BAGUIO CITY – The City Epidemiology Surveillance Unit of the City Health Service Office recorded a total of 82 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever in the region including in the Summer Capital from January 1 to March 31, 2022. Dr. Donnabel Panes, CESU officer, the 82 cases is 95.23 percent increase...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Fourteen dengue patients here have died, raising fears the continuing trend of infections among youngsters and young adults might reach the epidemic threshold. Zamboanga health workers initiate advocacy on dengue prevention. (Photo via Liza Jocson) The City Health Office (CHO)...
DAVAO CITY – About 370 cases of dengue, with three deaths, have been recorded from January 1 to April 19 in at least 11 barangays in this city, according to a report by an official of the City Health Office on Tuesday. Beth Banzon, head of CHO-Davao’s Tropical Diseases & Nutrition Division,...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The City Health Office here reported the death of two minors due to dengue in a development that raised the alarm, especially with the increase of cases in this city the past three months this year. The city government of Cagayan de Oro conducts Oplan Kontra Dengue city-wide...
An increase in the number of dengue cases has been observed in some provinces located in four regions in the country, Department of Health Spokesperson Maria Rosario S. Vergeire said on Tuesday, April 12. She said the rise in dengue cases was monitored in Zamboanga Peninsula, Cagayan Valley,...
CEBU CITY -- The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH 7) has warned that dengue cases could increase this year after it recorded more than a thousand of dengue cases in the first quarter of the year. The DOH 7 said that as of March 26, a total of 1,468 dengue cases with 18 mortalities have...
After a Dengue outbreak was declared in Zamboanga City, the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, April 11, said it is now implementing dengue preventive measures in the area based on the most recent available epidemiologic data. (DENGUE FILE PHOTO) The DOH said it is closely coordinating a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The city government of Zamboanga has declared a dengue outbreak in the city after the number of dengue cases exceeded the epidemic threshold for four consecutive weeks. Zamboanga health personnel conduct fogging activities to halt the increase in dengue cases. (Photo courtesy of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY- The Zamboanga City Health Office expressed alarm over the soaring number of dengue cases in Zamboanga City over the past two months. An employee of the City Health Office conducts fogging activities in one of the communities affected by the dengue virus. (Zambo LGU photo) Since...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Friday, Feb. 18 allowed Linconn Ong, a detained Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation executive, escorted visits to his dengue-stricken son to show that the panel ‘’is not without compassion.’’ Senator Richard Gordon ‘’For humanitarian reasons, but...
Negros Oriental logs lowest number of cases in 10 years THE ENEMY Mosquito sucking blood from its host The province of Negros Oriental has recorded last year its lowest number of dengue cases within a 10-year period. Records obtained by the Philippine News Agency from the Regional Epidemiology and...
The Philippines is seeking to develop a “cost-effective lab-on-a-chip device” that will be used to detect chikungunya, dengue, Zika, and Japanese encephalitis, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said. (Photo by CDC on Unsplash) DOST Undersecretary for Research and Development Dr....
