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New York mandates vaccine to contain Brooklyn measles outbreak

Thomas Urbain, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 10 07:32 AM

NEW YORK - New York Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a public health emergency in parts of Brooklyn on Tuesday, ordering all residents to be vaccinated to contain a measles outbreak concentrated in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. Read more »

DOH meets half of vaccination target, but measles still booming

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 07:29 AM

The Department of Health on Thursday said it has met nearly half of its target of vaccinating 3.7 million children against measles, but cases of the highly contagious disease were still on the rise.    Read more »

One more time, with big data: Measles vaccine doesn’t cause autism

Jan Hoffman, The New York Times
Posted at Mar 06 11:55 AM

The new research confirms what has long been widely accepted in the scientific community, and it echoes findings of a 2002 study by members of the same team of scientists about the vaccine, known as MMR because it protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Read more »

Mass vaccination kontra Japanese Encephalitis, isinagawa sa Pampanga

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 11:53 AM

MAYNILA – Nagsagawa ng mass vaccination kontra Japanese Encephalitis ang Department of Health sa San Fernando, Pampanga nitong Martes. Read more »

DOH: Kumpletuhin ang bakuna ng mga bata

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 12:43 AM

Kasunod ng pagtaas ng kaso ng tigdas, dengue, at iba pang sakit, muling nanawagan ang Department of Health sa mga magulang na kumpletuhin ang bakuna ng kanilang mga anak. Read more »

UN warns of 'complacency' as measles cases soar worldwide

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 01 08:47 AM

Ukraine, the Philippines and Brazil saw the largest year-on-year increases in cases. In Ukraine alone there were 35,120 cases -- nearly 30,000 more than in 2017.  Read more »

DepEd mulls ‘no vaccination, no enrollment’ policy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 23 11:44 AM

MANILA - The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday said it will review the proposal of the Department of Health to implement a "no vaccination, no enrollment" policy in public schools amid an increase of measles cases in the country. Read more »

The cost of measles outbreak in the Philippines

Moneymax.ph
Posted at Feb 22 04:32 PM

Here are a few things to keep in mind about the cost of vaccination and treating the disease.   Read more »

Bam says cousin Noy 'responsible' for Dengvaxia program but issue 'politicized'

Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 10:24 PM

Sen. Bam Aquino IV on Friday said his cousin, former President Benigno Aquino III, was responsible for the use of controversial anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia in the now halted nationwide immunization program but added that the issue was 'politicized.' Read more »

Measles outbreak may dwindle in April - health chief

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 04:18 PM

An outbreak of measles in 5 regions may wane in April, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Tuesday.  Read more »

Measles outbreak vaccination response

Noel Celis, AFP
Posted at Feb 16 11:07 PM

A child reacts during a Philippine Red Cross Measles Outbreak Vaccination Response activity in Baseco compound, a slum area in Manila on Saturday. A growing measles outbreak in the Philippines killed at least 25 people last month, officials said, putting some of the blame on mistrust stoked by a scare over an anti-dengue fever vaccine. Read more »

DOH launches weekend immunization campaign vs measles

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 03:51 PM

MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) again appealed to parents to have their children vaccinated during the launch of its weekend immunization campaign against measles in Mandaluyong City Saturday.  Read more »

Low vaccination rates, global outbreaks fuel US measles spread

Steve Gorman, Reuters
Posted at Feb 16 12:00 AM

A measles outbreak that has stricken at least 225 people in New York state since October began with a traveler who visited Israel during the Jewish high holidays and returned to a predominantly ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Rockland County. Read more »

Duterte urges public to get kids vaccinated vs measles

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 07:43 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has urged Filipinos to fight measles by getting their children vaccinated following a big increase in the number of measles cases and deaths in the country. Read more »

Measles crisis: 'Let's DOH it'

Editorial cartoon by Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 09:36 PM

If the Philippines was able to eradicate disease such as polio then, we can do it again in the fight against measles. As the late former Health Secretary Juan Flavier used to say, "Let's DOH it."  Read more »

Measles outbreak inaasahang tatagal hanggang Marso: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 08:34 PM

Hindi pa maidedeklarang "under control" ang measles outbreak at inaasahang tatagal pa ito hanggang Marso, ayon kay Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo. Read more »

'Helpless, scared': Mom shares how daughter battled measles

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 06:32 PM

While highly preventable with immunization, measles remains as a deadly disease, especially for very young children.   Read more »

ANC Soundbytes: 70 dead in measles outbreak

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 11:29 PM

The health department admits the rise in measles cases was caused by low vaccination turnout, with a sharp dip in 2018. Read more »

Adult patient dies due to measles complications: health expert

David Dizon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 11 04:42 PM

It is not just children who are dying due to complications from measles.  Read more »

'Sila ang may kasalanan:' PAO chief washes hands of vaccination slump

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 10 09:23 PM

The head of the Public Attorney's Office denied Sunday that it caused a decline in immunization rates because of its controversial probe into the Dengvaxia dengue vaccine.   Read more »