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DOH pushes early dengue detection

The Manila Times 29 Mar 2025
... compared to the 42,822 cases recorded during the same period last year. The case fatality rate remains low at 0.41 percent with the majority of the cases being children between 14 years old and below.
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DOH logs over 76,000 dengue cases as of March 15

The Philadelphia Inquirer 28 Mar 2025
Calabarzon has most dengue cases in PH at 10,000DOH Most patients are aged 14 and under, but the case fatality rate ...
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Philippines reports 76,425 dengue cases since January

Xinhua 28 Mar 2025
The department said in a statement that the case fatality rate this year remained lower than last year, but the agency did not provide the dengue deaths figure ... Philippines reports 76,425 dengue cases since January.
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Food Asphyxiation Is Way More Dangerous Than Cannabis

East Bay Times 27 Mar 2025
In contrast, deaths directly attributed to marijuana overdose are extremely rare and there is no documented case of fatal overdose from natural marijuana alone. This stark difference in mortality rates ...
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Ethiopia marks 59 deaths due to malaria and cholera outbreaks

Famagusta Gazette 24 Mar 2025
Ethiopia has also reported a total of 857 cholera cases and 25 deaths in the regions of Gambella and Amhara during the same period, with a case fatality rate of 2.92 percent, the report said.
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Malaria, cholera outbreaks kill 59 people in Ethiopia: WHO

China.dot.org 24 Mar 2025
Ethiopia has also reported a total of 857 cholera cases and 25 deaths in the regions of Gambella and Amhara during the same period, with a case fatality rate of 2.92 percent, the report said.
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Should I be worried about bird flu? Separating fact from fiction

AOL 24 Mar 2025
“It is the first case of a domesticated animal getting infected with avian influenza H5N1 over the five years or so of the current epidemic in wild birds and poultry,” he says ... It has an almost 100 per cent fatality rate in birds.
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Measle vaccination rate among children aged six to nine months remains low

Vietnam News 19 Mar 2025
HÀ NỘI – The number of measles cases is increasing while the vaccination rate for children aged six to nine months remains low, said Vũ Cao Cương, deputy director of the Hà Nội Department of Health.
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Measles is back — and more dangerous than you think. Here’s what you can do ...

Vox 18 Mar 2025
Measles has a fatality rate of 0.1 percent, but an estimated 20 percent of cases require hospitalization ... In rare cases, measles can lead to fatal brain swelling years after the initial infection.
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Kerala girl’s fatal water fasting: UAE doctors urge parents to stay vigilant

Gulf News 18 Mar 2025
Yes, cases of anorexia nervosa, where individuals severely restrict food intake, have been observed in the UAE ... Highest mortality rate. Dr Singh noted that anorexia nervosa can be fatal, as seen in the Kerala case.
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DOH: Rabies cases down by 39% from Jan. 1 to March 1

Sun Star 17 Mar 2025
... 55 rabies cases were recorded nationwide from Jan ... Despite the lower case count, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa reminded the public that rabies is fatal, with a 100 percent fatality rate last year.
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New incurable virus spreading in popular vacation hotspots in the Caribbean sparks alarm | Daily ...

The Daily Mail 17 Mar 2025
The infection was previously considered to have a 'very low' fatality rate, but the deaths of two healthy young women died in Brazil have raised concerns ... Vacation hotspots such as Barbados have recorded cases of the virus.
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Third meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024

World Health Organization 17 Mar 2025
... in the DRC, clade Ia accounts for the majority of fatal cases (1345), corresponding to an average case fatality rate (CFR%) of 2.5-3%, being highest in children under 1 year of age (4–5%).
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DOH: Rabies cases down from January to March

The Manila Times 16 Mar 2025
(UPDATE) THE Department of Health (DOH) said that 55 rabies cases were recorded nationwide from Jan ... Despite the lower case count, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa reminded the public that rabies is fatal, with a 100-percent fatality rate last year.
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