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DOH creates Task Force on Dengvaxia

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday, December 8, announced that the Department of Health (DOH) has created a task force to closely monitor and attend to the health of Dengvaxia...

House to fine-tune bill on school bus safety

The House committee on transportation chaired by Rep. Cesar Sarmiento (Lone District, Catanduanes) has approved the creation of a technical working group (TWG) that will fine-tune a bill seeking to increase...

GenSan monitors kids given anti-dengue shot

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Health personnel here have started accounting for children who were vaccinated with the controversial anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia by private doctors. In a public health advisory, the Department of...

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,...

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