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Life and love in the time of polio

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 17 01:43 PM

Who's afraid of polio? Not these two survivors. Read more »

Pagkain, bitamina hatid sa mga nagpabakuna kontra polio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 09:12 PM

Kasabay ito ng pamamahagi ng libreng oral polio vaccine (OPV) ng Department of Health para maiwasan ang pagkalat ng polio sa bansa.  Read more »

Ilang magulang sa Davao City, ayaw pabakunahan ang mga anak laban sa polio

Andoreena Causon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 15 10:44 PM

"Itong bata hindi ko papabakunahan dahil may nagbabantay na sa kaniya. Hayaan na magkasakit. May Diyos. Ako ang gagamot sa kaniya," aniya. Read more »

DOH tells travelers entering PH to be vaccinated amid polio outbreak

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 02:19 AM

The Department of Health on Thursday advised travelers entering the Philippines to be vaccinated in wake of re-emergence of polio in the country. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 7, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 12:07 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Seniors get 'shots': Not just for kids

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 06:35 PM

An elderly lady grimaces as she is given a vaccine against respiratory infections like pneumonia and influenza during a mass vaccination in Dapitan, Manila on Monday.  Read more »

DA: Wala pang gamot kontra African swine fever

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 01:18 AM

Nagsilipana sa internet ang mga tinatawag na "probiotic supplements" na binebenta para umano makaiwas sa African swine fever ang mga alagang baboy. Read more »

ALAMIN: Ilang karaniwang tanong tungkol sa pagpapabakuna

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 03 11:57 AM

Sinagot ng isang pediatrician ang ilang tanong tungkol sa pagpapabakuna at ang mga dapat asahan dito. Read more »

Agri department: No cure proven effective to fight African swine fever

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 01:04 AM

The public must report to the DA individuals or companies selling such medicines. Read more »

Oras ng pagbibigay ng bakuna vs polio balak palawigin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 07:38 PM

Bunsod ng mababang vaccine coverage ng polio sa Maynila noong Agosto, binabalak ng Department of Health na dagdagan ang oras at araw ng pagbibigay nila ng bakuna laban sa sakit. Read more »

11 percent of moms in Manila refused polio vaccines for kids: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 01 10:33 AM

MANILA - "A lot" of mothers are refusing to vaccinate their children, a health official warned Tuesday, with about 11 percent of moms in Manila refusing to participate in an immunization campaign against polio last month. Read more »

DOH magsasagawa ng 3 round ng sabayang patak kontra polio sa Mindanao

Claire Cornelio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 12:26 AM

Naghahanda na ang Department of Health sa tulong ng UNICEF at World Health Organization sa gaganapin na sabayang patak kontra polio sa Mindanao bilang agarang aksyon sa polio outbreak. Read more »

Polio is back: Bakit?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 08:18 PM

Polio-free na ang Pilipinas pero dalawang bagong kaso ng polio ang naitala ng Department of Health. Bakit bumalik ang sakit na polio? Read more »

No diphtheria outbreak, but deaths ‘unacceptable’ – DOH official

Ana Maria Reyes, ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group
Updated as of Sep 27 01:37 PM

From January 1 to Sept. 7 this year, the DOH monitored 167 cases of diphtheria nationwide, 40 of which led to deaths.    Read more »

Commentary: Beating polio the second time around needs political commitment

John Andrew Camposano, MD and Gideon Lasco, MD, PhD
Posted at Sep 26 11:48 AM

Although the new cases definitively indicate polio, the magnitude of the outbreak will only be clear with high rates of reporting from public and private health facilities, as well as greater inter-agency coordination. Read more »

PH risks polio problem as parents skip child vaccines: WHO

Karen Lema, Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 07:37 PM

The Philippines risks having more cases of polio unless it sharply steps up its vaccinations of children under 5 years of age, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. Read more »

Matapos ang polio, dengue: paglobo ng kaso ng diphtheria tinututukan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 07:27 PM

Nakaalerto ngayon ang Department of Health sa pagkalat ng diphtheria sa ilang parte ng bansa. Read more »

Kakulangan ng palikuran hamon sa pagbabalik ng polio: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 09:11 PM

Kawalan ng sariling palikuran ng maraming Pilipino ang isa sa pangunahing dahilan ng pagbabalik ng polio virus sa Pilipinas, ayon sa Department of Health.  Read more »

DOH 'not strong enough' to fight vaccine scare: lawmaker

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 10:08 AM

The Department of Health (DOH) was "not strong enough" to fight the vaccine scare that led to the resurgence of polio in the country, a former health chief said Tuesday.   Read more »

DOH budget for 2020 cut by P16.6-B amid measles, polio rise: Garin

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 09:14 AM

MANILA - The Department of Health's budget for next year was cut by P16.6 billion, former health chief and now Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin said Tuesday, amid an outbreak of dengue and measles and the resurgence of polio in the country. Read more »