Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:11:47 +0000
The Department of Health (DOH) welcomed the passage of the Universal Healthcare Act (UHC,) saying that it marked “a new chapter in the reform” of the country’s health system.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 12:44:01 +0000
The patient earlier taken to the RITM, after showing signs of possible MERS-CoV, tested negative for the disease, the DOH-Calabarzon said.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:21:26 +0000
The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday expressed concern that tourism and the deployment of Filipino migrant workers may be adversely affected by the rising cases of measles in the country.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:48:40 +0000
Measles cases in Eastern Visayas have continued to balloon as the number of fatalities reached 16.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 21:18:58 +0000
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The death toll from the measles outbreak in Central Luzon in the last two weeks rose from 13 to 35, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 21:55:53 +0000
The number of people infected with measles is expected to rise, at least for the next two weeks, in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) region, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
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Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 03:23:35 +0000
CEBU CITY – The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has recommended the declaration of a dengue outbreak in at least nine towns and cities in the region because of the number of children sick with the mosquito-transmitted illness.
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Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 03:23:35 +0000
CEBU CITY – The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has recommended the declaration of a dengue outbreak in at least nine towns and cities in the region because of the number of children sick with the mosquito-transmitted illness.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 04:45:41 +0000
Another child in Cebu died due to measles at the height of the outbreak from January to early February 2019.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:59:01 +0000
Although there was a record 11,400 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in 2018, the number was just slightly higher than 2017’s, suggesting that new infections may be starting to plateau, according to a top health official.
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