[ad_1] FILE: This undated electron microscope image made available by the US National Institutes of Health. USA In February 2020 it shows the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the virus causes COVID-19. (NIAID-RML via AP) Determining the source of the coronavirus pandemic should help determine how COVID-19 has “invaded the human species” …
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[ad_1] (CNN) – The 2020 typhoon season in the western Pacific has started slowly. It took until Tuesday for the first storm of the year to form, Vongfong, but it quickly became a threat to the Philippines. The typhoon season in the western Pacific does not have a definite beginning …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Ambo weather disruption has escalated from a storm to a typhoon on Wednesday, prompting the state climate office to raise Signal No. 2 over the Samar provinces in the Visayas. Late on Wednesday night, Ambo, known internationally as Yongfong, had maximum sustained winds of 130 km …
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[ad_1] GENEVA (Reuters) – The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 could become endemic like HIV, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, warning against any attempt to predict how long it would continue to circulate and calling for a “massive effort” to counter it. “It is important to put this on …
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[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 13) – About 11 million families are expected to be included in the second tranche of the government’s COVID-19 cash assistance program, the Department of Social Welfare said on Wednesday. Social Welfare Secretary Rolando Bautista told CNN Philippines that “roughly” 11.1 million families in …
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[ad_1] THE ANGELS: The Mamba Sports Academy is withdrawing “Mamba” from its name out of respect for the late Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant. Academy Chief Executive Chad Faulkner announced the move Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), saying Bryant’s legacy should live “on its own.” Faulkner and Bryant had launched …
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[ad_1] KABUL – More than 5,000 people have been infected with the new coronavirus across Afghanistan, health authorities said Wednesday, with the capital Kabul the epicenter of the deadly disease. The milestone comes as Afghanistan grapples with a surge in violence that is pulling vital attention and resources away from …
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[ad_1] US NOAA / Himawari-8 satellite image of Typhoon Ambo moving toward the Philippines on Wednesday night. MANILA – Tropical cyclone Ambo (international name Vongfong) has further intensified into a typhoon as it approached Eastern Visayas and the Bicol region, the state meteorological office PAGASA said on Wednesday. At 11 …
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[ad_1] A public health expert blames smoke, not nicotine, for causing thousands of deaths among cigarette smokers every day. “There have been many decades of research into the health effects of smoking, and we have known since at least the 1970s that repeated smoke inhalation is the leading cause of …
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[ad_1] THE ANGELS: The National Basketball Players Association has informally surveyed players to gauge their appetite for resuming a season halted by the COVID-19 pandemic, US media reported Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila). ESPN was among multiple media outlets reporting that the players’ union had started asking players to answer a …
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