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(Eagle News)– There have been no reported deaths related to the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia. This is according to Sanofi Pasteur, which manufactures the drug that it said could cause “severe cases” upon administration in those that have not been afflicted with dengue beforehand. In a statement on Monday, the pharmaceutical company said that this means that these people had an “increased risk of hospitalization for dengue and severe dengue, predominantly Grade I or II Dengue Hemorrhagic […]
(Eagle News) — The government’s dengue vaccination program that uses the Dengvaxia vaccine was temporarily halted. This was after a statement released by its manufacturer, Sanofi, that said that people who have not contracted dengue before they were vaccinated with Dengvaxia could actually contract a more severe dengue disease because of the vaccine. In a press briefing on Friday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the vaccination program on dengue using Dengvaxia would […]
(Eagle News) — Senator JV Ejercito on Friday called for a Senate investigation into the government’s procurement of the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia. Ejercito made the appeal following a statement from the vaccine manufacturer Sanofi that those who were “not previously infected by dengue virus” but were vaccinated “upon a subsequent dengue infection” could, “in the longer term,” develop “more cases of severe disease.” Ejercito said since the issue was about “corruption and accountability,” the blue ribbon […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The military revealed that some soldiers who are now in the final phase of military operations in Marawi City were affected by dengue, malaria, leptospirosis and even dog bites. The Armed Forces of the Philippines, however, assured that they were capable of giving aid to soldiers who were wounded or who fell ill in the city. AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said that there are aid stations in […]
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna (Eagle News) – Nagbabala ang Department of Health sa publiko laban sa mga sakit ngayong tag-ulan, kasunod ng naranasang pagbaha sa ilang lugar sa bansa. Ayon sa DOH, ilan sa mga sakit na nakukuha sa tubig-baha ay ang diarrhea, dermatitis, conjunctivitis, leptospirosis, dengue at iba pang waterborne diseases. Sinabi ni Health Asst. Sec. Eric Tayag na ang mga waterborne diseases at respiratory diseases ay maiiwasan naman kung vigilante lamang at marunong mangalaga […]
(Eagle News) — Nanawagan ang Department of Health (DOH) sa publiko na maging mapag-bantay sa “WILD” diseases ngayong tag-ulan. Ang kahulugan ng “WILD” diseases ay Water-borne disease, Influenza, Leptos-Pirosis at Dengue. Kabilang sa mga proteksyon na maaaring gawin ay ang paglalagay ng chlorine tablets sa inuming tubig, ang pag-iwas sa paglusong sa baha, at ang pag-suot ng bota at mga damit na may mahabang manggas. Dapat ding kumonsulta agad sa doktor kapag may napansing sintomas […]
June is Dengue Awareness Month Infographics by Dex Magno Research by Jodi Bustos, edited by Jay Paul Carlos
(Eagle News) — Naitala sa mahigit apat na libo ang kaso ng dengue sa National Capital Region (NCR). Batay sa pinakabagong datos ng Department of Health, simula noong Enero 1 hanggang Mayo 6 ng taong kasalukuyan ay umabot sa 4,195 ang dengue cases. Tumaas ito ng labin-limang porsyento (15 %) kumpara noong 2016 na may naitalang tatlong libong kaso ng dengue. Batay sa geographical areas, 12.4 percent ang kabuuang kaso ng dengue sa Metro Manila, […]
BIRI, Northern Samar (Eagle News) — Nagdeklara ng dengue outbreak ang Department of Health (DOH) sa bayan naman ng Biri, Northern Samar. Ito’y matapos tumaas ang bilang ng naitalang kaso ng dengue sa nasabing lugar. Ayon sa Samar-DOH, may isang barangay pa kung saan limang kaso ng dengue ang naitala. Sa huling datos naman ng ahensya, nasa 4,482 cases na ang naitala sa buong rehiyon ng eastern Visayas. https://youtu.be/lTJRgbIwKHM
By A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A 61-year-old man diagnosed with the first case of a locally transmitted Zika infection in Malaysia has died from heart disease complications, and not from the mosquito-borne virus, the health ministry said on Saturday. The ministry had said earlier that the patient was already suffering from high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, chronic kidney disease, kidney stones and gout before he sought medical attention on Aug. 30. […]
(REUTERS HEALTH) Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has spread to many countries in the Americas. The following are some questions and answers about the virus and current outbreak: How do people become infected? Zika is transmitted to people through the bite of infected female mosquitoes, primarily the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the same type that spreads dengue, chikungunya […]
GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Every week, scientists in southern China release 3 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes on a 3 km (two-mile) long island in a bid to wipe out diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and Zika. The scientists inject mosquito eggs with wolbachia bacteria in a laboratory, then release infected male mosquitoes on the island on the outskirts of the city of Guangzhou. The bacteria, which occurs naturally in about 28 percent of […]
