Twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS – drugmaker

Associated Press 12/02/2024

It’s been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against AIDS. The twice-yearly shot was 100% effective in preventing HIV infections in a study of women, and results published Wednesday show it worked nearly as…

DOH-7 urges parents: Protect your children against measles, rubella, polio

Wenilyn Sabalo 05/03/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An official of the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has appealed to parents to have their children vaccinated against vaccine-preventable diseases such as poliomyelitis, measles, and rubella. DOH-7 Director Jaime Bernadas…

Rama urges constituents to get jab amid rise in COVID-19 infections

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 05/02/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama continues to encourage Cebuanos to avail of the free vaccination against COVID-19. Rama made the call amid the recorded rise of COVID-19 positivity rates in several areas of…

DOH OKs 2nd booster shot for general adult population

Kathleen de Villa 04/13/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has finally approved the rollout of second booster shots against COVID-19 for the general adult population. DOH officer in charge Maria Rosario Vergeire on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, said…

Persistent pig pandemic

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 03/21/2023

Unlike the human COVID-19 pandemic that appears to be behind us, the pig pandemic is still raging and causing tight supplies of pork, leading to continued high prices. It has been nearly four years since the first…

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…

DOH-7 urges public to wear face masks this holiday season

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/27/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With large crowds expected in public places amid the holiday season going to the Sinulog Festival celebration in January 2023, a local health official in Central Visayas is encouraging the public to wear…

Facts on vaccs

Fatima Gimenez - @inquirerdotnet 08/22/2022

Deterioration in handwriting with gradual neurologic compromise. History revealed that the child had contracted measles when she was less than a year old. Final diagnosis: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Ascending paralysis with subsequent inflammation of the brain. History…

FDA forms task force to make COVID-19 vaccines more accessible to Filipinos

Zacarian Sarao - @inquirerdotnet 08/21/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formed a task force that aims to make COVID-19 vaccines more accessible to Filipinos. In a recent statement, FDA said it dubbed the task force “Taskforce Edward,”…

WHO urges caution after dog catches monkeypox

Agence France Presse 08/18/2022

GENEVA — The World Health Organization called Wednesday for people infected with monkeypox to avoid exposing animals to the virus following a first reported case of human-to-dog transmission. A first case of human-to-dog transmission of monkeypox —…

Mandaue residents urged to get their COVID-19 booster shots 

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/16/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Residents of Mandaue City are encouraged to get a vaccine or booster shot against COVID-19. City Councilor Nerissa Soon-Ruiz, chairperson on the Committee on Health, made this call as she would want Mandauehanons…

Rama orders intensified vaccination, booster shot campaigns

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 07/17/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has directed the City Health Department, through its Vaccination Operations Center, to intensify COVID-19 vaccination campaign under the city’s PaBakunaTa program and ensure that eligible individuals receive booster…

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