Muntinlupa City’s weekly total of new Covid-19 cases decreased by 13 percent based on the daily data by the City Health Office (CHO). CHO data showed that from June 20 to 26, Muntinlupa recorded 61 new Covid-19 cases, a decrease of nine cases, or 13 percent, compared to 70 tallied from June 13 to...
While the Supreme Court's (SC's) decision to uphold the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) power over tobacco products is a life-saving move, the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act (Vape Bill), which is now an enrolled bill at the Office of the President, can possibly...
The evident increase in the country’s Covid-19 cases is not yet a cause for “real alarm” but the public should still be vigilant against the increasing transmission of the virus, a health expert said on Monday, June 27. (Ted ALJIBE / AFP) The Department of Health (DOH) recently placed five...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 30, 2021 a doctor vaccinates a patient against Covid-19 at a vaccination center in Sonthofen, southern Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Germany's parliament on April 7, 2022 rejected a government-backed proposal for mandatory...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The administration of the first Covid-19 vaccine booster shot to non-immunocompromised children aged 12 to 17 is not yet for implementation, an official of the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) expressed hope that its next secretary as well as the Marcos administration will stick to "science" in implementing the different policies regarding public health. Among the challenges that the DOH is facing is the spread of “misinformation and...
Pateros’ Covid-19 status is now at a moderate risk level after the number of cases grew by more than 200 percent, according to the Department of Health (DOH). Health Usec. Maria Rosario Vergeire said during a public briefing on PTV 4 on June 25 that Pateros, Pasig, San Juan, Quezon and Marikina...
THE Aedes Aegypti mosquito that transmits dengue. The Philippines has so far recorded more than 39,000 dengue cases since the start of this year, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Citing data from its Epidemiology Bureau, there were 39,705 dengue cases reported from Jan. 1 to June 4....
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public that the second booster shot of Covid-19 vaccines are being given only to healthcare workers, senior citizens, and...
The Muntinlupa City government has started administering booster shots to fully vaccinated and immunocompromised 12 to 17 years old on Friday, June 24. There are 56,499 minors aged 12 to 17 in Muntinlupa based on DOH estimates. As of June 21, 40,631 in the age group have been fully vaccinated, or...
The country’s health system which has become more “people-centered” with the passage of two landmark laws is the legacy in health care that President Duterte’s six-year administration will leave behind when his term ends on June 30, 2022. The two landmark laws are the Universal Health Care...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Thursday, June 23 expressed hope that President Duterte will veto Senate Bill No. 2239 or the proposed Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Act, which is also known as the VAPE bill, agreeing with doctors that it would put the health of thousands of Filipinos at risk if it...