Senator Raffy Tulfo is pushing for the funding of a local study that seeks to address the limited supply of snake antivenom in rural areas of the country and will also prevent the killing of the Philippine cobra which is considered a threatened species. Sen. Raffy Tulfo, during Monday’s...
The Department of Health (DOH) said vaccination against Hepatitis B could decrease the cases of liver cancer in the country. Pixabay In a conference on Thursday, April 11, DOH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said some individuals had acquired Hepatitis B, which eventually led to liver cancer. “With the...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, March 21 said it supports the Quezon City local government’s directive to entail the display of the amount of calories in food among restaurants. Pixabay DOH in a statement said the ordinance will help the public choose what “healthy” food...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, March 21 said it has re-established and intensified its vaccination campaign to combat the increasing cases of measles and pertussis. Manila Bulletin file photo To level up the number of Filipinos having been immunized, DOH called for an “active...
The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) on Friday, May 19 announced the resumption of its Covid-19 testing services. Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) RITM, a facility tasked to undertake research activities in the diagnosis, control and prevention of infectious and...
DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire speaks to members of the media during the first face-to-face press briefing after two years at the DOH Central Office in Manila on Wednesday, July 20. (MB Photo: Noel Pabalate) The Department of Health (DOH) assured employees of the Research Institute...
This undated electron microscopic (EM) handout image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. It was a thin section image from a human skin sample. On the left were mature,...
The Department of Health-Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) issued Certificates of Proficiency for 2022 to all 14 Philippine Red Cross (PRC) molecular laboratories across the country. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS FACEBOOK) According to a statement released by PRC on Monday, July 4, all 14...
(RITM) The seven subnational laboratories of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) have the capacity to test vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs), an official of the institute said on Wednesday, Jan. 26. “Tungkol po doon sa sub-national laboratories natin, ito po ay para sa apat na...
(RITM) An official of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) reminded the public to only use COVID-19 self-administered antigen test kits that were already approved by the country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA). "Mahalaga po na iyong gagamitin natin na mga kit sa pag-test ay...
Philippine Red Cross Chairman (PRC) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator "Dick" Gordon announced on Tuesday, Dec. 14, that the PRC Logistics Multipurpose Center (PLMC) molecular laboratory received a five-star rating from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM). Photo from the...
(RITM) The Research Institute on Tropical Medicine (RITM) said that the COVID-19 test results produced by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) were found "valid and reliable." "We found no evidence of contamination for the 48 cases tested by PRC Subic that may have led to the generation of false positive...
