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Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on rabies vaccine.

  1. Mpox

    Mpox vaccine supply still limited — PSMID

    While there is a vaccine for mpox, its global supply remains limited, according to the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (PSMID).

  2. PET owners bring their fur babies for free anti-rabies vaccination in San Juan City. The Department of Health has recorded 426 rabies-related deaths in 2024, underscoring the urgent need for responsible pet ownership, vaccination, and increased public awareness of rabies prevention.

    Go urges stronger rabies fight

    ‘It’s heartbreaking that people are still dying simply because they did not receive timely treatment for an animal bite or scratch.’

  3. (FILES) A man who died from rabies had his feet and hands tied into the hospital bed in this file photo taken at San Lazaro Hospital in Manila. 

The virus is almost always fatal both to humans and animals once symptoms, like hydrophobia, manifest themselves.

    Man dies of rabies 9 months after dog bite

    A 31-year-old factory worker from Cabuyao, Laguna died of rabies after failing to complete his anti-rabies vaccine series following a dog bite in 2024.

  4. Rabies is preventable through timely vaccination of both pets and individuals who are exposed to the virus.

    Rabies cases in Phl down by 39%

    The Department of Health reported a 39% drop in rabies cases in the Philippines this year. Learn about prevention, symptoms, and vaccination efforts.