An infectious disease expert on Friday, July 7, cited the importance of elders getting inoculated with bivalent vaccines especially during the rainy season. In a webinar hosted by University of the Philippines (UP), infectious disease specialist Franco Felizarta explained that "based on all the...
By ALEX AMANSEC SOMEONE TO LEAN ON An important reminder to anyone that you are not alone (Cottonbro Studio) I was alone in my room past midnight on Tuesday, June 27, when I called the Philippine National Center for Mental Health. In other words—no longer hiding it under any professional...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) The Department of Health (DOH) ought to seek and hire from a pool of over 120,000 licensed nurses who are believed to jobless, underemployed, or doing non-nursing jobs in order to address the shortage of nurses in Philippine government...
The Philippines is headed to lifting the public health emergency imposed to counter the transmission of Covid-19. Covid-19 vaccination (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said this in a Palace briefing on Tuesday, July 4, as he bared that President Ferdinand "Bongbong"...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa will instruct the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to coordinate in tracking down scammers who use photos of social media personalities in fake advertisements of food and drug supplements....
The Department of Health (DOH) gave an advisory on Monday, July 3, about its plan to reduce tuberculosis treatment duration from six months to four months by the third quarter of the year. "The World Health Organization recommended adopting a four-month treatment regimen, which is two months of...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 423 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, July 2. This is the highest number of daily new cases in the past three days as per DOH's report. The total number of active cases is now at 6,925, which is a slight decrease from July 1's 6,945. Meanwhile, there was still no...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go has called on the Department of Health (DOH) to address the reported supply shortage of antiretroviral medication in four regions of the country which are essential to patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the country. “Our fellow Filipinos...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 319 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, July 1. The number of active cases is now at 6,945, leading to a total of 4,165,076 cases nationwide since the pandemic began. The health department also advised that the number of recoveries climbed to 4,091,647 with no new...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, launched the "*Libreng Laboratoryo, Konsulta, at Gamot Para sa Lahat*" caravan in Sta. Cruz, Laguna. In a statement, DOH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said the caravan also known as “Lab for All” is a project of First Lady Liza...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri has voiced his approval on the new tourism slogan that the Department of Tourism (DOT) has recently launched. Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (Senate PRIB Photo) But Zubiri said he hopes that the new campaign would be...
House Committee on Labor and Employment chairperson Representative Fidel Nograles has expressed his support to the Department of Health’s (DOH) plan to create a National Nursing Advisory Council (NNAC) to address the issues confronting the nursing sector. ...
