Health

DOH to monitor Dengvaxia recipients until 2021

CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan -- The government will strictly monitor the children administered with free anti-dengue vaccine until year 2021, the Department of Health (DOH) said during the Dengvaxia surveillance and...

Duque says past admin got ‘wrong advice’ in using Dengvaxia

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday considered that the decision of doing Dengvaxia immunization program in 2016 by the Aquino administration may have been a wrong advice. During the Provincial Dengue...

UP-PGH to present initial report on Dengvaxia-linked deaths Friday

MANILA – The health department is expecting to receive the preliminary result of the review on the cause of death of 14 recipients of the Dengvaxia vaccine on Friday, an official...

Britain appoints Minister of Loneliness

Britain has appointed a minister of loneliness to combat social isolation experienced by one in 10 Britons. Sports Minister Tracey Crouch will add the job to her existing portfolio to advance the...

Medical waste processing, plastics recycling facility in GenSan

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The city government is working on the establishment of processing facility for medical wastes and plastics recycling at its sanitary landfill complex. City Councilor Elizabeth Bagonoc, chair of the...

Autopsy on victims to unmask people behind Dengvaxia mess: PAO

MANILA -- Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Persida Acosta on Monday said they are waiting for the autopsy results on the bodies of the victims who died after they were given shots...

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