of a suspected case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the Ilocos Region.

"It’s raw information and we still have to confirm it. We are now verifying this information with the epidemiologists in the region," DOH epidemiologist Dr. Troy Gepte said.

The patient’s profile was not immediately available but according to another epidemiologist, Dr. Agnes Venegas, the patient may not be infected with the killer pneumonia, although he has a history of travel to Hong Kong.
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