The Philippine Children’s Medical Center in Quezon City announced Thursday of the death of a Fellow due to severe dengue. In a statement by Executive Director, Julius Lecciones, MD, “We...

Three people have died and dozens more sickened as leptospirosis surges in Central Luzon since July 1. According to local media, from July 1 through Aug. 31, 128 people have been infected due to animal...

The Philippines Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last week the recall of all rabies vaccine manufactured by Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Ltd from Jilin province. The FDA notes: The...

Officials with the Dagupan City Health Office (CHO) reported 34 leptospirosis cases in the month of August, a 143 percent increase compared to August 2017 when only 14 cases were reported. Nine deaths...

The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (PHO) reported recently that the number of leptospirosis infections in the province in the Western Visayas in the Philippines is up a whopping 283 percent compared...

The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) reports that the number of leptospirosis cases in the Metro Manila area is up more than 350 percent compared to last year. According to Health Secretary Francisco...

The Municipality of Maripipi, in the province of Biliran, Philippines was declared under state of calamity this week due to a chikungunya outbreak. As of Aug. 2, there were 101 cases of chikungunya...

A Philippine News Agency report last week stated 169 people were sickened with diarrhea and vomiting symptoms recently in Sibulan, Negros Oriental due to what is believed to have been fecal contamination...

The city of Baybay, Leyte, south of Tacloban has declared a state of health emergency earlier this week due to an increase in dengue fever cases, according to the Philippine News Agency. According to...

Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III gaveg a short talk on how to prevent dengue and leptospirosis, two of the most common diseases during the rainy season, at the Kaingin Bukid Barangay Apolonio Samson...