Health

Zambo registers 8 HIV cases monthly

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The City Health Office has underscored the need to intensify the conduct of information and education campaign on the prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV-AIDS)...

Dengue vaccine probe to focus on possible ‘haste’ in drug’s purchase

MANILA -- As probe on the dengue-vaccine controversy nears, Senator JV Ejercito on Thursday said he wants to focus on the possibility of "haste" in the drug's purchase when asked if...

Ejercito files bill separating FDA from DOH

MANILA -- Senator JV Ejercito on Thursday filed Senate Bill 1631, seeking to institute the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an independent agency separate from the Department of Health (DOH). This,...

ARMM allays fear of constituents on dengue vaccine

COTABATO CITY--Health officials in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on Wednesday dismissed fears that children in the region could have been given vaccine, commercially known as Dengvaxia, to fight...

205,058 kids in C.Luzon given Dengvaxia; parents worry

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Parents of students vaccinated with Dengvaxia in Central Luzon are in deep concern on the health and welfare of their children who were exposed to unnecessary...

More than 13,000 kids in Bataan given 3rd dose of Dengvaxia

BALANGA CITY, Bataan -- Some 13,004 public elementary school children in 11 Bataan towns have completed the third dose of Dengvaxia from April to June 2017, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) of...

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