Senator Loren Legarda on Wednesday, June 4 said she supports the Department of Health’s call to declare HIV or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) saying the surge in the number of cases among youth is very alarming. “I support the DOH’s call to declare HIV a national public health...
CEBU CITY – Six suspected cases of monkeypox are being monitored in Central Visayas. The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) on Monday, June 2, said three cases are in Cebu City, one in Mandaue City, one in Talisay City, and one in Lapu-Lapu City. DOH-7 Director Joshua Brillantes...
Face masks are not necessary to prevent monkeypox (Mpox) transmission, as the virus spreads through close and intimate contact, not through the air like Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Sunday, June 1. “Sa airborne illness ‘yun kagaya ng Covid, pero sa sakit na ito na...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa has urged President Marcos to declare a national public health emergency over Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), warning that the Philippines now records the highest increase in new HIV cases in the world. “Fifty-seven new cases a day. 500...
Health Secretary Ted Herbosa on Sunday, June 1, warned that vaping is more dangerous than smoking traditional cigarettes, as more young Filipinos become addicted to high-nicotine vape products under the false belief that they are safer. “Sinasabi pa nila mas-safe kaysa sa tobacco smoking. Ang...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go urged the Department of Health (DOH) to intensify its anti-rabies efforts particularly its vaccination campaign across the country. Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, made the call following recent cases of rabies-related deaths in the...
The Department of Health (DOH) has warned the public against fake Facebook posts claiming there will be a lockdown due to monkeypox (Mpox), stressing that the virus is not airborne and there is no need for such measures. In an official advisory on Saturday, May 31, the DOH said that lockdowns are...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Health said on Saturday that no monkeypox case has been recorded in the Caraga region. “We did not receive any information yet pertaining to this case (mpox),” the Department of Health-13 said. Hospitals and other health facilities and local government units...
All confirmed cases of monkeypox (Mpox) in the country are of the milder Clade II variant, not the more dangerous Clade I, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa said Friday, May 30. “There are LGUs (local government units) reporting Mpox, but I have to declare, all of them are Mpox...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, May 27, expressed support for President Marcos ' call for the courtesy resignation of Cabinet officials, while raising red flags over the performance of the Department of Health (DOH), zeroing in on Secretary Teodoro Herbosa’s frequent foreign travels. In...
President Marcos wants patients to get prompt responses on their request for cancer fund from the government, asking the Department of Health (DOH) not to delay the process. "Sana rin ay bilisan ang pagproseso sa mga request sa Cancer Fund. Siguraduhing alam na agad ng pasyente kung kailan niya...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa said he has submitted his courtesy resignation to President Marcos, expressing full support for the administration’s ongoing performance review of cabinet members and government agencies. “In full support of the ongoing performance...
