2022: A new virus challenge for health professionals - and hope for new treatments

Fears caused by COVID-19 were deepened by another infection earlier this year, monkeypox, now renamed by the World Health Organization as mpox or MPX, spread through more than 80 countries around the world.

Clinical research to develop a possible cure for Alzheimer's and dementia in the lab. Credit: TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images/Science Photo Libra

Key Points

• It's been a year of health battles, restrictions, lockdowns and deaths.
• Scientists are hoping to find cures for various ailments.
• This year has also seen progress made in the fight against Alzheimer's disease.

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COVID-19, Monkeypox, at Alzheimer's disease : Mga hamong kinaharap ng buong mundo ngayong 2022

SBS Filipino

28/12/202209:18

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