Sources: BBC News
Nearly 1,000 people have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh in recent weeks, in the country's most severe outbreak of the disease so far. 2023-09-28
The U.S. CDC says that American health officials are releasing Jynneos vaccines to combat monkeypox. 2022-05-23
The Public Health Institute of Chile approves the usage of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine for children over the age of six. 2021-09-6
Qatar begins administering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine tozinameran to its citizens at designated health centers in the country. Those aged over 70, adults with chronic health conditions and healthcare personnel are to be prioritised for the vaccine. 2020-12-23
An IAI Westwind jet, chartered by the Philippine government for a medical evacuation flight to Haneda Airport in Japan, crashes upon takeoff at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. All eight people onboard are killed. 2020-03-29
More than 10,000 people are left homeless after a fire ravages a densely populated neighborhood of the Philippines capital Manila. 2017-02-8
Billy Kenoi, the mayor of Hawaii's Big Island, declares a state of emergency to deal with the growing outbreak of dengue fever, which is spread by infected mosquitoes. 2016-02-8
Flooding in the Philippines capital Manila forces at least 20,000 people to flee their homes with the death toll after eight days of heavy rain throughout the country reaching 53. 2012-08-7
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
12 people are killed and 360 families left homeless after a fire in Navotas City, near Manila, Philippines. [http:--www.google.com-hostednews-afp-article-ALeqM5iUid-WxbaHlWqw6qGHAW-TS0y_WQ (AFP via Google News)] [http:--www.philstar.com-Article.aspx?articleId=653014&publicationSubCategoryId=63 ("The Philippine Star")]date=August 2019 2011-01-30