By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A recent Op-Ed article on the Filipino news site, Mindanao Times, discussed the “dengue season” and to remember it’s still around, even in the world...

Health officials with the Misamis Oriental Provincial Health Office in Northern Mindanao, Philippines report that a gastrointestinal illness outbreak, or “diarrhea outbreak” was declared in Medina...

Health officials in Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines province of Misamis Oriental, are warning the public that the mosquito borne viral disease, chikungunya, is being reported in the city. Dr. Joey...

The Philippines is one of a handful of countries that still see increases in the HIV globally, and the stats are startling. Philippines health officials announced last week that the number of reported...

Health officials in the Philippines have seen a significant,in fact a three-fold increase in the number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases reported during the first half of 2015, compared to...

With 32 positive animal rabies samples in 2014 in the capital city of the province of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao, Cagayan de Oro City (CDO) saw the most animal cases of the lethal disease on the Philippine...

Although dengue fever cases in the Philippines have dropped this year compared to 2014, the mosquito borne virus remains a big public health problem on the archipelago. As of July 19, 2014, the cumulative...