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May flu epidemic ba?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 08:01 PM

Inabisuhan ng DOH ang publiko na magpabakuna kasabay ng pagtaas ng bilang ng flu cases.  Read more »

'Bilang ng mga nagkatrangkaso, tumaas sa huling bahagi ng 2018'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 09:21 PM

Bagaman mas bumaba ng 20,000 ang kaso ng flu noong isang taon kompara noong 2017, mas mataas pa rin ang bilang ng mga nagkatrangkaso sa huling bahagi ng 2018.  Read more »

Chinese police begin new probe into expired vaccines

Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 12:30 PM

SHANGHAI - Police in China's eastern province of Jiangsu have begun an investigation after at least 145 children received expired polio vaccines, the Global Times said on Monday, a new blow to a sector hit by a series of scandals last year. Read more »

Save the Children pushes for measles vaccines to stop deaths

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 04:12 PM

Parents should have their children vaccinated against measles to arrest the rise in fatalities, international group Save the Children said Tuesday. Read more »

PAO files 30th Dengvaxia-related complaint vs Garin, 38 others

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 28 10:13 PM

Twenty-nine other Dengvaxia-related complaints are currently pending before the DOJ. Read more »

'Big challenge' for DOH: Restoring trust in vaccines after Dengvaxia scare

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 10:00 AM

From at least 70 percent in the last few years, immunization coverage in 2018 slid to 40 percent, in the aftermath of a public health scare over the anti-dengue drug Dengvaxia. Read more »

PAO itinangging sila ang dahilan ng 'vaccine scare'

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

Kinontra ng Public Attorney's Office ang pahayag ng grupo ng mga doktor na marami nang natatakot magpabakuna dahil sa pagsusulong ng PAO ng isyu laban sa Dengvaxia.  Read more »

Rising measles cases due to public's eroding confidence in gov't vaccine program

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 06 02:05 AM

The World Health Organization said the Philippines has seen a rise in the number of measles cases by 367 percent from January to November this year compared to 2017.  Read more »

PAO wants to include 2 doctors in Dengvaxia complaints

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 09:46 PM

The Public Attorney’s Office on Monday moved to include two doctors as respondents in the Dengvaxia complaints filed before the Department of Justice. Read more »

Measles threat looms in Philippines as trust in vaccines declines -health officials

Manny Mogato, Reuters
Posted at Dec 03 05:56 PM

MANILA - Health experts on Monday warned against a possible outbreak of measles in the Philippines, as a disease long under control is fueled by patchy immunization programs and declining trust in vaccines. Read more »

Papua New Guinea scrambles to vaccinate as polio returns

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 03 02:48 PM

MOUNT HAGEN - Decades after polio was eradicated from Papua New Guinea, the crippling and sometimes deadly disease has returned, leaving doctors scrambling to revive long-lapsed vaccination programs. Read more »

World Health Organization: Measles cases in PH up 367 percent

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 06:10 PM

Parents are advised to have their children vaccinated against measles, as the number of measles cases in the Philippines increased by an alarming 367 percent. Read more »

‘Justice for Dengvaxia victims’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 04:43 PM

Families and relatives of 'Dengvaxia victims' assemble at the grounds of the Department of Justice in Manila on Thursday. Read more »

Bakuna kontra cervical cancer, di dapat katakutan: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 09:57 PM

Iginiit ng Department of Health na walang dapat ikatakot sa bakuna kontra cervical cancer na ibinibigay sa mga babaeng estudyante. Read more »

Garin insists no liability in Dengvaxia complaints

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 11:03 AM

MANILA - Former Health Secretary Janette Garin on Monday denied she negligently spearheaded the mass vaccination program of the Dengvaxia vaccine, which has now placed her at the receiving end of numerous criminal complaints before the Department of Justice (DOJ). Read more »

PAO mulls upgrading Dengvaxia raps to murder

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 05:48 PM

The Public Attorney's Office is studying the possibility of upgrading Dengvaxia complaints from reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide to murder, its chief said Monday. Read more »

PAO files 10 new Dengvaxia complaints vs Garin, Duque

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 05:47 PM

Former Health Secretary Janette Garin and current Health Secretary Francisco Duque III are facing new criminal complaints before the Department of Justice over the mass vaccination of the Dengvaxia vaccine. Read more »

DOJ excludes testimony of Garin’s expert in Dengvaxia probe

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 03:51 PM

The Department of Justice panel of investigating prosecutors handling the first batch of Dengvaxia criminal complaints has denied former Health Secretary Janette Garin’s motion to admit the affidavit of a pathologist as part of its preliminary investigation into the deaths of 9 victims. Read more »

PAO chief: Why blame us for loss of confidence in vaccines?

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 15 10:37 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - Public Attorneys Office (PAO) chief Persida Acosta on Monday rejected claims by a London-based research and education institution that the highly politicized response to the Dengvaxia crisis in the Philippines has led to a drop in overall confidence in vaccines. Read more »

PAO asks SC to designate special courts for Dengvaxia cases

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 02:12 AM

MANILA - The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) on Monday urged the Supreme Court (SC) to designate special courts to try civil and criminal cases arising from the massive school-based inoculation of the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. Read more »