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Paalala ng DOH para sa taglamig: Ubo, sipon huwag balewalain

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Posted at Nov 12 10:40 PM

Nagbabala ang Department of Health sa mga sakit na puwedeng makuha kapag malamig ang panahon. Read more »

DOH to submit EO draft endorsing price cuts for expensive medicines

Apples Jalandoni, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 05:56 AM

Medicine prices are expected to be lowered by more than half once the executive order is signed by President Rodrigo Duterte, Sec. Duque says. Read more »

Estado ng kalusugan ng mga Pinoy mas bumuti: DOH

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Posted at Nov 09 08:50 PM

Pero aminado si Health Sec. Francisco Duque na marami pang dapat pagbutihin sa mga pampublikong ospital. Read more »

Nurses hold ‘Day of Unity,’ calls for wage increase

Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 08:33 PM

MANILA - Around 300 nurses with black arm bands saying "SG15Now" staged a program in front of the University of Santo Tomas and marched towards the Kartilya ng Katipunan to call for the Duterte Administration to implement Republic Act 9173. Read more »

Finance dep't says no proposal yet for tax hike on salty food

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 05:54 PM

"...pinag-aaralan pa po (it's still being studied)," said Finance Assistant Secretary Tony Lambino. Read more »

Mga nurse nanindigan sa hiling na taas-sahod

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 05:47 PM

MAYNILA - Umarangkada na ang malawakang national day of protest ng libo-libong nurse sa bansa bilang panawagan sa pamahalaan na ipagkaloob na sa kanila ang nararapat na sahod.   Read more »

Dengue epidemic linked to water shortage, lack of coordination between stakeholders

Merinette Retona, VERA Files
Updated as of Nov 07 11:25 PM

The dengue epidemic the country is experiencing today had been foreseen as early as in January this year—but preventive measures were still not put in place. Read more »

DOH confirms 4th polio case in Mindanao

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Updated as of Nov 06 09:07 AM

The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed Tuesday another polio case, the fourth since its re-emergence in the Philippines. Read more »

Seized pork products from China test positive for African swine fever

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Updated as of Nov 04 05:41 PM

The pork products, disguised as tomato paste, were tested by the Bureau of Animal Industry, the DA said in a statement. Read more »

Select Mekeni products tested positive for African swine fever: officials

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 11:39 AM

The contaminated samples were validated by 2 tests, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health said during a press conference.  Read more »

Public health crisis looms if PH fails to solve health emergencies: Hontiveros

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 04 10:14 AM

The Philippines could face a public health crisis in a few years should it fail to address the current multiple health emergencies, a senator said Monday. Read more »

4 moms give birth in tents after quake cracks hospital in epicenter Cotabato

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Updated as of Nov 01 12:30 PM

Four women were forced to deliver their babies via cesarean section in tents outside the provincial hospital of Cotabato, the epicenter of a third powerful quake that damaged structures across Mindanao in a month, Governor Lala Mendoza said Friday as authorities scrambled to relocate locals to safer ground.    Read more »

DOH eyes increasing taxes on salty products

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 08:25 PM

The Department of Health said Wednesday it is mulling on proposing higher excise taxes on salty foods such as processed meat and instant noodles, to dissuade the public from eating such. Read more »

DOH warns against lighting candles with lead wicks

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 03:19 PM

Lighting candles with lead wicks may pose a threat to one’s wellbeing, the Department of Health warned Wednesday as millions of Filipinos are expected to pay their respects to the dead. Read more »

DOH wants ban on e-cigarettes

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 03:10 PM

The Department of Health called Wednesday for a ban on e-cigarettes as it stressed that vaping has no positive health effect. Read more »

With polio back, DBM restores P9.2 billion in DOH's proposed 2020 budget: Duque

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Posted at Oct 29 04:14 PM

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has agreed to restore P9.2 billion in the Department of Health's (DOH) 2020 budget for human resource as polio - a vaccine-preventable disease - reemerged in the country, the Health chief said Tuesday. Read more »

With polio back, DBM restores P9.2 billion in DOH's proposed 2020 budget: Duque

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 03:00 PM

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has agreed to restore P9.2 billion in the Department of Health's (DOH) 2020 budget for human resource as polio - a vaccine-preventable disease - reemerged in the country, the Health chief said Tuesday. Read more »

Ikatlong kaso ng polio naitala sa Maguindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 12:17 AM

Kinumpirma ng Department of Health na may ikatlong kaso na ng polio sa bansa habang may isa pang kasong hinihintay ang confirmatory test para malaman kung positibo rin ito sa sakit. Read more »

DOH asks parents anew: Vaccinate kids vs polio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 25 08:06 PM

A day after the commemoration of World Polio Day, the Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its appeal to parents to have their children vaccinated against the debilitating disease. Read more »

DA says premature to name processed meat brands contaminated with ASF

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 25 12:26 PM

MANILA - The Department of Agriculture on Friday said it was premature to name brands of processed meat products that may have been contaminated with the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF) virus. Read more »