To ensure that their medical personnel have the capability to operate in battlefield conditions, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and United States Air Force (USAF) conducted hands-on “austere/expeditionary medical care with mass casualty simulation exe…
The presentation of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination status and certificate is no longer required for international travelers. In a public advisory released Wednesday, the Department of Health (DOH) and the Bureau of Quarantine provided…
Some 18,580 families are expected to benefit from a PHP24.9-million centralized health care facility that will be established in Libon, Albay by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Bicol under its Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan …
The Department of Health Center for Health Development in Ilocos Region (DOH-CHD-1) recorded 1,957 dengue cases from January 1 to July 22 this year, 24 percent lower than the 2,567 cases recorded in the same period last year. DOH-CHD-1 records release…
The positivity rate for Covid-19 in the National Capital Region (NCR) decreased to 2.7 percent as of July 29, lower than the 3.3 percent reported a week before, OCTA Research Group Fellow Dr. Guido David said on Monday.
‘Low positivity rates (were) me…
Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes on Monday called on the Department of Health (DOH) to create better access to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to help eliminate cervical cancer in the country. “We need to include HPV vaccines in our list…
Ako Bicol Partly-list Rep. Elizaldy Co on Wednesday vowed to support the plans of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to transform the healthcare system in the Philippines. Co, also the House Committee on Appropriations Chair, said he would be part of t…
The Department of Health (DOH) has detected 814 additional cases of the highly transmissible Omicron subvariants. In its latest coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) biosurveillance report released Wednesday, the DOH noted that 850 samples were sequence…
The Department of Health (DOH) has released guidelines to healthcare facilities nationwide on how to manage water shortage due to the El Niño phenomenon. DOH Undersecretary Eric Tayag noted that water supply is important in healthcare facilities as th…
Melanoma skin cancer cases in the United Kingdom have reached an all-time high, revealed a report by the UK’s independent cancer charity on Friday.
According to a sobering analysis by Cancer Research UK, the cases have reached 17,500 a year in Britain…