Health

Nancy to DOH: Tread carefully on Japanese encephalitis scare

Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday urged the Department of Health (DOH) to be cautious in its efforts to quell the public scare brought on by reports of high costs and shortage...

Public urged to intensify efforts vs. mosquitoes

MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday called on the public to intensify their efforts to prevent mosquito-borne diseases, such as Dengue, Chikungunya and Japanese Encephalitis (JE), especially during the...

Public warned vs. buying vaccines from unauthorized online sellers

MANILA -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday warned the public against purchasing Japanese encephalitis vaccine and other vaccines that are sold by unauthorized distributors or retailers online. In its Advisory...

Leptospirosis up 71% in first 8 months of the year: DOH

MANILA -- Suspected cases of leptospirosis nationwide rose 71.1 percent, reaching 910 from Jan. 1 to Aug. 5 this year compared to 532 cases in the same period last year, the Department...

No new suspected bird flu cases, says DOH

MANILA --The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday said that no new cases of suspected bird flu infection were detected as the surveillance period ends Sunday. "No new case. Basically (we can...

DOH: No human infection of H5N6 bird-flu virus in PH

The Department of Health (DOH) has pronounced on Friday the negative results of 34 samples cases of men and women from the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Pampanga who were suspected to...

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