Tuberculosis (TB) is still considered a “public health problem” in the country, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. Citing data from the World Health Organization (WHO), about 700,000 people in the country develop tuberculosis each year, said DOH Disease Prevention and Control...
The Department of Health (DOH) once again emphasized the importance of practicing safe sex to minimize the risk of contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Safe sex means to use protection such as the wearing of condoms and knowing the sexual history of your partner before engaging in a sex...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, March 15 called on the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to step up efforts on raising the youth’s awareness on the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education,...
Over 100 people were reported to have gotten sick following the oil spill in the coast of Oriental Mindoro, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Undersecretary and Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that 122 people have fallen ill. Most of the cases experienced headache and...
The Department of Health (DOH) believes that the Philippines was able to “adjust appropriately and accordingly” in dealing with the Covid-19 virus—three years since the declaration of the pandemic. It was on March 11, 2020 that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 as a...
In celebration of the Heart’s Month, the JC Cares Foundation visited the Philippine Heart Center (PHC) to spread love and support to 100 child patients aged between zero and 15, who underwent heart surgery and had congenital or acquired heart disease. JC Cares Foundation, a charity organization...
Despite the unprecedented changes we have experienced in the past years, it’s becoming evident and more of a necessity to seek relaxing ways to maintain overall wellbeing. Ogawa brand ambassador James Deakin Ogawa, a company that prioritizes design, development, and marketing of health and...
Close to 1,500 cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases were logged last January, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Based on the latest DOH data, a total of 1,454 HIV cases were recorded in January. The average cases per day in the said month was at 46. Thirty-nine deaths due to HIV...
BAGUIO CITY – Cardiovascular disease is the top leading cause of death here in 2022, the City Health Service Office said. Covid-19 is now only the fifth top cause of death in this city, the City Health Service Office added. Dr. Donnabel Panes, City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit head, said...
There is a “slight” increase in the number of rabies cases this year, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. A total of 55 rabies cases were already recorded as of Feb. 25. This is eight percent higher than the 51 cases logged during the same period last year, said DOH-Epidemiology...
Ayala Corporation reported that AC Health’s Healthway Cancer Care Hospital, the country’s first dedicated cancer hospital, has reached 75 percent completion and is set to open in the third quarter of this year. In a statement, Ayala Board Advisor Fernando Zobel de Ayala, who led the...
Post Contract Signing Photo (from left): Paul Miles, Johannes Raadsma, Simon Raadsma, Luke Guanlao, and Dave Mortensen. Franchise giant and world’s #1 health and fitness club Anytime Fitness flexed strong indications of growth in Asia through new strategic alliances, encouraging market recovery,...
