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Report by Erwin Temperante Eagle News — Nasa ikalawang taon na ang kautusan para sa Smoke Free Philippines. Ikinasiya naman ng Dept. of Health na bumaba ang kaso ng atake sa puso dahil sa pag-iral ng smoke-free environment dahil sa paninigarilyo. Muling ipinaalala ng health dept ang magandang dulot ng smoke-free environment sa publiko. Ito ang tema ng ikalawang taon paggunita ng doh sa pagpapatupad ng Executive Order No.26 o ang smoke free ph na […]
(Eagle News) – For the first time, the Philippine government declared a “national dengue alert” after the health department noted an increase by 85 percent of cases so far this year compared to same period last year. Dengue cases from January 1 to June 29 this year spiked to 106,630 from last year’s 57,564 cases for the same period. “This is the first time that we’re declaring a national alert. Because the objective is very […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Saturday, March 2, welcomed a Department of Justice panel’s decision to indict former Health Secretary Janette Garin and several others, saying it only meant “the wheels of justice have begun to grind for the victims and families of children who died allegedly because of the Dengvaxia vaccine…” According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, the defendants should welcome the “opportunity to clear their names and raise whatever defense they have in relation to […]
(Eagle News)—-A Department of Justice panel has found probable cause to indict former Health Secretary Janette Garin over the deaths of children who were administered the controversial vaccine Dengvaxia. In a statement, the DOJ panel said it also found probable cause to indict several Department of Health officials, and officials of Sanofi Pasteur, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine and the Food and Drug Administration on the same charges. The panel recommended that eight […]
(Eagle News)—-The Department of Education is studying the Department of Health’s proposed “no-vaccination, no-enrollment policy” in public schools following the increase in measles cases in the country. “As much as there is a growing need to reinvigorate the campaign for the importance of vaccination, Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones emphasizes that the proposed policy must take into consideration the human rights of learners, especially their access to quality basic education,” the DepEd said. According to […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health (DOH) declared a measles outbreak in some parts of Cagayan Valley or Region 2 after a 500% spike in cases in February this year compared to February last year. As of February 17, 2019, Cagayan province has the highest record at 34 cases followed by Isabela at 24, Nueva Vizcaya at 11 and Quirino at 4, according to Dr. Rio L. Magpantay, DOH regional director. Of the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has expanded the areas covered by its measles outbreak declaration on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Apart from Metro Manila, the declaration now covers Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA and Bicol Region. “We are expanding the outbreak (declaration) as cases have increased in the past weeks…,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 7. According to the DOH, from Jan. 1 to […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Wednesday, Feb. 6, declared an outbreak of measles in Metro Manila. In a television interview, Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo said it was Health Secretary Francisco Duque III who made the declaration this afternoon, after seeing the number of suspected cases in the National Capital Region. As of Feb. 2, Domingo said there were 861 suspected measles cases in the NCR, a number that was “quite high.” He […]
(Eagle News) — Magsasagawa ng malawakang immunization ang Department of Health (DOH) sa gitna ng dumaraming kaso ng tigdas. Layunin ng nasabing hakbang na maprotektahan ang mga komunidad laban sa tigdas. Tatagal ng isang taon ang massive immunization sa buong bansa, sa lahat ng mga bata at sa mga lugar na may naitalang kaso ng tigdas na isang supplementary immunization activity bilang proteksyon laban sa naturang sakit. Paliwanag pa ng opisyal, sa kabila ng pagkabahala […]
Moira Encina Eagle News Service Naghain na rin ng reklamo sa Department of Justice ang ina ng doktor na sinasabing namatay matapos mabakunahan ng Dengvaxia. Kasama ni Norma Gotoc, ina ni Dr. Kendrick Gotoc, na nagsampa ng kaso si Public Attorney’s Office Chief Persida Acosta na tumatayong abogado ng pamilya. Ito na ang ika-31 kaso na inihain katulong ang PAO sa DOJ kaugnay sa Dengvaxia controversy. Pangunahin sa kinasuhan sina Health Secretary Francisco Duque […]
(Eagle News) – Maaari umanong mas tumaas pa ang bilang ng mga taong dinadapuan ng trangkaso at ito ay tatagal pa hanggang Marso. Ayon sa Department of Health (DOH), ang trangkaso o flu ay isang viral illness, kung saan ay taun-taon daw may iba’t-ibang strain ang maaaring dumapo sa tao. Kabilang sa sintomas ng trangkaso ay lagnat, kung minsan daw ay walang lagnat, sipon, ubo, pananakit ng lalamunan, matinding ginaw at karaniwan ay walang ganang […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Nancy Binay has filed a Senate bill seeking to institute a national health program for lupus. In filing Senate Bill No. 2070 or the “Comprehensive Lupus Prevention Act of 2018,” Binay said medical changes and interventions can help control lupus even if there is so far no cure for the same. Lupus is a chronic auto-immune disease that sees the immune system attacking the body’s cells and tissue, resulting in inflammation and tissue damage […]
