In a follow-up to a report on the dengue fever situation in Negros Occidental province in the Visayas, Philippines, health officials in Bacolod City are reporting a significant increase in cases through...

Despite recording more than 200,000 dengue fever cases in 2015, Philippines health officials are recording even more cases in 2016 to date, based on the latest data from the Philippines Department of Health...

As a response to the public health threats challenges, the Department of Health through the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) serves to promote evidence-based decision-making through the conduct...

The Department of Health (DOH) welcomes World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent statement on dengue vaccine introduction in countries with greater than 50% prevalence among age group targeted for vaccination....

The number of dengue fever cases in the Philippines through July 2 is now at 59,585, up more than 2,000 cases in a week. The fatality count remains unchanged at 248. In Singapore, the number of dengue...

National School Deworming Day, a month-long deworming activity, done every January and July in the Philippines by the Department of Health is performed to decrease soil transmitted helminthiasis cases...

A woman from Niigata Prefecture, on the west coast of Japan’s Honshu island, has died from dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) after contracting the mosquito borne viral disease in the Philippines, according...

Officials with Philippines Department of Health (DOH) report that the number of dengue fever cases reported from the beginning of the year through June 25 is nearly 36 percent higher than the same period...

Purple blotch and Anthracnose disease fungal diseases have resulted in a 50 percent decrease of red onion crop in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, according to a Philippines media report. Cornelio Dinong, municipal...

The number of leptospirosis cases in the northern province of Pangasinan are down 17 percent this year; however, health officials do caution the public not to get complacent. Dr. Anna Maria Teresa de...