Installation of Davao City-Samal submarine cable eyed in October
10 Jul
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Installation of Davao City-Samal submarine cable eyed in October

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RJ Calls/SunStar File PhotoPublished on : Jul 10, 2025, 5:07 PMDAVAO Light and Power Company (Davao Light) is set to begin installing its submarine cable linking Davao City to the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) in October, according to Davao del Norte Board Member and former Samal City Mayor Al David Uy. The announcement was made during the ceremonial installation of Davao Lights first distribution pole at the launch of its 22MVA digital substation and warehouse facilities in Barangay Magugpo, Tagum City, July 8, 2025. The facility marks the start of Davao Lights service expansion into the First District of Davao del Norte and IGaCoS. Nalipay ko na naa na gyud, this is the first step in Tagum. Hopefully, the people from Davao Light will follow through with a similar activity in October for the submarine...
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The truth about ivermectin’s supposed health benefits
09 Jul
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The truth about ivermectin’s supposed health benefits

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An antiparasitic drug became widely known during the covid-19 pandemic, though its uses have nothing to do with the virus HJBC/Shutterstock Source: ShutterstockBefore 2020, most people had probably never heard of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. But interest in this once obscure medication skyrocketed during the covid-19 pandemic amid unfounded claims it could prevent or treat the viral infection. The popular podcast host Joe Rogan claimed to have taken it when he was sick with covid in 2021. That same year, Robert F Kennedy Jr – now the highest-ranking public health official in the US – petitioned the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue guidance supporting its use for covid-19.Numerous studies have disproven ivermectin as a cure for covid-19, but the hype around it persists. While it gained a reputation as a quack remedy during...
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Longevity Might Be All In Your Head
09 Jul
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Longevity Might Be All In Your Head

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The full Nautilus archive•eBooks & Special Editions•Ad-free readingThe full Nautilus archive eBooks & Special EditionsAd-free reading Age is just a number, they say. But being young at heart might be less important than being “young” in other places. Chronological age and biological age are known to diverge over our lifetimes, as our genetics and the way we live can influence how much damage our cells accumulate. A new type of experimental blood test is now zeroing in on the biological age of different organs in our bodies. And it’s not the...
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US physician groups sue Health Secretary RFK Jr over vaccine policy
07 Jul
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US physician groups sue Health Secretary RFK Jr over vaccine policy

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WASHINGTON - Several leading medical organisations filed a lawsuit against US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and the Department of Health and Human Services on July 7, arguing that current policies on Covid-19 vaccines pose an imminent threat to public health.The plaintiffs, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, American Public Health Association and Infectious Diseases Society of America, have asked the court to vacate Mr Kennedy’s recent directive removing the Covid-19 vaccine from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s childhood and pregnant-women immunisation schedules.The lawsuit accuses Mr Kennedy of working “to dismantle the longstanding, Congressionally-authorised, science- and evidence-based vaccine infrastructure that has prevented the deaths of untold millions of Americans.”Representatives for HHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Lead counsel for the plaintiffs Richard Hughes, a partner...
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