ATLANTA — The man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into a locked safe to get his father’s weapons and…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health Central Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH Central Visayas CHD) will conduct a free vaccination drive against influenza and pneumonia on January 20, 2025. The vaccination drive will take place…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Health Department (CCHD) reported a shortage of rabies and anti-tetanus vaccines in the middle of an increase in cases in the city. Previously, several reports received over the past few…
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) revealed on Monday that additional vaccine doses against vaccine-preventable diseases are expected to arrive in the country “in the soonest possible time. In a statement, the DOH said that…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) assured that the vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV) is available. Dr. Jera Armendarez, head of the Non-Communicable Disease Section at DOH-7, gave the assurance…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—Department of Health (DOH) Central Visayas urges the public to be vaccinated with bivalent COVID-19 vaccines. Bivalent vaccines target specific variants of COVID-19, like the more transmissible Omicron, and can serves as a first, second,…
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is lifting the COVID-19 public health emergency nationwide. On Friday, July 21, Marcos issued Proclamation No. 297, effectively removing the country’s emergency status due to the pandemic but continued the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — COVID-19 cases in Central Visayas in recent weeks have not increased, an official of the Department of Health in Region 7 (DOH 7) said on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. DOH 7 director Dr.…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan welcomed the move of the city council in providing free vitamins, anti-tetanus vaccine, and pneumococcal vaccine to garbage collectors in the city. On Wednesday, September 21, 2022,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas still needs to administer over 3.6 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines in order to reach its new target for the government’s revamped vaccination drive. Latest report from the Department of…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Still unvaccinated? Have yourself inoculated through Cebu City’s Toktok Bakuna program or the city’s home vaccination program. Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, head of the Cebu City Health Department (CHD), said they are now implementing…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Government, together with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI), has awarded the top 5 barangays that garnered the highest percentage of vaccinated individuals against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the…
