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South Cotabato intensifies watch vs filariasis, malaria

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The South Cotabato provincial health office said it has stepped up interventions to prevent the entry of the new cases of filariasis and malaria from neighboring areas. Jose Barroquillo,...

6 die as dengue, leptospirosis cases climb in Cordillera

BAGUIO CITY -- Six people succumbed to dengue and leptospirosis in the past seven months in the Cordillera, as cases of the weather-induced virus infections climbed in the highland region amid the...

No budget reduction for free college educ implementation: CHED

MANILA -- Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Officer-in-Charge Dr. J. Prospero De Vera III belied on Tuesday the claims of some media agencies on alleged massive cuts in the 2019 budget allocation...

DOH assures school-based immunization is safe

ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Health (DOH) has assured that vaccines given in schools are safe and effective as it embarks on its school-based immunization (SBI) this August. Dr. Mary Jane Roches...

Bacolodnons warned vs. lepto as cases rise by 50%

BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) warned residents here anew to exercise caution against leptospirosis as cases increased by 50 percent from January 1 to August 4 this year. Records at...

DOH to start examining profiled Dengvaxia vaccinees on Friday

IMUS CITY, Cavite – The Department of Health (DOH) Calabarzon regional office will start conducting physical examination (PE) on profiled Dengvaxia vaccine recipients at the Sta. Rosa Community Hospital on Friday (Aug...

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