Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:14:03 +0000
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill that would legalize and regulate the use of medical marijuana.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 10:33:22 +0000
To improve health facilities and retain personnel, Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is asking for a P10-billion boost in the 2019 budget of the Department of Health.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:59:38 +0000
The Senate has reduced the budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways but restored some P20 billion to the budget of the Department of Health.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 07:21:50 +0000
The salaries of at least 1,000 health workers across Bicol were temporarily put “on hold” by the Department of Health in the province.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 06:29:23 +0000
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday assured the public that there is no meningococcemia outbreak in the country.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 06:36:20 +0000
A law is needed for a full blast study on medical marijuana since is not yet a “registrable product” under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a health official said Wednesday.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 05:40:08 +0000
MANILA, Philippines—After the removal of the value-added tax (VAT) on medicines for diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol, the Department of Health (DOH) said it is now working for the tax exemption of cancer medications.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:10:26 +0000
The Department on Health (DOH) on Friday denied that there is an existing pneumonia outbreak in the Philippines.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 07:10:47 +0000
The Department of Health (DOH) has assured people afflicted with (HIV) that government has enough supply of anti-retroviral drugs.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 05:21:30 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The World Health Organization (WHO) Philippines lauded on Friday the passage of the HIV and AIDS Policy Act of 2018 which will help curb the HIV epidemic.
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