Our favorite thing to do to stay young: Eat Exercise to stay fit and fab? Meh. Go under surgery to keep your face tight? Meh. Use expensive products to keep skin looking dewy? Sigh. Eat good Pinoy food to help in your battle against the ravages of time? Sign us up. While there’s no one food that...
The country’s indigenous berries as potential functional foods against non-communicable diseases is now being explored under the two projects supported by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD). (PIXABY) DOST Secretary...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, July 16, signed five separate Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with education partners to collaborate on curriculum programs focused on health, reading, and learning sustainability. DepEd and five education partners signed deals to collaborate on health,...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, July 16, that the investigator’s brochures on the four vaccine brands that will be used in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Vaccine Trial (SVT) have already been under review by its expert panel. (Photo by ALI VICOY/...
A vial of the anti-viral drug Remdesivir. The Department of Health says it has received complaints from patients that some hospitals are overpricing the drug. (AFP/Ulrich Perrey) The Philippine Hospital Association (PHA) said that it is not right to accuse various hospitals in the country of...
Vice President Leni Robredo hopes that the government will be able to speed up, even more, the distribution of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines as a measure against the dreaded Delta variant. Vice President Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) Robredo made the statement after the Department...
DOH/MB The country recorded more than 5,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, July 16. The DOH said 5,676 more cases were detected nationwide. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is now at 1,496,328 with 48,480 or 3.2 percent are still...
Illustration of coronavirus / File Photo The Department of Health (DOH) announced the detection of 16 new cases of the Delta variant of the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Of which, 11 were considered as local cases. Five of the sixteen cases are returning overseas Filipinos...
The government has given the green light to the conduct of the "Bike for Peace and Justice" this weekend subject to certain conditions. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members prior to his talk to...
The government has allowed two major sports tournaments in the country but subject to strict health regulations against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque announced that the Inter-Agency Task Force for the...
NAIROBI, Kenya -- A new vaccine should be developed by 2025 to boost the war against tuberculosis (TB) that has been claiming 4,000 lives daily in high-burden countries of the global south, experts said Thursday. Speaking at a virtual forum to mark the 100th anniversary of the BCG vaccine against...
(Photo from Pixabay) Weaker body, higher levels of stress and internet addiction are just some of the “negative physical and mental health impacts” of distance learning on students, according to a multi-stakeholder survey. While distance learning has paved the way for education continuity...
