BAGUIO CITY – This city’s Animal Bite Treatment Center (ABTC) under the City Health Services Office (CHSO) recorded 1,000 animal bites in the first two months of the year. Nurse Agnes Johanna Abad, ABTC manager, said the high number of individuals who sought treatment is a clear indication of...
To strengthen rabies prevention efforts, the Pasig City government provided free veterinary services, including anti-rabies vaccination, radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchipping, and spaying or castration, to hundreds of pet dogs and cats as the city kicked off Rabies Awareness Month...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seized suspected counterfeit anti-rabies vaccines during an enforcement operation in Aurora conducted following the rabies-related death of an eight-year-old patient. The agency identified the suspected counterfeit vaccines as “Equirab,” with batch...
ILOILO CITY – The death of a man from what appeared to be rabies-like symptoms is puzzling health authorities in Iloilo province as he was not bitten by a dog and tested negative for rabies. The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (PHO) is coordinating with the Department of Health (DOH) to conduct a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Hundreds of patients are flocking to the Animal Bite Center of a government hospital here after media reports of deaths due to rabies have become viral. Last Monday, June 2, some 250 individuals trooped to the Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) Animal Bite Center for rabies...
Senators on Tuesday, June 3, called on the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to increase its coverage for anti-rabies vaccinations in light of rabies cases, as reported by the Department of Health (DOH). During a Senate Committee on Health and Demography hearing, Senator Raffy...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go urged the Department of Health (DOH) to intensify its anti-rabies efforts particularly its vaccination campaign across the country. Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, made the call following recent cases of rabies-related deaths in the...
BACOLOD CITY – Two more persons have died from suspected rabies in Negros Occidental. Provincial Health Officer Girlie Pinongan said four individuals have passed away from the virus in the province this year. The third victim was a 21-year-old woman in Cauayan town. The fourth was a 25-year-old...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has increased the coverage of its Animal Bite Treatment (ABT) package to P5,850, up from the previous P3,000, to provide essential services for rabies prevention. In a statement, PhilHealth President and CEO Edwin M. Mercado explained that...
BACOLOD CITY – Two persons have died due to suspected rabies in Negros Occidental so far this year. Provincial Health Officer Girlie Pinongan said that the first victim was a four-year-old boy from Don Salvador Benedicto who was bitten by a dog and died last month. The second victim was a...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The provincial government reminded the people that tandok, a traditional method of treating animal bites to prevent rabies, remains banned in the province. A DOG receives an an anti-rabies vaccine in La Union. “While we acknowledge that these traditional...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, Sept. 27, expressed support for vaccinating dogs and cats in the country amid rabies cases. (DOH) In a statement, DOH Secretary Teodoro J. Herbosa said rabies is 100 percent fatal “once symptoms appear,” but it is also 100 percent preventable through...
