A pediatric infectious disease specialist has called for more intensified efforts for the country’s routine immunization to prevent cases of vaccine-preventable diseases from rising. There is an “urgent need to double-time on increasing childhood vaccination in the country,” said Dr. Anna Lisa...
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) expressed its concern as over one million children in the Philippines missed out their routine vaccine shots in 2021. UNICEF estimates that globally, 67 million children "missed out entirely or partially on routine immunization" between 2019 and 2021....
The Malabon City government, through the City Health Department (CHD), launched the Department of Health’s (DOH) Intensive Catch Up Routine Immunization program in the city on Monday, Nov. 7, to protect the children against vaccine-preventable diseases. The city government said that there are...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) All regions in the country have already fully-vaccinated more than 40 percent of their respective elderly population, the Department of Health (DOH) said on...
Because all vaccine matters Amid the country’s easing restrictions and progress against COVID-19, a couple of model local government units (LGUs) have been silently championing the country’s flagship program on child immunization against other life-threatening diseases. The Department of...
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)...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin For two whole years, all we’ve heard about was what to wear on our faces, what to think, where we could and couldn’t go, and how scared we should be at any given moment. Now that Putin miraculously cured Covid by giving the mainstream media and governments around...
Frontliners Ang Bida Party-list nominee and former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Celine Pialago went live on Facebook Thursday afternoon, Feb. 24 to do something that she said had long been requested by her followers--a makeup tutorial video. (Screenshots from Asec...
Calisthenics, jumping rope, boxing, running, and household chores - these were among routines that actress Andi Eigenmann tried in a effort to shed pounds based on the recent video she uploaded on Instagram. According to her, the clip shows the progress from March to November 2021. Andi started her...
Are you a Fresh Starter? Don’t know how to start an exercise program? You must be a Fresh Starter, a term coined by Dr. Robert Kushner et al in their publication on “Counseling Overweight Adults: The Lifestyle Patterns Approach and Toolkit in 2009.” Described to be someone who may be...
The Makati City local government, together with the Department of Health (DOH) resumed on Monday the house-to-house routine immunization of its infant and minor residents after being postponed due to the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) previously implemented in Metro Manila amid the surging...
Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) has arrived in Manila for a “routine" port visit, highlighting the strong alliance, military relationship and renewed engagements between the Philippines and the United States. A United States navy man raises the American flag...
