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The Dengvaxia controversy (locally [dɛŋˈvakʃa]) occurred in the Philippines when the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia was found to increase the risk of disease severity for some people who had received it. [1] [2] A vaccination program run by the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) administered Sanofi Pasteur's Dengvaxia to schoolchildren. [3]
An outbreak of measles was officially declared in February 2019 in select administrative regions in Luzon and Visayas including Metro Manila by the Philippine government. The outbreak is attributed to lower vaccination rates, from a high of 88% 10 to 15 years previous to 74% at the time of the outbreak, allegedly caused by the Dengvaxia ...
The Philippines is considering re-introducing a dengue vaccine whose use it halted because of links to the deaths of several children, as authorities battle to contain a dengue outbreak that has ...
In August 2019, the Philippines declared an epidemic after more than 622 people had died of the disease in that country. [1] [14] The Philippines Department of Health reported that there were over 146,000 dengue fever cases from the beginning of 2019 to 20 July, which was "a 98% increase from the same time period last year". [14]
February 7, 2019 [34] 11199 Social Security Act of 2019 February 8, 2019 [35] 11200 An act providing for the rank classification in the Philippine National Police, Amending for the purpose Section 28 of Republic Act No. 6975, As amended, Otherwise known as the “Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990” February 8, 2019 [36]
He asked police officers to ‘encourage’ suspects to fight back so that officers could justify the slayings, Rodrigo Duterte told the committee
Santos Jr.'s article primarily relied on a 2002 Philippine Star article as a source, [18] [19] as well as on an "intelligence report" prepared that same year by the National Security Council, which the article says implicated Keng in human trafficking and drug smuggling. [5] [20] This report, however, was not presented to the Court as evidence. [4]
Feb. 3—The U.S. military's continuing efforts to defuel and ultimately close the underground Red Hill fuel storage facility have sparked an unexpected controversy all the way in the Philippines ...