DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reported two cases of Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 in the country. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that these two cases were from Western Visayas. "One individual is partially vaccinated while the other individual is unvaccinated," said Vergeire in...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Aug. 1, a total of 24,100 new Covid-19 cases recorded during the past week. (DOH/MB) According to DOH's weekly case bulletin, average daily cases is at 3,443 and is 24 percent higher than in the past week from July 18 to July 24. Among this, 76...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman revealed on Monday, August 1, a little-known fact about the late former President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR): He was a staunch advocate of reproductive health (RH). Former President Fidel V. Ramos (left) and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Reuters, Facebook) "...
Tapping into the therapeutic effects of art to mental health, the council of Barangay San Antonio (BSA) in Pasig City launched on Saturday, July 30, a free monthly art program to strengthen ties between communities and curb pandemic-driven woes. BSA Chairman Raymond U. Lising oversees the launching...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) expressed its gratitude to late former president Fidel V. Ramos for his service to the country, particularly for his "dedication" to improve Filipinos' health. "The Department of Health honors the late former President Fidel Valdez Ramos for all his service to our...
DOH COVID-19 TRACKER DASHBOARD/ JULY 31, 2022 The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed 4,159 new cases of the Covid-19 on Sunday, July 31. Active Covid-19 cases stood at 33,622, as shown on the DOH's Covid-19 tracker. Metro Manila recorded a total of 14,107 in the recent 14 days. Calabarzon came in...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) An alliance of health workers said the blame game should stop on the issue about the expiration of more than four million Covid-19 vaccine doses procured by the...
A health expert expressed the need to create a “separate task force” against monkeypox a day after the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed the detection of the viral disease in the Philippines. Monkeypox (Photo courtesy of openwho.org) Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis with “similar symptoms”...
JULY 30 The Philippines reported a total of 3,996 new Covid infections on Saturday, July 30. The new cases brought the number of active cases across the country to 33,509, as shown in the Department of Health's (DOH) Covid-19 tracker. In the past 14 days, Metro Manila logged the most number of new...
DOH Metro Manila will still be placed under the lowest Covid-19 alert level until August 15, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Saturday, July 30. "The National Capital Region shall remain under Alert Level 1" from August 1 to August 15, the DOH said in a statement. The other areas under...
This undated electron microscopic (EM) handout image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. It was a thin section image from a human skin sample. On the left were mature,...
The Medical City and the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development are working together to reach this goal Health researchers are all the more essential, especially with the re-emergence of various transmissible and infectious diseases globally and in the Philippines. But with the...
