DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed 18,012 more individuals who tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The country's total case count reached 2,121,308, of which 158,637 are active cases as of Tuesday, Sept. 7. Ninety-two percent of the active cases have mild symptoms, 3.4...
DILG Pateros and contact tracers assist the Pateros Rescue in transporting COVID-19 patients to isolation centers (DILG Pateros) Fourteen out of the 32 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) referral hospitals in the country are now under the "critical" classification in terms of their healthcare...
Senator Richard Gordon deserves to keep his post as chairman of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) because he served his position with competence especially amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said on Tuesday, Sept. 7. Under Gordon’s leadership, Gatchalian said the PRC was...
Vice President Leni Robredo visits residents receiving their COVID-19 shots at the Vaccine Express site in Pasig City on August 21, 2021. (OVP) Over 15 million individuals in the Philippines have already been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Tuesday, Sept. 7, has expressed its readiness for the conduct of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Vaccine Trial (SVT) on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. Department of Science and Technology (DOST) DOST Undersecretary for...
Have you ever thought of keeping tabs on your plants’ health the same way we monitor the human heartbeat? There is a newly discovered microsensor that serves a similar purpose. It is a needle-like sensor that can be inserted into leaves and stems to closely monitor plant health and...
And what we can do to slow it down SECRETS TO A GLOWING, YOUNGER-LOOKING SKIN If you want your skin to look and feel younger, follow the tips below Let’s face it, aging is inevitable. When we start to see lines around our eyes, or our cheeks that slowly sag, we wonder, where has time gone? Can we...
Let’s talk self-improvement in September The year 2020 was tough for everyone. We were at a loss as the entire world was paralyzed by the unprecedented attack of COVID-19. Fast forward to 2021, we find ourselves in a world that is still struggling to come to terms with the new normal while...
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) (MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced the second implementation of the Debit-Credit Payment Mechanism (DCPM) that covers received in-process claims from April 8 to August 9, 2021. First implemented...
DOH/MB For the third consecutive day, the Philippines recorded more than 20,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. The Department of Health (DOH) reported 20,019 new COVID-19 patients, pushing the nationwide tally of confirmed cases to 2,080,984 on Sunday, Sept. 5. It said that “119...
(Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said that more than P14 billion have already been released for the provision of benefits for healthcare workers who are attending to those afflicted with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The DOH said that P14.3 billion...
Health workers from various hospitals are set to hold another mass protest on Monday, Sept. 6, after the Department of Health (DOH) allegedly failed to pay the benefits of medical frontliners under the Bayanihan to Recover As One 2 Act or Bayanihan 2. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) On Aug. 21,...
