Asia's Rising Dengue Threat
Mark Cajutol was in unbearable pain on the evening of Aug. 17, bleeding from the nose and mouth. By midnight, he was jerking in his sleep. By early morning Wednesday, he lapsed into a coma. Shortly after noon, Mark Cajutol died.
Cajutol was the latest victim in a dengue plague sweeping the Philippines. Although dengue fever has long been endemic to the c…
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