Philippines: Davao City declares measles outbreak
After reporting 230 measles cases during the past three months, the Davao City Health Office has declared a measles outbreak, according to an ABS-CBN report today. Measles Image/CDC According to Dr. Josephine Villafuerte, More...
California reports surge in measles, some cases linked to travel to Philippines, India
The viral disease, measles, once declared eliminated in the US (2000), has been seen in increasing numbers over the past several years. In California, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has received More...
Philippines: Post-Typhoon Tacloban ripe for infectious disease outbreaks
Health officials in the Eastern Visayas report seeing increased numbers of three infectious diseases in the region of Tacloban, Leyte and other Typhoon Yolanda ravaged areas, according to a Philippine Information More...
Philippines: Leyte gets hit with six earthquakes in a few hours, Dengue outbreak declared in Ormoc
The Visayan province of Leyte, which took the brunt of Typhoon Yolanda two months ago, was hit Sunday with six minor to light earthquakes in a span of less than five hours, according to a Philippine Institute of More...
Olongapo City declares measles outbreak, Philippines 2013 total is 2,232 cases
The Olongapo City government declared a measles outbreak after recording 80 cases for the first two weeks of 2014, according to a ABS-CBN report Saturday. According to the report, “We unanimously approved the More...
Philippines: Measles cases up in Angeles City, Tacloban City
Since the time of Super Typhoon Yolanda in early November, the number of cases of measles have risen sharply in the Eastern Visayas, including Tacloban City, Leyte, according to a Solar News report Tuesday. Image/CIA There More...
Manila hospital swamped with measles patients
Measles cases are up in the Philippines and in the National Capital Region (NCR), as previously reported here. In fact, things have got so bad at one Manila hospital that more than half the avialbale beds are filled More...
Philippines: ‘Doc Eric Tayag’ talks measles, or ‘tigdas’ on Twitter
The Assistant Secretary of Health in the Philippines, Dr. Eric Tayag, went to Twitter today to talk about the viral disease and vaccine preventable disease, measles. He tweeted about the disease and symptoms saying, More...
Philippines: Mass vaccination campaign launched in Tacloban, Cebu
In an effort to prevent infectious disease outbreaks among the vulnerable in the hardest hit areas of the Philippines in the wake of Super-Typhoon Haitan (Yolanda), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Philippines More...
Philippines: More than 300 cases of Chikungunya reported in Antique
Philippines health officials are reporting an outbreak of the mosquito borne viral disease in Patnongon, Antique, according to a Dr. Eric Tayag’s Twitter account. According to health officials, as of April, More...
Measles deaths drop 71 percent globally during last decade
Measles deaths and new cases dropped significantly between 2000 and 2011 as immunization coverage also increased, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) Jan. 17. Image/CIA The WHO, More...
