72 dengue cases recorded in Mandaue City for first 2 months of 2023

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/01/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The Mandaue City Health Office (CHO) has recorded 72 cases of dengue so far this year. CHO Dengue coordinator Percy Mendoza-Pongasi said that fortunately, no fatalities were noted so far. CHO Head Dr.…

Disease of interest

Fatima Ignacio Gimenez - @inquirerdotnet 02/20/2023

So do I hide under the table now?” Delivered with a smile, this was the only answer that I could give in response to an apology coming from an official from the US Centers for Disease Control…

Mother, mother, I am sick

Fatima Ignacio Gimenez - @inquirerdotnet 01/09/2023

First responder.” As a parent or caregiver have you ever thought of yourself as one? As you know your child best, you rely on your gut instinct if something is amiss. Though you may not qualify in…

No leptospirosis case reported so far in Mandaue

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/16/2022

  MANDAUE CITY, Philippines- – The Mandaue City Health Office has not recorded a single case of leptospirosis so far this year. Dr. Dominga Obenza, the city’s health officer, said the city has not recorded a single…

Monkeypox outbreak: WHO lists common symptoms, cases, surveillance

Cristina Eloisa Baclig - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 08/01/2022

MANILA, Philippines—Almost a week after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the monkeypox outbreak as a global health emergency, the Philippines recorded its first case amid the rapid spread of the virus across the globe. On July…

Monkeypox: What to know amid unusual rise in cases

Cristina Eloisa Baclig - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 07/29/2022

(This report was first published by INQUIRER.net last May 23. We are reposting it to help prevent the spread of false information, panic or  rumors about the disease and in the wake of the discovery of one case in…

Cases of fever, colds rising this due to weather, says City Health Dept.

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Health Department (CHD) has noted an increase of cases of fever and colds here, especially in residential areas. Although the CHD has not revealed the specific data for this occurrence,…

With no hospital admitting him, Bacolod City councilor’s staff member dies from cardiac arrest

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 08/24/2020

BACOLOD CITY –– A technical staff member of a councilor here died of cardiac arrest in his house on Sunday as hospitals in Bacolod City remained overwhelmed by the rising number of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients.…

Cebu Doc opens first ARID Center to prepare vs COVID-19

By Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A private hospital in Cebu City has opened an Acute Respiratory Infection + Diarrhea (ARID) triage and holding area as part of its contribution in the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Dr.…

PUI in ship from Manila, 311 passengers cleared

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — One of the 312 passengers of a ship, who arrived in the Cebu City port from Manila on Saturday morning, March 14, 2020, has been put on quarantine. The passenger, who was nursing…

3-year-old child referred to ACR Hospitals cleared of 2019-nCoV infection

Doris C. Bongcac 01/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines -Lapu-Lapu City has remained free of the dreaded 2019 novel coronavirus. The management of a private hospital that is operating in Barangay Agus in Lapu-Lapu City said that the 3-year-old child, who was referred…

With 3 pork brands positive for ASF, Cebu stays firm on banning pork products from Luzon

Rosalie Abatayo 10/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —— There will be no let-up in Cebu’s African Swine Fever Task Force monitoring and operations against pork products from Luzon and the 22 ASF-affected countries. Dr. Mary Rose Vincoy, provincial veterinarian and the…

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