By News Desk  @bactiman63 Agriculture officials in Leyte province in the Visayas region of the Philippines are reporting Africa swine fever (ASF) in several barangays (villages). Blood samples taken...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) reported 2,058 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the country total to 498,691. The provinces of Cavite and Rizal recorded the...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Officials in the Tabango municipality in northern Leyte in the Philippines are reporting at least three deaths due to puffer fish poisoning, or butete as it is known in the province. In...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews After reporting more than 400,000 dengue fever cases in 2019, Philippines health officials are reporting a significant decrease in cases during the first half of this...

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 Tacloban City Health officials in Tacloban City have reported some 750 dengue fever cases through July 26, including eight deaths. Despite the surge in cases this...

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...

Last Monday, Philippines Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III declared a National Dengue Alert as the number continue to rise in many regions of the archipelago. On today’s news brief I look...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Eastern Visayas Officials with the Department of Health in the Eastern Visayas (Region 8), which encompasses Samar, Leyte and Biliran, are reporting an 86 percent increase in...

Officials with the Department of Health 8 (DOH-8), which covers the Eastern Visayas in the Philippines, have declared “white code alert” status due to the measles outbreak in the region, particularly...