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UN: Nearly Half-Billion People Undernourished in Asia-Pacific Region

GENEVA — Four U.N. specialized agencies warn that many parts of Asia and the Pacific suffer from alarmingly high levels of malnutrition and hunger. This is the first time the Food and...

Rescue Robot to Help Revive Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — For the first time an underwater robot is to be used to plant baby coral to parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef damaged by mass bleaching, as scientists plan...

Many Parents Misinformed About the Flu Shot

WASHINGTON — The 2017 flu season was particularly bad in the Northern Hemisphere. Nearly 80,000 people died in the U.S., including 180 children. Already this year, the virus has claimed the life...

Corporate Pledge to Deal With Plastic Draws Mixed Reaction

More than 250 corporate signatories joined together to try and deal with plastic pollution in an announcement timed to coincide with the 5th Annual "Our Ocean Conference" in Bali, Indonesia. Under terms...

Lung cancer is curable: expert

MANILA -- Lung cancer is treatable, and chemotherapy is not the only way to cure it, a health expert said Tuesday. “People can still be treated from lung cancer, but the treatment goals...

Top 3 killer diseases in PH

MANILA -- All Saints’ Day and All Souls' Day – the season to think not only of the dead but also of dying. Based on a popular myth, death and sickness came out...

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