Health

Samar towns top lists of undernourished areas

PALO, Leyte --Towns in Samar province dominated the list of nutritionally-depressed areas in Eastern Visayas region due to high poverty incidence. Speaking to hundreds of stakeholders on Wednesday, National Nutrition Council (NNC)...

House passes proposed “Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act”

The House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading House Bill 6617 or the proposed "Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act" which seeks to strengthen the government's comprehensive policy...

No severe dengue manifestation in vaccinated C. Luzon kids: DOH

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga—The Department of Health (DOH) Regional Office III on Tuesday said that there is no reported case of children who were given anti-dengue vaccination that showed severe...

DOH-W. Visayas to monitor kids given dengue shots

ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Health (DOH) in Western Visayas will help monitor children who were immunized with the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia. Western Visayas was not among the three regions that...

Dengvaxia vaccine not given to Pangasinan public school children

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan -- No child in any public school in Pangasinan was administered with the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, the provincial health officer said. Interviewed by newsmen on the sideline of the Question...

Gov’t urged to demand refund for risky dengue vaccines

MANILA -- Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto on Tuesday urged the government to demand refund for the PHP3.5 billion paid to French pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur for the release of dengue...

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