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San Francisco opens first trans services center

Rommel Conclara | TFC News San Francisco
Posted at Mar 28 10:15 PM

San Francisco formally unveiled the Trans Thrive Facility, dedicated to serving the transgender and gender non-conforming people in the city. Read more »

DOH may paalala ngayong nauuso ang samalamig

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 09:17 PM

Ngayong kaliwa't kanan na ang mga pagkain at inuming pamatid-uhaw, may paalaala si Department of Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. Read more »

DOH itinangging bawal paliguan ang taong galing sa mainit na lugar

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 08:09 PM

Itinanggi ng DOH ang ilang kumakalat sa text at social media na bawal umanong paliguan ang isang taong nanggaling sa mainit na lugar. Read more »

DOH: COVID spike 'not significant' to tighten restrictions

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 28 05:50 PM

A recent uptick in COVID-19 infections in the country is not enough to tighten measures anew to control the spread of coronavirus, the DOH said. Read more »

DOH: CDC bill not a medical martial law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 04:24 PM

The DOH dismissed claims that a proposed bill creating the country's local CDC would pave the way for a so-called medical martial law. Read more »

DOH: COVAX bivalent donation on hold for now

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 28 02:07 PM

The delivery of bivalent COVID-19 vaccine donation from COVAX Facility has been put on hold, the Department of Health said Tuesday. Read more »

Andi Eigenmann on her 'sustainable' fitness journey

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 01:17 PM

"I eat what I want without being reckless." Read more »

DOH: 1,298 COVID cases, 60 deaths recorded in past week

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 27 09:32 PM

The Philippines recorded 1,298 COVID-19 cases in the past week, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

DOH may babala vs. heatstroke

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 08:25 PM

Nagbabala ang Department of Health at mga doktor sa posibilidad ng heat stroke lalo ngayong matindi ang init ng panahon. Read more »

Tumataas na tuberculosis cases, nananatiling hamon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 24 09:28 PM

Malaking hamon para sa Department of Health ang tumataas na bilang ng mga nagkaka-tuberculosis lalo't kabilang ang Pilipinas sa top contributor sa kaso ng TB, ayon sa World Health Organization. Read more »

Colorectal cancer cases among younger people increasing - expert

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 11:10 AM

The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted the screening for colorectal cancer across the world, a health expert lamented Friday. Read more »

Raccoon dog data sparks new debate about Covid origins

Daniel Lawler and Julien Dury, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 24 11:44 AM

New evidence that raccoon dogs were at the Chinese market where Covid is suspected to have first infected humans has reignited debate over the origin of the pandemic. Read more »

Beer giant Heineken fights Vietnam's alcohol tax

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Mar 24 04:42 AM

The alcohol sector is lobbying against potential tax hikes in Vietnam, while the government's ear is being bent. But at what cost to public health? Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga posibleng sakit ngayong tag-init

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 01:55 AM

Ang init! Ano nga ba ang mga dapat bantayang sakit ngayong tag-init na? Read more »

Publiko pinaalalahanan vs dehydration ngayong tag-init

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 08:35 PM

Ramdam na ang unti-unting pagtindi ng init, kaya paalala ng mga doktor na mag-ingat sa dehydration. Read more »

33 opisyal na dawit sa Pharmally deals sinuspende

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 07:08 PM

Sinuspende ng Ombudsman ang ilang opisyal ng pamahalaan na sangkot sa umano'y maanomalyang pagbili ng COVID-19 supplies sa Pharmally. Read more »

'Hindi parusa ng Diyos': DOH wants end to HIV stigma

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 04:38 PM

A health official urged the public to stop stigmatizing those infected with HIV, underscoring that the disease is "not a punishment from God." Read more »

Pia proud of sister's progress in mental health journey

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 03:23 PM

Pia Wurtzbach is proud of her younger sister Sarah as she continues to make progress in her mental health journey. Read more »

Christopher Lao, et al suspended over Pharmally mess

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 07:45 PM

Thirty-three government officials from the Department of Budget and Management, the Department of Health and the Office of the Ombudsman were placed under 6-month preventive suspension over the purchase of COVID 19 test kits from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation in 2020. Read more »

Moderna rebuked over plan to hike Covid vaccine to $130

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 09:44 AM

Moderna's chief executive on Wednesday defended the US company's plan to quadruple the price of its lifesaving Covid vaccine to as much as $130 per dose. Read more »