The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, May 16, confirmed the local transmission of XBB.1.16 Omicron subvariant in Western Visayas. (Department of Health) Latest genome sequencing revealed that there are three additional cases of immune-evasive and transmissible XBB.1.16 or “Arcturus”...
Around 391,000 doses of bivalent Covid-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in the Philippines next week, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Tuesday, May 16. Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines (AFP / Manila Bulletin) DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire, in a media forum on...
The Section of Neurosurgery at Makati Medical Center (MakatiMed) is proud to offer cerebral bypass surgery, a unique service that aims to restore or reconstitute blood flow to the brain vasculature. A group of professionals with extensive knowledge and skills performs this procedure. Among them is...
The role of a stay-at-home mother is hard and that is an understatement. For typical Filipino families, housewives are commonly in charge of not only managing household chores but also caring for the entire family. The toll of this responsibility is already heavy enough to carry, but this is made...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is asking government to step up efforts to address what he calls a "pandemic of mental health" among Filipinos. In a ststement, Gatchalian pointed out how the Covid-19 pandemic aggravated Filipinos’ vulnerability to mental health problems. In 2019, the National Center...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte praised the barangay health workers (BHWs) in Surigao del Norte, highlighting how their hard work and education helped the people in the communities understand health, nutrition, and diseases. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks at the Barangday...
The Department of Health (DOH) said that local transmission of Covid-19 Omicron subvariant XBB. 1.16 also known as Arcturus is "likely" after cases increased to fourall detected in Western Visayas. In a statement on Friday, May 12, the DOH noted that local transmission of the said subvariant is...
The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public on Friday, May 12, of the importance of staying alert as the World Health Organization (WHO) lifted the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on monkeypox. "If you have a travel history to countries with Monkeypox, and then have...
Now that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the Philippine government should now focus on the recovery of the education sector which is one of the hardest hit during the pandemic. In this regard,...
Aimed at providing an environment that will support innovators from health institutions in developing their technologies, the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Health Research and Development's (DOST-PCHRD) HeaRTNovation Hubs (H-Hubs) was recognized by the National...
Researchers from Zamboanga City are currently working on a project that seeks to provide an alternative for titanium implants and further improve surgeries to correct jaw and facial deformities. Supported by the Department of Science and Technology -Philippine Council for Health Research and...
It is undeniable that the Covid-19 pandemic opened our eyes on the importance of investing in our health, and this realization even applied for some businesses and companies. The very reason why Ayala Healthcare Holdings Inc. (AC Health) launched the Healthway Medical Network (HMN)—marking the...
