ILOILO CITY – Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the National Housing Authority (NHA), has provided assistance to displaced workers from two towns of Iloilo province. Go led the emergency employment program for 570 beneficiaries displaced by...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 21 cases of pertussis or whooping cough with one fatality in the Bicol region from January 1 to April 7. In a press statement issued on Thursday, April 12, the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the DOH-Bicol...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, April 11, expressed its concern over the "advertisement tactics" in the vape industry. Photo from Pixabay “Yung vape industry naman, kapag nakita niyo ‘yung mga advertisement, may cartoons pa eh– pang attraction talaga ng bata (The vape...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – This city has declared a state of calamity due to a pertussis or whooping cough outbreak. The Department of Health-Center for Health Development-Calabarzon reported 276 cases in this city from January 1 to April 6 with 103 confirmed cases. Laguna had the highest number...
Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa highlighted that while the Department of Health (DOH) has a vaccine supply, challenges persist in its distribution. Photo by Zekinah Elize Espina / Manila Bulletin “Sometimes, walang bakuna ang health centers kasi wala silang cold chain, ibig sabihin ay hindi...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, April 11, said it is working on various projects to address the concern of the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region about the lack of access to essential health services in the region. MB FILE "Sa Philippines, ang most common lacking...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa highlighted the “critical need” for vaccination against pertussis, which is a “preventable” disease. Photo from Pixabay “Of the 394 pertussis cases, 70 percent of these were unvaccinated; maraming cases ay hindi nabakunahan kaya...
Photo from Unsplash Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa on Wednesday, April 10 said the government is making every effort to obtain an adequate supply of pertussis vaccine to address the gap once available vaccine supply is exhausted by May. READ MORE:...
By next month, the Department of Health (DOH) said it is expecting a shortage in the government's pentavalent vaccine supply amid the increasing cases of pertussis in the country. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We anticipate a shortage in the government's pentavalent vaccine supply by May,...
The Department of Health (DOH)-Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area) is under code blue alert against pertussis. It has activated the Incident Management Team (IMT) to augment the needs of local health offices. Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Health...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, April 9, noted the increasing number of pertussis cases in the country since the year 2024 started. (DOH / Manila Bulletin) DOH, in a statement, said that based on the data from Jan. 1 to March 30 showed a total of 1,112 cases since the start of the...
Following recent concerns sparked by reports in an Asian country, the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, April 8, reassured the public that there have been “no new” reported cases of anthrax in the Philippines from January to March 2024. Photo from DOH DOH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa, during...
