Getting five or six Covid-19 shots can run the risk of losing the vaccines' overall effectiveness, or worse, might render the person ineligible to get upgraded or multivalent vaccines against variants of concern (VOC) in the future. A medic prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19...
Nothing is certain, according to an official of the Department of Health (DOH), as the possibility of having another spike in Covid-19 cases is always present. Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) In a press...
Curious on what an endemic situation looks like? (Jansen Romero / Manila Bulletin File Photo) According to a pediatric infectious disease expert, how the country currently responds to Covid-19 infections and case spikes all over the world is something that would be expected in an endemic situation....
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, March 28, a total of 2,726 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the past week. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 3 until Jan. 15, 2022 due to the rise of COVID-19 cases. (ALI...
PhilHealth, PCIC accounting norms monitored By Chino S. Leyco The Insurance Commission (IC) is closely monitoring the compliance of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) with the directive of the Department of Finance (DOF) to adopt...
To capacitate teaching and non-teaching personnel in adolescent development and services for adolescent learners, the Department of Education (DepEd) launched online training for the Foundational Course on Adolescent Health. (Photo from DepEd) DepEd, through the Bureau of Learner Support...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) urged all election candidates as well as their supporters to strictly follow the health and safety protocols during campaign activities. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire reminded the public that the presence of Covid-19 still remains. "Kami po ay...
Inspired by the best practices in other countries, senatorial bet Alex Lacson is pushing for a P100,000 health card per family every year to ease the burden of expensive health care costs on Filipinos. Senatorial candidate and lawyer Alex Lacson (Screenshot from RMN DZXL 558 Manila Facebook page)...
The country’s health experts are currently looking at the possibility of having Covid-19 vaccination to become a yearly basis, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. In this file photo taken on February 17, 2021 a nurse administers the Covid-19 vaccine to an elderly patient at the...
GMA News pillar and multi-awarded broadcast journalist Mike Enriquez recently underwent kidney transplant, going on to spend three months in isolation. In a recent interview, the 70-year-old shared how it allowed him time to reflect and discern. And he's not done. "It's still going for me," he...
Healthcare benefits and claims rose by 25 percent from October to December last year amid the prolonged pandemic, the Insurance Commission reported on Friday, March 25. In a statement, Insurance Commissioner Dennis B. Funa said health maintenance organizations (HMOs) paid P32.72 billion in benefits...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The government is set to conduct special Covid-19 vaccination days on March 29 to April 1 in some areas in a bid to further increase the country's vaccine coverage....
