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Vaccine death toll at 148, PAO says

The Public Attorney’s Office has received another complaint following the death of a 13-year-old girl, and supposedly as a result of the Dengvaxia vaccine. PAO...

PAO to file additional Dengvaxia complaints

Public Attorney’s Office Chief Persida Acosta on Monday revealed they would be filing more criminal complaints before the Department of Justice concerned former and...

Outrageous solutions to real problems

"The Filipino people deserve much, much, much better."     When I think of solutions to the country’s pressing problems being put forward by some government officials,...

WHO warns: One in 3 tots vulnerable to polio

One in three children five years and below risk contracting polio and other diseases because of low vaccination rates, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. READ: PH...

Acosta evades blame on polio

Public Attorney’s Office chief Persida Acosta took a swipe at “trolls” blaming her for the polio outbreak recently declared by the Department of Health. READ: PH...

Mistrust, fear in government immunization led to return of polio, other diseases

Mistrust and fear of immunization—triggered by the Dengvaxia scare in 2017—has allowed old diseases such as measles and polio to reemerge, Health Secretary Francisco...

Refund eyed to fight dengue

Senator Richard Gordon wants to turn the Philippines into the world’s “Dengue Fortress” by establishing the most advanced research and development program for dengue...

Gordon: Government ‘accountable’ for dengue crisis

Senator Richard J. Gordon said Friday the government must be held accountable for the medical nightmare sparked by the mass immunization of children with...

Dengvaxia license scrapped for good

The Department of Health has upheld the permanent revocation by the Food and Drug Administration of the certificates of product registration of the anti-dengue vaccine...

The buzz on Acosta

The chief of the Public Attorney’s Office, Persida Acosta, says she is not a mosquito that brings the dreaded dengue, so she must not...

PAO chief: Am I the dengue virus?

Instead of blaming the Public Attorney’s Office over a national dengue epidemic, PAO Chief Persida Rueda-Acosta on Tuesday told those behind the P3.5-billion Dengvaxia...

Dengue epidemic hits 3 more regions

Three more regions have breached the dengue epidemic threshold, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Sunday, bringing the total to 10 regions since...

Doctors group opposes reuse of Dengvaxia

A group of physicians on Friday rejected the proposal to lift the ban on Dengvaxia, saying the vaccine would not address the ongoing dengue...

Health exec warns vs. Dengvaxia use

Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo has noted that Dengvaxia cannot be used in the Philippines because it is not registered with the Food and Drug...
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