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WHO: Pregnant Women Exposed to Ebola Should Get Vaccine

Lisa Schlein/VOA-News GENEVA — An independent advisory body convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends pregnant women and breastfeeding women in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo be vaccinated against the deadly Ebola...

DOST execs note importance of Space Agency creation

By Ma. Cristina Arayata/PNA MANILA -- Four executives of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Thursday noted the importance of establishing a Space Agency in the country. In a forum held...

Images From Space Help Map Extreme Poverty

by Steve Baragona/Voice of America The fight against poverty is getting help from a new direction: up. Satellite imagery is helping researchers map areas of extreme poverty. It may help officials identify faster and...

More ‘french fries’ potato variety eyed in P77-M study

By Liza Agoot/PNA BAGUIO CITY -- Cordillera region is hoping to increase by at least 25 percent the seedling production of the “processing” potato variety and supply more potatoes to the “french fries”...

DOST continues to boost human resource, R&D capabilities

By Ma. Cristina Arayata/PNA MANILA -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is continuously exerting efforts to boost the country's human resource and research and development (R&D) capabilities. In an interview with...

NASA Makes Space History With Distant Fly-By

by VOA News Just 33 minutes into the New Year, NASA's New Horizons probe made space exploration history, flying by the most distant body ever visited by a spacecraft from earth. The Johns Hopkins...

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