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THE NEWS ... MANILA ( Copyright 2008 The Associated Press ) — More than 1,400 people have displayed typhoid symptoms in less than a month in a city near the Philippine capital, prompting authorities to declare a state of calamity, health officials said Wednesday. Extra medical teams have been sent to assist doctors and conduct disease surveillance in Calamba, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said. Of 1,477 people with typhoid symptoms, 436 have been treated in the city's six hospitals and the rest in local community health centers since Feb. 16, said Dr. Dennis Labro, spokesman for the city's health office. Only 37 of those cases have been confirmed with blood tests because the typhoid test is expensive, Labro said. "So far there are no reported deaths, thank God," Labro said. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW... Typhoid fever , also known as enteric fever or bilious fever , is an illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi....

Dengue is on the rise again. There are several reported outbreaks in Metro Manila and in the provinces. This is not new. In fact, in 2005, there were 21,537 cases of dengue in the Philippines. Two hundred eighty of these died. From January to August 2006, there were 13,468 cases with 167 dead. Indeed, just like flooding and political booboos, Dengue has become a mainstay of the colorful Philippine scenario. Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are acute febrile diseases caused by one of four closely related virus serotypes of the genus Flavivirus , transmitted to humans by the Aedes aegyptii mosquito, which feeds during the day. This infectious disease is manifested by a sudden onset of fever, with severe headache, muscle and joint pains ( myalgias and arthralgias - severe pain gives it the name break-bone fever or bone crusher disease ) and rashes; the dengue rash is characteristically bright red petechia and usually appears first on the lower limbs and the...