Health

Bacoor City stages ‘Drag Race’ to fight HIV/AIDS

BACOOR CITY, Cavite -- Hundreds of Bacoorians gathered here for the city’s staging on Saturday night of the “Drag Race Competition” at the Bacoor Government Center Strike Gym in observance of “World...

Diphtheria cases soaring in Yemen as blockade creates shortage of vaccines

GENEVA — The World Health Organization reports the Saudi-led blockade of Yemen’s sea ports is hampering efforts to contain a diphtheria outbreak that, so far, has caused 197 cases of the...

DOJ taps NBI to lead fact-finding probe into anti-dengue vaccine deal

MANILA -- Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II will issue a department order to task the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe on the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia in the wake of...

Makati suspends anti-dengue vaccination program

MANILA -- The Makati City government immediately suspended its anti-dengue vaccination drive in light of recent news reports regarding the vaccine provided by the Department of Health (DOH) to local governments. Mayor...

Villanueva wants DOH, Sanofi held accountable for haphazard release of anti-dengue vaccine

Senator Joel Villanueva on Friday called on the Department of Health (DOH) and French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur following an advisory from the latter that Dengvaxia vaccine could cause more severe...

DOH puts on hold dengue vaccination program

MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday announced that it was putting on hold its dengue vaccination program until experts are able to review new developments on the Dengvaxia dengue...

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