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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 19, said he was banning the use and importation of e-cigarettes. The President made the announcement during a late-night press conference that was broadcast online. “Vaping is also dangerous, I am banning it. If you are smoking now, you will be arrested,” Duterte said. “Let us stop it. I am ordering the law enforcement agencies to arrest anybody vaping in public,” he added. The President made the announcement […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has confirmed the country’s first-ever case of vape-related sickness. According to the DOH, a 16-year-old girl sustained e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury or EVALI after using e-cigarettes for six months. The DOH said the girl, who was not identified, was admitted to a hospital’s intensive care unit on Nov. 12 after experiencing extreme shortness of breath. The agency said she had to be given supplemental oxygen […]
(Eagle News) — A third case of polio since over a decade has been recorded in the Philippines. The Department of Health said the case involved a four-year-old female from Datu Piang, Maguindanao who did not receive any dose of the oral polio vaccine. The DOH said the case was initially reported as a case of acute flaccid paralysis after consultation at the Cotabato Regional Medical Center. In September, the DOH declared a polio outbreak […]
(Eagle News)–Those traveling to the Philippines are urged to have themselves vaccinated against polio to ensure their protection. The Department of Health made the recommendation in light of the government’s declaration of a polio epidemic in September, after two cases were confirmed and environmental samples taken from the sewage of Manila yielded positive results for VDPV Type 1 for two consecutive months. In an advisory, the DOH said foreign nationals and returning Filipinos of all […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for the creation of a dental unit in each of the Department of Health’s rural health centers so each Filipino can have access to dentists. In making the proposal through Senate Bill No. 962, Angara noted the results of a 2016 report by the Philippine Prosthodontic Society that said that around seven million Filipinos have never been to a dentist due to the misconception that accessing dental care is […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health has confirmed a second case of polio in the country in 19 years. In a press release, the DOH said the case this time involves a five-year-old boy from Laguna. The DOH said the boy, who experienced the onset of paralysis on Aug. 25, tested positive for the polio virus after samples were sent to the Japan National Institute for Infectious Diseases. Although the boy has been discharged from the […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health on Thursday, Sept. 19, declared polio was “re-emerging” 19 years after the country was declared polio-free by the World Health Organization. This was after the agency confirmed a case in Lanao del Sur. In a statement, the DOH said the case involved a three-year-old, while another case was awaiting confirmation. “In addition, the polio virus has been detected in samples taken from sewage in Manila and waterways in Davao as […]
https://youtu.be/Ni0cRYSDqiY (Eagle News) – Dengue has claimed more lives as the death toll in the Calabarzon region reached 88, and the nationwide death toll is now at least 720. The Department of Health said that the continuing rise in dengue cases in the country is very alarming. Calabarzon now has almost 27,000 dengue cases from January to August 15 this year. Dr. Eduardo Janairo, director of DOH Calabarzon said that the hike in the dengue […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health on Tuesday, Aug. 6, declared a national dengue epidemic due to what it said was the increase in dengue cases in the country. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III made the announcement in a press conference, also noting the 622 deaths from dengue that have been recorded so far. According to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, it is up to each local government unit if it will declare a state of calamity […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jmJg3VcUjI (Eagle News) – Malacanang said that it is weighing very carefully and considering the proposal to allow the use of the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine for those who already contracted dengue. The proposal from some doctors’ groups and from former Health Secretary and now Iloilo Rep, Janet Garin comes amid a declared national dengue alert in the country and continuing rise in dengue cases. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that if Dengvaxia can help stem […]
(Eagle News) — Public Attoryney’s Office (PAO) chief Atty. Persida Acosta traded barbs with Iloilo Rep. and former Health Secretary Janet Garin amid the debate on whether it is wise to use Dengvaxia vaccine to prevent more dengue cases. Acosta said that Garin has no credibility to recommend the return of Dengvaxia to the markets as she himself had been charged for her role in implementing its mass vaccination among school children. “Ginagawa naman niyang […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Edgardo Angara on Thursday, Aug. 1, said the Department of Health should explain what he said was the overstocking of medicines worth billions of pesos in its warehouses. In a statement, Angara said close to P20 billion worth of drugs and medicine are there, as cited by the Commission on Audit in its 2018 report on the agency. Angara said the wastage “is becoming like dengue, it has become an annual thing.” “And […]
