Waterbird census in Manila Bay finds 20% decline over two years By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News
Published January 31, 2021 10:05pm The 2021 Asian Waterbird Census in Manila Bay found a shortage of 25,000 birds or a decline of nearly 20% since 2019, the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines (WBCP) said Sunday. The census, conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources with the WBCP, Wetlands International Philippines Program, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature Netherlands Committee, tallied 110,000 waterbirds. The census covered Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Cavite, Metro Manila, and the Candaba Marsh. The WBCP said the most severe population decline was observed among long-distance shorebirds in Bulacan and gulls in the Pampanga rivers.
Photo: Campus Clinic Gynaecology at the Ruhr-University Bochum/Arne Jensen (AP)
Health care costs are rising most everywhere for Americans, and a new study out Wednesday suggests that people seeking care for neurological problems are no exception. The study found that people with private insurance are increasingly paying out-of-pocket for services like MRIs, and that these costs have risen over the course of 15 years.
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The study, published Wednesday in Neurology, looked at data from more than 3 million patients enrolled in a single private health care plan. They looked at health care services related to neurology, such as evaluation or management visits with doctors, electromyograms (used to test the connection between our muscles and nerve cells), as well as MRIs and other brain imaging exams. The study period spanned from 2001 to 2016.