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                    [Title] => UN see up to 4 million Zika cases in a year
                    [Summary] => 

The World Health Organization estimates there could be 3 to 4 million cases of Zika in the Americas over the next year.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-28 07:53:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1509861 [Title] => Asthma: The “Hygiene Hypothesis” [Summary] =>

It is one theory researchers have for what causes asthma – the “hygiene hypothesis.”

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-11 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1487185 [Title] => EDITORIAL – HIV/AIDS on the rise [Summary] =>

The week opened with a report that 772 new cases of HIV and AIDS were recorded nationwide in June – up by 56 percent from the 494 cases in the same period last year. Of the new infections, 33 HIV cases had progressed to full-blown Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, with 62 fatalities, according to the registry of the Department of Health.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-11 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20150812/startoon.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1485799 [Title] => DOST backs initiative for early detection of diarrhea in pigs [Summary] =>

Animal health researchers from the Central Luzon State University have developed a diagnostic test kit that would be able to detect Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv), one of the most virulent viral gastrointestinal infections in pigs.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-08 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1319022 [Title] => A real threat [Summary] =>

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, antibiotic resistance has been called one of the world’s most pressing public health problem and has become the office’s top concern.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1245970 [Title] => Pfizer Philippines supports World MRSA Day [Summary] =>

Research-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer teams up with the Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (PSMID) in stepping up awareness, cure and prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in the country.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 957290 [Title] => In Cebu City hospitals [Summary] =>

Rubbing alcohol stations pushed Cebu City hospitals are now urged to place rubbing alcohol stations in all conspicuous places after Cebu City councilor Alvin Dizon's proposed resolution was approved by the City Council.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1128727 [AuthorName] => Annie Fe Perez [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 948893 [Title] => New HIV cases in Phl hit record high in April [Summary] =>

New cases of HIV infections in the Philippines was highest in April at 388, the Department of Health (DOH) said today.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-31 23:30:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 938478 [Title] => 2 HPV vaccine doses found as good as 3 [Summary] =>

Two doses of vaccine — and possibly a single dose — may offer as much protection against infection with cancer-causing forms of human papillomavirus as the standard three-dose series, according to results from a large study in Costa Rica.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 895270 [Title] => Bronchiectasis [Summary] =>

This is a disease of the bronchi (tubes) of the lungs in which, as a result of infection, the passages become blocked with thick secretions causing the walls to dilate and become weakened.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136181 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285088 [AuthorName] => Dr. Tranquilino Elicaño Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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