The Department of Health (DOH) has reiterated its warning that traditional remedies like “tandok” (traditional method of ...

Rabies is 100 percent fatal ... He also discouraged traditional remedies like "tandok" or folk healing, and stressed that only D0H-certified animal bite treatment centers (ABTC) should be ...

Stray dogs are said to be a major source of rabies. MindaNews file photo by BOBBY TIMONERA GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 17 March) – Health workers in Region 12 have tapped practitioners of “tandok ...

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The provincial government reminded the people that tandok, a traditional method of treating animal bites to prevent rabies, remains banned in the province. A DOG receives ...

She also reiterated the prohibition against the practice of "tandok", a traditional method of treating animal bites to prevent rabies, wherein a ‘mannandok’ (traditional "tandok" practitioner) uses ...

“We do not recommend the traditional way of removing rabies which they call 'tandok' but we highly recommend vaccination of both the animal and the human,” the doctor said. She also said it is a myth ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has urged Filipinos to have their pets vaccinated against rabies annually as the agency reported a record number of 426 rabies-related deaths ...

A Michigan resident died in January 2025 after contracting rabies from a kidney transplant received in Ohio. The CDC confirmed the donor had been exposed to a rabid animal but showed no ...

The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 426 rabies-related deaths in 2024, highlighting the urgent need for pet vaccinations and public awareness of rabies prevention. According to the DOH, 193 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Rabies cases in the country almost doubled between 2020 and 2024, according to the Department of Health (DOH). Rabies is a viral infection that affects the central nervous ...