Staying healthy during the flu season can be challenging as the wet weather creates a perfect environment for viruses to thrive and spread. This is the very reason why the wet season is also known as the flu season in the Philippines. Inside churches or public transport like jeepneys, one can...
Infectious disease expert Rontgene Solante emphasized the importance of the public being "highly informed" about the availability of vaccines for preventable diseases especially during the rainy season. Photo from Pixabay "So, it is important to highly inform the public that there are still...
Medicines (File Photo) Public hospitals with cancer specialty services and some health experts have expressed their support to Department of Health (DOH) officials who are facing complaints for alleged mismanagement of funds for cancer patients. In a statement, 20 public hospitals said that funds...
The country’s health experts are currently looking at the possibility of having Covid-19 vaccination to become a yearly basis, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. In this file photo taken on February 17, 2021 a nurse administers the Covid-19 vaccine to an elderly patient at the...
While health experts are optimistic, Malacañang said health experts in the country are still cautious about treating the coronavirus (COVID-19) like the common seasonal flu and that they prefer to take it one step at a time. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Cabinet Secretary Karlo...
The Israeli medical experts who arrived on July 26, 2021. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) Medical experts from Israel advised the Philippines not to think for now of using coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shots and focus first in vaccinating its eligible population. “Our main...
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...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reiterated its stand against the use of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to prevent and treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Ivermectin pills (Photo courtesy of IndiaMart via PNA) FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo said that it would be best to...