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New Zealand raises measles aid to Samoa

Wellington"•New Zealand announced extra aid for Samoa Friday as the Pacific nation’s measles epidemic raced past 3,000 cases and experts warned the number could...

Getting measles ‘resets’ body’s immune system

Measles, the contagious childhood disease that is once more on the rise globally, is more harmful than previously thought. A new analysis of 77 unvaccinated...

Outbreaks of diseases under control–Palace

The Palace on Thursday said the public health situation is in hand despite the recent outbreaks of polio, dengue and measles and the death...

Global measles cases triple, says WHO

Measles cases nearly tripled globally during the first seven months of the year compared to the same period in 2018, the World Health Organization said...

Hontiveros to DOH: Give incentives to recipients of vaccines

Amid reports that over 21,000 measles cases have been recorded across the country with 315 fatalities, Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros called on the Department...

10 countries cause global surge of measles cases

The Philippines and nine other countries were responsible for three-quarters of a global surge in measles cases last year, the United Nations’ children’s agency...

Measles: Cavite under state of calamity–SP

Cavite, where there have been at least 317 cases of measles and eight deaths since Jan. 1, is now in a state of calamity. READ: Measles...

Measles scourge persists

More than 11,000 people have contracted measles while 189 have died of the disease in less than two months, the Health Department said Thursday. The...

Vaccines fund audit pressed

Protesters converged on the Department of Health office in Sta. Cruz, Manila on Thursday and blasted officials for failing to administer vaccines to millions...

Senator takes up cudgels for PAO chief

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Get your kids vaccinated, parents told

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday called on parents, to have their children vaccinated against measles as outbreaks of the highly contagious disease have been...

Measles spreads to Mindanao

The measles scare has reached Mindanao as health personnel in Sarangani Province are closely monitoring several villages in at least two municipalities due to...

QC hikes vaccination drive against measles

In response to the measles outbreak declared by the Department of Health, the Quezon City Health Department is conducting anti-measles vaccination drives in several...

Measles outbreak caused by vaccine hesitancy

"Children are dying unnecessarily."     Last Feb. 7, Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III declared a measles outbreak in five regions in the country: National...
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