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Sudan's health ministry announces that the country will launch a hepatitis B vaccine campaign for newborns in 10 states.
2026-03-7

An outbreak of dengue fever infects over 200 people in a rural region of Egypt's Qena Governorate. The patients are said to all have mild to moderate symptoms, which include fatigue and fever.
2023-07-18

A Food and Drug Administration official says that a vaccine for children under the age of 12 years is expected to be approved by midwinter.
2021-07-15

Three people are killed in a fire at the Manila Pavilion Hotel in the Philippines.
2018-03-18

Practitioners of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) Christian sect in the Philippines rally in the capital Manila against the Department of Justice for its ongoing investigation of INC leaders.
2015-08-30

Fiji's Health Department confirms that eleven people have died and over 10,000 people have been infected in an outbreak of the type three strain of dengue fever.
2014-03-12

In talks in Manila, the Philippines and Vietnam agree to work together on a framework for resolving maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
2013-08-1

A Manila court finds Philippine social activist, artist and tour guide Carlos Celdran guilty of offending religious feeling and is sentenced with an indeterminate sentence of 2 months and 21 days of imprisonment to a maximum of one year, 1 month and 11 days of imprisonment. Celdran will file an appeal.
2013-01-28

The death toll from recent floods in the Philippines capital Manila and surrounding regions rises to 60.
2012-08-10

It is reported that the U.S. government's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) deployed a fake vaccine programme in Abbottabad ahead of its assassination of Osama bin Laden in an effort to obtain a DNA sample from his family.
2011-07-12