NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Philippines Department of Health has reported 6,062 cumulative cholera cases through December 3, an increase of 288 percent compared to the same period in 2021 (1,563). Six out...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Philippines Department of Health has reported a large increase in cholera cases through August this year. Based on the latest data, from January 1 to August 27, 3,318 cholera...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials with the Department of Health Eastern Visayas are reporting 1,856 dengue fever cases since the beginning of the year, an increase of 545 percent compared to the same period...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Department of Agriculture Eastern Visayas reports African swine fever (ASF) has now affected 42 towns and cities in Eastern Visayas this week, raising concern that the animal...

By News Desk  @bactiman63 The Department of Health Eastern Visayas says a month-long vaccination program in the region will start on Feb. 1, covering over 535,000 children between zero and nine-months...

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...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in the Eastern Visayas region (Region 8) of the Philippines are reporting a three-fold increase in dengue fever cases this year compared to 2018. For...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Last weekend, the provincial government of Samar in the Eastern Visayas of the Philippines approved the resolution to put the entire province under a state of calamity...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Negros Occidental Health officials in the province are reporting a 43 percent increase in dengue fever cases through July 20 this year. To date, 4,230 cases have...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials in the Eastern Visayas (Samar, Leyte and Biliran) report a consistent increase in the number of dengue victims in the region. More than 6300 dengue cases...