Caraga region of northern Mindanao reports 21 dengue deaths in 2013
The number of dengue fever cases in the northern Mindanao region of Caraga increased by 16 percent in 2013, according to health officials with the Department of Health (DOH)-13. Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoImage/James More...
Philippines DOH monitoring Chikungunya outbreak in Surigao del Sur
The Department of Health (DOH) is monitoring the outbreak of chikungunya, a disease caused by the same mosquito species that spreads dengue, in Surigao del Sur. Unconfirmed reports say there have been 114 cases More...
A duo of quakes jolt Davao area
Image/TheCoffee via Wikimedia Commons Two earthquakes shook the Davao region in the southern Philippines Sunday morning according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The first More...
