Philippines says no outbreak of meningococcemia
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The Philippine Palace officials on Monday declared that there is no outbreak of meningococcemia, saying the reported cases of the disease have been contained.
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An outbreak of bacterial meningitis in China that has so far claimed 16 lives should not be considered cause for alarm, a senior health official was quoted as saying by state media.
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A deadly explosion in the Philippines was probably not a bomb attack as first feared, police say.
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The panel voted unanimously that Menactra is safe and effective for use in patients aged 11 to 55 years. The new meningitis vaccine could prevent the often fatal disease from infecting the highest risk group
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Thailand, faced with a second outbreak of bird flu, said Wednesday its poultry would not be inoculated against the disease because vaccines offer no guarantee of safety.
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Indonesia is expected to resume supplying samples of bird flu virus to the World Health Organization after receiving a guarantee they will not be used to develop a commercial vaccine that the country cannot afford, the health minister said Thursday.
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China denied claims Monday that a deadly strain of bird flu that killed 27 people in Asia was discovered in the country&#39;s pigs, as the World Health Organisation warned the disease will take several years to contain.
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REAL, Philippines  - Weather improved in the  Philippines on Saturday after four heavy storms in two weeks,  helping rescuers reach thousands cut off by landslides and  floods, but supplies were short and fears of disease were  spreading.
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Government's plan to handle outbreak does not anticipate strain on hospitals, officials say.
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BANGKOK, Thailand Sept. 15, 2004 - Thailand, faced with a second outbreak of bird flu, said Wednesday its poultry would not be inoculated against the disease because vaccines offer no guarantee of safety.
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Editor&#39;s Note: Published on page A19 of the Nov. 23, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. This was the Department of Health&#39;s advice yesterday to the public over the
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MANILA -- A medical specialist of the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday assured the public not to be alarmed with the reported cases of meningococcemia, a bacterial blood disease.
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The Roman Catholic Church in Spain denies any relaxation of the Catholic ban on the use of condoms.
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The Philippines is likely to call off the search for bodies from a sunken passenger ferry after military divers found no corpses in the hull, an army official said on Sunday.
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The Spanish Roman Catholic Church denied that it had condoned the use of condoms as a legitimate way of fighting HIV/AIDS.
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ASIA/FILIPPINE - Campagna contro lÂAids della Caritas Internationalis in collaborazione con lÂUnaids Manila (Agenzia Fides) - La Caritas Internationalis insieme allÂUnaids (il Programma delle Nazioni Unite per la lotta contro lÂHiv/Aids) ha organizzato una campagna per la presa di coscienza sullÂHiv/Aids nelle Filippine. \
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A mass innoculation drive and adequate clean drinking water has so far prevented the outbreak of an epidemic in the district of India worst-hit by killer tsunamis, doctors said.