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DOH The Department of Health (DOH) is targeting to vaccinate at least 880,000 infants nationwide who missed their scheduled routine immunization. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the program will roll-out every last Thursday and Friday starting April to June. "Itong ating (This)...

Majority of Filipino infants and children do not receive appropriate and timely complementary feeding, based on the results of the 2019 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) conducted by the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI). (Photo...

HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Philip Cu Unjieng It’s in the nature of media to treat events as worthy of reportage when they’ve just happened, or are of current interest. Media moves on the next day, or after a couple of days, at the best. It’s a fast-paced world we live...

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, May 7, that its newly developed prototype mechanical ventilator can be used by both infants and adults. OstreaVent II (DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña’s Facebook Page) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña...