Health workers and members of health groups staged a rally in front of the south gate of the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Monday, Sept. 12, to demand adequate budget for direct health services in the country. The rally was joined by members of the Head Alliance for Democracy (HEAD),...
The Philippines ranks "among the lowest 10" in the world when it comes to immunizing children against infectious diseases, with over one million kids unvaccinated, according to Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. (Charlein Gracia/ Unsplash) Vergeire...
Iloilo 1st District Rep. Janette Garin on Monday, Sept. 12, called as “premature” the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases’ recommendation to relax the country’s face mask protocol because of the low booster rate. (Photo by Mladen Antonov / AFP)...
The Department of Health (DOH) expects to begin purchase of new generation Covid-19 vaccines early next year. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was confirmed by DOH Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire during the House Committee on Appropriations' deliberation on...
Twenty-seven thousand individuals. (Danie Franco/ Unsplash) That's how many Filipinos are expected to be affected by the reduction in the assistance funds allocated for indigent patients to Government-Owned and -Controlled Corporation (GOCC) hospitals. During the House Committee on Appropriations'...
DOH The Philippines reported 2,230 more cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, Sept. 11. The Department of Health's (DOH) Covid-19 tracker showed that there were 25,684 active infections nationwide. The regions with the most infections in the last two weeks were Metro Manila with 9,182 followed by Calabarzon...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) A pediatric infectious disease expert is hoping that the special vaccination days set this month will further increase the country’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage,...
The Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed another 3,165 new Covid-19 cases nationwide on Saturday, Sept. 10. The new cases brought the number of active infections across the country to 26,074. Metro Manila recorded the largest number of cases in the past 14 days with 8,335 infections, followed...
Muntinlupa Rep. Jaime Fresnedi asked the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and the Department of Health (DOH) to study the possibility of including expenses related to mental illness in insurance coverage. Fresnedi made the announcement on the World Suicide Prevention Day on Sept. 10,...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) is proposing to impose higher excise tax on junk food and sweetened beverages as it is also among the ways to lower the prevalence of obesity in the country. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that obesity is considered a public health concern....
DOH The Philippines saw 2,313 new Covid-19 cases, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday, Sept. 9. According to the DOH Covid-19 tracker, a total of 24,300 individuals are still battling with the viral disease nationwide. Most of the new Covid-19 infections in the last two weeks were...
DOH Hong Kong’s first confirmed monkeypox case who had a history of travel in the Philippines is not a Filipino, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “One thing that we can assure our Filipinos that hindi siya Pinoy, hindi siya Filipino (this person is not a Filipino),” said DOH...
