Health and Lifestyle
Albay distributes swab kits to monitor pertussis cases
April 17, 2024, 4:45 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Albay Provincial Health Office (APHO) has begun distributing nasopharyngeal swab kits to different rural health units (RHUs) and private and public hospitals in the province as part of its intervention against pertussis. In an interview on Wednesday, Jan Edmund Dominic Bailon,… Read More
DOH distributes 14 ambulances to 5 Bicol provinces
April 17, 2024, 3:14 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – Some 14 rural and city health units in five provinces in the Bicol region received new land ambulance units from the Department of Health-Center for Health Development in Bicol (DOH-CHD-5) early this week. In a media release on Wednesday, DOH-5 said the ambulances would help… Read More
New TB mobile clinic to boost detection, case finding in Bicol
April 16, 2024, 8:02 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Health-Center for Health Development in Bicol (DOH-CHD-5) can now conduct more detection and case-finding activities for tuberculosis (TB) in the region after a non-government organization donated a mobile van clinic to the agency. In an interview on Tuesday, Dr.… Read More
DOH provides 6K vax for outbreak response immunization in Iloilo City
April 16, 2024, 7:27 pm
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) provided an initial 6,000 vials of the pentavalent vaccines to augment the ongoing pertussis outbreak response immunization of the city government here. “The vaccines we received came from Region 12, and they (DOH) are still looking for more,”… Read More
Bacolod City allots P15M for pentavalent vaccines
April 15, 2024, 8:25 pm
BACOLOD CITY – The city government here is set to purchase 10,000 doses of pentavalent vaccines with an allocation of PHP15 million to curb cases of pertussis (whooping cough) and other diseases among children below five years old. Dr. Ma. Carmela Gensoli, city health officer, said the City… Read More
Malaria cases surge by 90% in 2023 – DOH
April 13, 2024, 9:01 am
MANILA – Malaria cases in the country almost doubled in 2023 and the Department of Health (DOH) believes that climate change contributed to the uptick. Latest data from the DOH Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) showed that about 6,248 cases were recorded in 2023 or 90 percent… Read More
DOH-Bicol logs 21 pertussis cases, gives prophylaxis to close contacts
April 12, 2024, 7:10 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Health-Center for Health Development in Bicol (DOH-CHD-5) said Friday it is continuously monitoring pertussis cases in the region and providing prophylaxis for the close contacts. The health office reported 21 cases of pertussis or whooping cough from Jan. 1 to… Read More
Experts warn of youth lung injury crisis due to vaping
April 12, 2024, 12:36 pm
MANILA – Medical experts have warned that with the vape and e-cigarette industry targeting the youth, the proposition of turning the Philippines into a manufacturing hub for e-cigarettes puts the country at risk of an epidemic of EVALI or e-cigarette or vape-associated lung injury. “According… Read More
Over 646K kids vaccinated vs. measles – DOH
April 11, 2024, 4:29 pm
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) has vaccinated 646,840 children against measles in the country as of April 10. In a media briefing on Thursday, DOH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa noted the figure translates to 47 percent of 1,381,540 million Filipino children who are eligible for vaccination… Read More
Laguna health office urges parents to have kids vaxxed vs. pertussis
April 10, 2024, 8:25 pm
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) here advised parents to have their children vaccinated against pertussis, as it reported that the province has recorded a total of 55 pertussis cases from Jan. 1 to April 6. In an online post on Wednesday, the PHO’s Public Health… Read More
Batangas to highlight 'goto,' 'kapeng barako' on Filipino Food Month
April 10, 2024, 7:54 pm
BATANGAS CITY – The provincial government of Batangas is taking full advantage of the celebration of Filipino Food Month to expand the markets of both the province’s hospitality industry and the local agricultural sector. In an interview on Wednesday, Vanessa Tolentino, senior tourism officer… Read More
QC gov’t procures 6-in-1 vaccine, antibiotics vs. pertussis
April 9, 2024, 5:41 pm
MANILA – The Quezon City government has procured some PHP13 million worth of vaccines and antibiotics for the treatment of pertussis cases, Mayor Joy Belmonte said on Tuesday. Belmonte said the city government purchased more than 3,500 vials of 6-in-1 vaccine, 1,012 bottles of Azithromycin and… Read More
Hong Kong reports 1st B virus case related to monkeys
April 5, 2024, 2:24 pm
ANKARA – Hong Kong on Thursday reported its first B virus case related to monkeys, the Centre for Health Protection said. The case involves a 37-year-old male with good past health, who was admitted to Yan Chai Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department on March 21 due to fever and… Read More
Iloilo province to purchase more vax against pertussis
April 2, 2024, 7:51 pm
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government is closely monitoring the municipality of Sta. Barbara, where there is a reported clustering of pertussis, and expressed readiness to purchase vaccines to arrest the increasing cases of whooping cough in the province. The province has logged 30 pertussis… Read More
More suspected pertussis cases monitored in Negros Occidental
April 2, 2024, 6:33 pm
BACOLOD CITY – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) in Negros Occidental has sent specimens of six more suspected pertussis or whooping cough cases for confirmation to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM). Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Tuesday the latest monitored cases came… Read More
Bacolod City records rising rotavirus cases in kids under 5 years old
April 1, 2024, 7:59 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Cases of rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhea among children below five years old, have continued to increase in this city in the past three months. From Jan. 1 to March 23, a total of 101 cases were recorded, of which 31 were already confirmed, data from the City… Read More
1.3M children in BARMM to get vax amid surge of measles cases
March 31, 2024, 11:13 am
MANILA – Over 1.3 million children in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will benefit from a free immunization drive from April 1 to 12 amid the surge in measles cases. In a joint statement on March 28, the major immunization campaign for children aged 6 months to 10… Read More
Vaccination for Negrense kids urged to prevent pertussis
March 27, 2024, 7:36 pm
BACOLOD CITY – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) in Negros Occidental on Wednesday urged parents to have their children vaccinated against pertussis or whooping cough to prevent infection of the highly contagious respiratory disease. In Negros Occidental, a two-month-old boy suspected to have… Read More
DOH joins Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair in Caraga
March 26, 2024, 5:08 pm
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) continues to fully support President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s initiative of bringing the government closer to the people as it participated anew in the 14th leg of the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) at the Caraga State University in Butuan City… Read More
DOH expects more doses vs. pertussis, vaccine-preventable diseases
March 26, 2024, 4:24 pm
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) is expecting the arrival of additional doses of vaccines against vaccine-preventable diseases. In a statement Monday night, the DOH said around three million pentavalent vaccine doses are “arriving at the soonest possible time.” These pentavalent… Read More
