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Duque sa 'malisyosong' kaso ng PAO: Bakit lusot si Ubial?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 08:55 PM

Ayon kay Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, wala siyang kinalaman sa implementasyon at pagpapatuloy ng dengue immunization program, at mayroon siyang mga dokumentong magpapatunay nito. Read more »

WHO recommends testing before use of Sanofi's dengue vaccine

Matthias Blamont and Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 20 02:50 PM

The World Health Organization on Thursday said Sanofi's vaccine against dengue should only be used after testing individuals to assess whether they could have been exposed before to the infection. Read more »

VACC's Dengvaxia targets

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 07:18 PM

Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) lawyer Ferdinand Topacio says during a press conference in Manila on Thursday that they will file a plunder complaint against ex-Department of Health officials involved in the Dengaxia vaccination mess. Read more »

Duque, other DOH officials face criminal raps over Dengvaxia mess

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 04:30 PM

MANILA - The parents of a teenager who died months after she was given Dengvaxia shots filed on Thursday fresh criminal complaints before the Justice department against past and present health officials. Read more »

Drilon disagrees with Gordon, files dissent on Dengvaxia report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 04:13 PM

MANILA - Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Thursday filed a dissenting vote against the Senate committee report on Dengvaxia that recommended the filing of charges against former President Benigno Aquino III and 2 former Cabinet members. Read more »

Gatchalian says Aquino 'accountable but not criminally liable' for Dengvaxia mess

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 05:55 PM

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian believes former President Benigno Aquino III doesn't have any criminal liability for the P3.5 billion dengue vaccination program. Read more »

Confusion, blame game fuel Dengvaxia vaccine scandal

Cecil Morella, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 17 06:03 PM

Melinda Colite shakes with rage as she clutches a photo of her grandson, who she says died after getting the anti-dengue fever vaccine at the heart of a bitter scandal in the Philippines. Read more »

ALAMIN: Bakit mahalaga ang pagpapabakuna?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 02:30 AM

Ngayong nalalapit na ang World Immunization Week, muling pinaalala ng mga eksperto ang kahalagahan ng pagpapabakuna. Read more »

DOH, gumastos na ng P22 milyon para sa mga 'dumadaing' sa Dengvaxia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 11:09 PM

Nasa P22 milyon na ang nagagastos ng Department of Health DOH para sa medical assistance ng mga dumadaing at nagpapa-ospital na naturukan ng kontrobersiyal na bakunang Dengvaxia. Read more »

Nearly 2,000 Dengvaxia vaccinees hospitalized due to dengue in 2 years: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 13 04:01 PM

Health Undersecretary Enrique Domingo said from March 2016 to March 2018, a total of 1,967 people injected with Dengvaxia were hospitalized after contracting dengue. Read more »

Batang nag-viral sa pagwawala dahil sa sakit, maayos na ang kondisyon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 12:18 AM

Tatlong linggong nabulag, nabingi at hindi makapagsalita ang batang ngayon ay balik na sa normal ang kaniyang kondisyon. Read more »

Aquino ready to face Dengvaxia raps - spokesperson

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 12 01:35 PM

Former President Benigno Aquino III is ready to face complaints about his involvement in the P3.5 billion dengue vaccination program, his spokesperson said after a draft Senate committee report said he should be held criminally liable. Read more »

Gordon draft report 'black propaganda', won't pass Senate scrutiny - Trillanes

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 11:23 AM

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday said senators are unlikely to pass the Senate Blue Ribbon committee draft report on the Dengvaxia mess because the report is nothing but black propaganda against former President Benigno Aquino III. Read more »

Aquino negligent, not liable for Dengvaxia mess: Ejercito

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 12 10:46 AM

Former health secretary Janette Garin and former budget chief Florencio Abad are primarily responsible for the scrapped P3.5 billion dengue vaccination program -- not former president Benigno Aquino III, Senator JV Ejercito said Thursday.  Read more »

Labi ng 13 anyos sa Cavite na naturukan umano ng Dengvaxia, sinuri

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 12:19 AM

Sinuri ng Public Attorney's Office forensic team ang labi ng isang 13 anyos mula Kawit, Cavite na tinurukan ng Dengvaxia. Read more »

Aquino sinisi sa Dengvaxia issue ng Gordon panel draft report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 07:25 PM

Tinawag si dating Pangulong Aquino na 'manhid' kaugnay ng isyu ng Dengvaxia sa ulat ng komite ni Senador Gordon na hindi pa napipirmahan ng ibang mga miyembro ng komite. Read more »

DOH naglabas ng guideline sa imbestigasyon sa mga naturukan ng Dengvaxia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 10 12:46 AM

Naglabas na ang Department of Health ng guidelines kaugnay sa isasagawang pag-iimbestiga sa mga batang namatay dahil umano sa bakuna kontra dengue.  Read more »

Financial 'supermarket' includes insurance for as low as P150

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 10:43 PM

MANILA - Consumers can easily shop for customized financial products in a one-stop-shop platform designed to provide credit consultation, loans and insurance services to Filipinos, a financial technology executive said on Friday. Read more »

Garin, 34 iba pa, kinasuhan sa mga pagkamatay na isinisisi sa Dengvaxia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 01:03 AM

Idinadawit ang 35 dati at kasalukuyang mga opisyal ng DOH, Sanofi Pasteur, at Zuellig Pharma Corporation sa pagkamatay ng apat na batang naturukan umano ng Dengvaxia.  Read more »

Children of Dengvaxia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 04:48 PM

PAO chief Persida Acosta along with families of Dengvaxia vaccine recipients file a criminal case against former Health Secretary Janette Garin, Sanofi and other DOH officials at the Department of Justice in Padre Faura, Manila on Thursday.  Read more »