"For us doctors, that means the virus is circulating in the community," Herbosa said. Nine mpox cases were reported by Philippine authorities in 2022 and 2023, with the previous most recent one ...

In the Philippines its so costly ($4.50 gallon in a country where, according to the Philippine National Statistics Office, the average household income is about $4,000 USD a year) that the ...

China’s coast guard ships have swarmed and collided with Philippine boats. They have doused Philippine vessels with powerful water cannons. Chinese crew members have slashed inflatable crafts ...

China’s coastguard says it has rescued Filipino “personnel” who fell overboard after a Philippine vessel collided with one of its ships near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.

The Philippines withdrew its Coast Guard vessel from a South China Sea shoal that’s recently been at the center of tensions with Beijing. BRP Teresa Magbanua “was compelled to return to port ...

A variant of the rustrela virus-- related to the wider-known rubella virus which causes a skin rash in humans -- called RusV was discovered in a female mountain lion in Douglas County, Colorado ...

MANILA, Philippines — International maritime security expert Ray Powell accused China of gaslighting the Philippines over the disputed West Philippine Sea. In an interview with “Storycon” on ...

A mutation on the spike protein of the virus that causes COVID-19 could help it infect the brain by forcing it to use a cellular "back door." SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 ...

The Philippines is being urged to expand gas exploration within its section of the South China Sea as its main natural gas field nears depletion, with influential retired Supreme Court Justice ...

Update: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 27 August that more than 20 US travelers returning from Cuba have been identified as having Oropouche virus. Once confined to the ...

Global Witness released a report on Tuesday that again showed the alarming level of violence against land and environmental defenders in the Philippines. Of the 196 defenders reportedly killed or ...

The incident comes a week after a similar encounter near the shoal, which lies 140 kilometers off the coast of the Philippines’ westernmost island, Palawan. A frame grab of video released by the ...