For more than 15 years, Project Headshot Clinic have been conducting photoshoots for various advocacies "The exhibit title, Tanggulan, is to pay homage to our forefathers who fought for our freedom. My great-great grandfathers were Katipuneros. My mother was born in Tanggulan, a street in Kawit...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Botswana has become the second nation in the world, after Eswatini, to reach a landmark UN goal towards eradicating AIDS, researchers said Wednesday, in what health experts hailed as "stellar results". The country has met the so-called "95-95-95" target on HIV...
PARIS, France -- AIDS researchers announced on Wednesday that a fourth person has been "cured" of HIV, but the dangerous procedure for patients also battling cancer may be little comfort for the tens of millions living with the virus worldwide. The 66-year-old man, named the "City of Hope" patient...
CEBU CITY – This city recorded 113 Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV-AIDS) cases from January to May this year. The Cebu City Health Department (CCHD) reported that out of the total cases, three patients died due to weakened immune system as a complication from...
Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon is raring to get job done in her new role as a party-list congresswoman. Photo from Rowena Guanzon's Twitter) This, as the incoming P3PWD Party-list representative is planning to file not one, not two, but at least 10 priority...
Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Michael Defensor has called on Filipinos who inject drugs to get tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to mitigate the ongoing HIV epidemic. Rep. Michael Defensor “We would urge Filipinos who inject drugs to have themselves voluntarily tested for HIV,...
Anakalusugan Party-list Representative and Quezon City mayoralty candidate Mike Defensor siad that he intends to improve public access to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention, testing, and treatment services. (Enrique Guzman Egas/ Unsplash) “We will increase the number of HIV treatment...
Love Yourself Inc. launches new community centers and hubs making HIV and AIDS services more accessible Since 1988, the first day of December has been observed all over the globe as World AIDS Day. It is a day dedicated to greater awareness and to commemorating the lives who succumbed to the...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) have rolled out livelihood programs for transport workers and returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Iloilo province. (Photo from Department of Transportation) Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade...
(Photo from Philippine Red Cross) To help communities that were affected by Severe Tropical Storm (STS) “Maring” continues to receive relief assistance from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). PRC, through the help of the its chapters and partner national societies, has been providing the thousands...
Driver-assistance systems and their effect on drivers From ACC (adaptive cruise control) to V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) communications, it seems like the gamut of Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) that are making cars smarter have now far exceeded the letters of the English alphabet, and...
The four-decade quest in finding a vaccine for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues with US biotech company Moderna's latest study. Red ribbon, a symbol of support and solidarity with PLHIV (Photo by Anna Shvets from Pexel) Its two messenger RNA (mRNA)-based vaccines, the mRNA-1644 and...
