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Can vaccine technology help make a better flu jab?

Marie-Morgane Le Moel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 15 07:54 PM

Flu jabs have long been available to fight off the seasonal virus, but their rate of effectiveness can vary from between 40 and 70 percent. Read more »

Pfizer launches mRNA flu vaccine trial

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 28 07:52 AM

US pharmaceutical company Pfizer said Monday it had begun a clinical trial to test an influenza vaccine designed with the same mRNA technology behind its successful Covid-19 shot. Read more »

Kailangan pa ba ng flu vaccine kung bakunado na?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 06:27 PM

Maraming Pilipino ang patuloy na naghahanap ng paraan para makakuha ng karagdagang proteksiyon para sa kanilang sarili sa gitna pa rin ng COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

More Americans lost to COVID-19 than 1918 flu pandemic

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 21 10:40 AM

Despite a century of medical advances, more Americans have now died from COVID-19 than the number who succumbed to the 1918 flu pandemic. Read more »

Flu vaccination sa Lucena, dinagsa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 15 07:29 PM

Binatikos ang flu vaccination na inorganisa ng isang kongresista sa Lucena City, Quezon dahil sa pagdagsa ng mga tao. Read more »

France hit by new bird flu outbreak

Reuters
Posted at Sep 10 07:37 PM

France has raised its bird flu alert level after a severe form of the virus was found among backyard poultry in the northeast. Read more »

When is it safe to get flu vaccine after COVID-19 inoculation?

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 09:55 PM

An infectious diseases expert explained when it would be safe for individuals to get a flu vaccine after being inoculated against COVID-19. Read more »

COVID-19 vs trangkaso: Ano ang pagkakaiba?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 11 06:11 PM

Sa gitna ng pagtaas ng mga kaso g COVID-19, tinalakay ng isang eksperto ang pagkakaiba nito sa kapwa respiratory disease na trangkaso o flu. Read more »

India reports first human death from bird flu

Reuters
Posted at Jul 22 01:19 PM

An 11-year-old boy has died in India from a bird flu virus of the H5N1 strain, the first such fatality in the country, highlighting a potential new risk for the world's second-most populous nation battling the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Puwede bang magpaturok ng COVID-19 vaccine ang mga nag-flu vaccine?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 08:40 PM

Ayon sa ilang doktor, mas marami na ngayon ang nagpapa-flu vaccine habang pandemya.  Read more »

Filipinos train in P1.1-billion US-funded training to fight emerging agri diseases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 07:14 PM

Philippine agricultural workers have concluded training under a P1.1-billion program funded by the United States that aims to immediately detect and fight emergent agricultural diseases in the future, the US Embassy said on Thursday.  Read more »

ALAMIN: Paano makakaiwas sa 'WILD' diseases ngayong tag-ulan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 10 03:45 PM

Ayon kay Dr. Eric Tayag, dapat bantayan ngayong tag-ulan ang 'WILD' diseases. Read more »

EXPLAINER: So far, low risk of human spread of H10N3 bird flu

Dominique Patton, Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 03:57 AM

Little is known about the virus, which appears to be rare in birds, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, and does not cause severe disease.   Read more »

China confirms first human case of bird flu strain

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 01 05:14 PM

BEIJING - China reported the world's first human infection of the H10N3 bird flu strain on Tuesday but said the risk of it spreading widely among people was low. Read more »

Is COVID-19 deadlier than other viruses?

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 18 02:05 AM

The global death toll from COVID-19 passed three million on Saturday. The post-World War I Spanish Flu wiped out 50 million people, according to some estimates. And over the decades AIDS has killed 33 million. Read more »

Preventing the next pandemic: Experts urge public to get flu jabs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 06:08 PM

Philippine health experts on Thursday called on the public to get vaccinated against influenza viruses while the world wrestled with the COVID-19 pandemic.   Read more »

7 tao, nahawaan ng AH5N8 bird flu sa Russia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 08:21 PM

Ito ang unang beses na may naitalang kaso ng AH5N8 transmission mula sa hayop papunta sa tao.  Read more »

Gobyerno bantay-sarado laban sa pagpasok ng AH5N8 bird flu virus sa bansa

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 07:59 PM

MAYNILA — Tiniyak ng Department of Health na bantay sarado nila, kasama ang Bureau of Quarantine at Department of Agriculture, ang mga border ng bansa para hindi makapasok sa Pilipinas ang AH5N8 bird flu virus. Read more »

Antirust chief warns price caps an 'inefficient response' to crisis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 06:33 PM

The head of the country's anti-trust body warned the government on the use of price ceilings, saying it can be an "inefficient response" to a crisis in the longer term. Read more »

Russia reports first case of human infection with AH5N8 bird flu to WHO

Reuters
Posted at Feb 20 09:29 PM

Russia reported the case to the WHO "several days ago, just as we became absolutely certain of our results," Popova said on Rossiya 24 state TV.   Read more »