A diagnostic center will be established in Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte to bring advanced health care services closer to the Tingguians Indigenous Peoples (IP) community and those living in far-flung areas. Mayor Aldrin Garvida, in an interview on Friday,
Healthcare workers and patients in hospitals are prone to infections and they can be best protected by basic hand hygiene. In a media Kapihan forum on Friday, National Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Program manager Dr. Charmaine Louise Lozada
MANILA – A World Bank (WB) study shows that the emergency assistance of the Philippine government during the height of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has prevented 1.8 million Filipinos to fall into poverty. World Bank’s report, ‘Cri…
The country’s positivity rate, or the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), has decreased to 6.4 percent as of July 7, from 7.2 percent as of June 30. “The Department of Health (DOH) reported 397 new cases, zer…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will ‘soon’ sign an order to formally lift the state of public health emergency declared due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said Tuesday. ‘Wala pang (There is stil…
Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa on Tuesday said the Philippines is seen to be malaria-free ‘in two to three years.’ ‘In two to three years, we can announce malaria elimination in the Philippines. Good news ‘yun (That’s good news),’ Herbosa
