The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Health (DOH) are closely monitoring students from two schools in Antique who reportedly suffered respiratory problems and other symptoms following suspected chemical exposure from a nearby farm. This has prompted health and education...
(Shutterstock) A bill seeking to protect victims of crime, accidents, or suicide from unauthorized media exposure has been filed in the House of Representatives. Under House Bill (HB) No. 10277, otherwise known as the Victims’ Privacy Protection...
JERUSALEM -- Israeli researchers and their colleagues have found that sun exposure stimulates appetite among men, but not among women, Tel Aviv University (TAU) in central Israel said on Tuesday. In their study, led by TAU and published in the journal Nature Metabolism, the researchers found that...
Some traffic personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be subjected to a thorough study to determine the impact of traffic exposure to hearing losses. MMDA Officer-in-Charge Director Baltazar Melgar said the study will be conducted by the University of the Philippines...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reminded Filipinos to keep themselves hydrated this dry season to prevent them from having heat-related illnesses. “Ang atin pong paalala sa ating mga mamamayan ay yung laging rehydration. Laging umiinom ng tubig, iwasan yung sobra, labis na exposure sa init ng...
Just one day after it announced that President Duterte was under quarantine for his exposure to a positive case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang said Friday, Feb. 4 that his quarantine period was already finished. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (left) and President Rodrigo...
President Duterte is currently undergoing quarantine after being exposed to a household staff who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang File photo) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement following rumors that President Duterte...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is currently under isolation due to exposure to at least two individuals who turned out positive for COVID-19. Lawyer Vic Rodriguez, Marcos Jr.'s spokesman, said Friday, Jan. 7, one of Marcos Jr.'s exposure was to his chief security, who tested...
The United States government, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on Friday launched the P500 million ($10.3 million) President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in the Philippines and turned over 20,000 bottles of HIV prevention drugs or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to...
About one third of the commonly consumed foods were probable sources of sulfites in the Filipino diet, based on the results of a study conducted by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science (DOST-FNRI). (PIXABY) The study titled “Estimation of Filipino Dietary Sulfite...
