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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 »

Russian trolls fan flames in U.S. vaccine debate, study says

Reuters
Updated as of Sep 01 01:22 AM

Some of the same Twitter accounts that tried to influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election have sent messages to amplify strong views - both pro and con - about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, a U.S. study suggests. Read more »

3 more cases over 'Dengvaxia-linked deaths' filed

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 04:30 PM

A new set of criminal complaints was filed by the Public Attorney’s Office before the Department of Justice on Thursday in relation to the deaths of schoolchildren allegedly due to the Dengvaxia anti-dengue vaccine.  Read more »

Daing ng DOH: Bakuna kontra rabies, may global shortage

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 08:59 PM

Isa sa hakbang na ginagawa ng DOH upang matugunan ang shortage ay ang pagbili sa ibang maliliit na pharmaceutical companies ng bakuna.  Read more »

Russian trolls spread misinformation in vaccine debate: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 25 01:28 AM

Russian trolls and bots on Twitter attempted to influence the debate over vaccine safety with the aim of sowing discord among the US public on hot-button issues in the run-up to the 2016 election, U.S. researchers reported this week. Read more »

Immunization champions defy Dengvaxia fears to defeat measles, tetanus

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 06 04:20 PM

Project Bakunanays, started by UP Visayas students in 2017, is being replicated in Tacloban City and Oriental Mindoro province in August, which is also national immunization month. Read more »

Garin, Sanofi execs face new complaint over Dengvaxia

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 06:22 PM

The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) on Wednesday filed its 12th criminal case in connection with government’s halted Dengvaxia vaccination program.   Read more »

Aquino tells DOJ: Groups' arguments on Dengvaxia mess 'rehashed'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 17 07:12 PM

Former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III said Tuesday that arguments made by groups that filed a criminal complaint against him over his administration's dengue vaccination program are simply "rehashed." Read more »

Aquino slams NBI over dengue vaccination complaint

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 17 05:06 PM

Former President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday accused the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) of denying him due process when it lodged a criminal complaint in connection with his administration's P3.5 billion anti-dengue immunization drive. Read more »

Garin, Sanofi execs face fresh complaint over Dengvaxia

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 04:37 PM

The Public Attorney’s Office on Monday filed before the Department of Justice its 11th criminal complaint in connection with the government's scrapped dengue vaccination program. Read more »

Duterte gets shortlist for Dengvaxia probe panel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 12:43 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has received a shortlist of Asian pathology experts that will form a 3-man panel to look into safety concerns raised against anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, his spokesperson said Tuesday.  Read more »

Singapore may send back unvaccinated foreign travelers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 27 07:17 PM

Singapore may start turning back foreign visitors who do not have required vaccinations, authorities said, in a bid to protect the tightly-controlled country from infectious diseases. Read more »

Study confirms higher risk of dengue in kids who got Sanofi vaccine

Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 14 01:10 PM

An analysis of data on Sanofi's dengue vaccine, which has been given to more than 800,000 school children in the Philippines, confirms it increases the risk of hospitalization and severe dengue in those who had never previously been infected with the mosquito-borne virus. Read more »

Aquino, ipinababasura ang kasong kriminal kaugnay sa Dengvaxia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 12:55 AM

Humarap sa preliminary investigation nitong Lunes sa Department of Justice sina dating pangulong Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III at dalawa pang opisyal ng kaniyang gabinete kaugnay sa kontrobersiyal na bakuna kontra dengue. Read more »