Health Secretary Ted Herbosa on Tuesday, June 3, warned that the number of Filipinos living with HIV could exceed 400,000 if urgent and aggressive action is not taken to curb the country’s rapidly rising infection rate. “Kapag hindi po natin napigilan ang pagdami ng HIV, aabot tayo sa lampas...
Twenty-seven out of every 1,000 deaths in the Philippines are attributed to liver diseases, a silent but deadly health crisis in the country. While liver diseases are often linked to adults and lifestyle-related factors, many Filipino children also suffer from congenital and hereditary liver...
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...
Economic advocacy group Action for Economic Reforms (AER) backs the Department of Finance’s (DOF) stance to retain Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s (Philhealth) five-percent premium rate, warning that any reduction would have catastrophic consequences for the country’s health financing...
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...
By Dr. Jaymee Fernandez-Ramos Radiation oncologist, Asian Cancer Institute Asian Hospital and Medical Center A diagnosis of a brain tumor is sure to send anyone to a state of fear. This is very understandable as we all know how the brain pretty much controls everything about our being. Tumors, i.e....
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...
Senators on Thursday, June 5 called on the government to intensify efforts to combat the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections now affecting majority of the country’s youth population. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, urged the...
As a Dresden International University-trained preventive medicine and dermatology specialist practicing in Metro Manila, I’ve witnessed firsthand how mental wellbeing and physical health intertwine. Stress and mood issues can literally manifest on our skin, poor sleep can age us, and weight...
