Distrust in vaccines leads to spike in measles cases

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:28:44 +0000

The continuing distrust in vaccines has resulted in a whopping 374-percent increase in the number of measles and rubella cases in the country over the last 11 months.

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Garin, others tell DOJ: Drop Dengvaxia case

Garin, others tell DOJ: Drop Dengvaxia case

Former Health Secretary Janette Garin and at least 40 other health and pharmaceutical officials appeared before the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday to answer a criminal case blaming them for the deaths of children who had been given the controversial Dengvaxia dengue vaccine.
Garin and the other respondents asked the DOJ to dismiss the case for “lack of merit.”

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PAO chief insists death of 60 kids linked to Dengvaxia

PAO chief insists death of 60 kids linked to Dengvaxia

The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) on Wednesday maintained that the death of at least 60 schoolchildren have links to the controversial anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia.

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Former President Aquino: I can’t stop thinking I’ll be jailed too

Former President Aquino: I can’t stop thinking I’ll be jailed too

The specter of suffering the same fate as detained Sen. Leila de Lima is not lost on former President Benigno Aquino III as he urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday to junk the criminal complaint brought against him by President Rodrigo Duterte’s rabid supporters over the P3.5-billion Dengvaxia mess.

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