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Paggamit ng dengue vaccines, pinag-aaralan na ng DOH

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Updated as of Jul 15 08:09 PM

Pinag-aaralan na ng DOH ang muling pagtuturok ng dengue vaccines. Ito ay kasunod ng paglobo ng bilang ng mga nagkakasakit ng dengue sa bansa, Read more »

PAO disagrees with experts' call to review Dengvaxia

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Posted at Jul 14 02:46 PM

The Public Attorney's Office said it opposes health experts' call for a second look at Dengvaxia amid an outbreak of the disease in several regions. Read more »

Disease expert on Dengvaxia use: Keep an open mind

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Updated as of Jul 14 01:12 PM

Government should use everything at its disposal, including the Dengvaxia vaccine, to combat the increase in dengue cases, an infectious disease expert said Thursday. Read more »

Expert rejects push to re-evaluate Dengvaxia use

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Posted at Jul 13 12:35 PM

A health reform advocate is not keen on re-evaluating the use of Dengvaxia vaccine despite a rise in dengue cases in the country. Read more »

'Mismanagement' to blame for delay in COVID-19 vaccines arrival, says Drilon

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 03:48 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday said the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in the country was delayed because of mismanagement and not solely because of the lack of an indemnity law. Read more »

Philippines logs 1,888 new COVID-19 cases bringing total to 561,169

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Updated as of Feb 21 10:19 PM

The Department of Health also reported 9,737 new recoveries pushing the total number of Filipinos who recovered from the disease to 522,843. Read more »

Vaccine czar nag-sorry, nagpaliwanag sa pagkaantala ng COVID-19 vaccines

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Posted at Feb 19 09:07 PM

Humingi ng pasensiya si vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. sa pagkaantala ng pagdating ng COVID-19 vaccines. Read more »

'Para iwas-panis': LGUs pinaghahanda ng 'substitute list' ng babakunahan

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Posted at Feb 03 07:36 PM

Paalala ng DOH, mabilis mapanis ang Covid-19 vaccine at dapat iwasan na masayang ito dahil sa kawalan ng paghahanda. Read more »

Dengvaxia scare extends to COVID-19 jabs, says Palace

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Posted at Jan 12 03:09 PM

Public fear over a controversial vaccine against dengue might be eroding people's trust in jabs to prevent COVID-19, Malacañang said on Tuesday.        Read more »

Maraming taga-NCR may agam-agam magpabakuna vs COVID-19: OCTA survey

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Updated as of Jan 05 11:51 PM

Marami pa ring Pilipino sa Metro Manila ang hindi kumbinsido na magpabakuna laban sa COVID-19, ayon sa isang survey.   Read more »

Duterte rejects cut in PAO forensic lab budget

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 12:22 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed a provision in the 2021 national budget that would have slashed the funds of the forensics laboratory of the Public Attorney's Office (PAO), which a lawmaker earlier said was unauthorized and a duplication.  Read more »

Garin denies arrest warrant issued against her over Dengvaxia case

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Posted at Nov 22 09:11 AM

Former health secretary and now lawmaker Janette Garin on Saturday denied she was facing arrest in relation to the deaths of children administered with the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. Read more »

Gov't must campaign for vaccination programs as Dengvaxia scare lingers

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 01:38 PM

MANILA - The government would need to exert more effort in its vaccination campaign not only for the COVID-19 vaccine but for its other immunization programs that have seen a decline after the Dengvaxia controversy, a health reform advocate said Saturday.   Read more »

Lockdowns, dengue-vaccine scare stifle Philippines' battle vs polio reemergence

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 07:45 PM

The DOH is pushing hard to vaccinate tens of thousands of children for polio despite the coronavirus pandemic, which slowed down the government's immunization program during the early months of the community lockdowns.   Read more »

Hearing suspended

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 10:33 PM

Representative Janet Garin reacts to Representative Lito Atienza's comments on the issue of Dengvaxia vaccine that she raised during the franchise hearing. Read more »

Solon hits ABS-CBN over Dengvaxia coverage

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 07 01:56 AM

(UPDATE) ABS-CBN found itself on the defensive Monday over a series of supposedly alarmist and sensational reports on deaths linked to a controversial dengue vaccine, which one congresswoman blamed for the decline in immunization coverage in the Philippines. Read more »

PH told to calm immunization woes ahead of COVID-19 vaccine

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 05:33 PM

As countries work round-the-clock to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, pharmaceutical industry experts on Thursday urged the Philippines to embark on a massive campaign to regain public trust in the government’s immunization program. Read more »