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Ilang siyudad sa NCR, sinimulan na ang 2nd booster rollout

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 06:40 PM

Nadagdagan pa ang mga lungsod sa Metro Manila na nagbukas ng bakunahan ng ika-2 booster kontra COVID-19 para sa mga senior citizens at health worker. Read more »

Pag-alis ng mga nars, problema ng ilang ospital

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 20 04:29 PM

Problemado ngayon ang ilang pribadong ospital sa dami ng mga nars na umaalis para magtrabaho sa isang bansa o sa mga pampublikong pasilidad. Read more »

Health workers, elderly urged to get mRNA booster shots

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 01:29 PM

Healthcare workers and the elderly are urged to get mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for their second booster shot, a health assessment body said Friday. Read more »

P1-B released for COVID compensation for health workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 12:06 PM

Up to P1.081 billion have been released by the Department of Budget and Management for the benefits of health workers who contracted COVID-19 while on duty this year, the agency said Sunday. Read more »

PH nurses in Georgia gather for Nurses Week

Lenn Almadin Thornhill | TFC News Johns Creek, Georgia
Posted at May 14 08:43 AM

Filipino nurses in Georgia gathered to celebrate Nurses Week. They also expressed concerns should another Covid-19 outbreak emerges. Read more »

DOH seeks CDC bureau, vaccine institute in next administration

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 04:08 PM

The DOH said it would brief the next administration on the implementation of the Universal Healthcare Law and push for the creation of CDC. Read more »

Candidates urged to uplift health workers' working conditions

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 02:24 PM

With just over a month before the start of a new administration, the Alliance of Healthcare Workers challenged the country’s future leaders to support their calls and address the plight they’ve had to endure in the last couple of years. Read more »

PhilHealth to raise contribution rate in June

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 10:54 AM

PhilHealth said it would proceed with its contribution hike in June, which will bring monthly member collection to 4 percent. Read more »

Bayan Muna welcomes law on healthcare worker benefits

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 12:04 PM

But the party-list group also points out that the final bill is missing features from its original version, such as special risk allowances. Read more »

Health worker ginahasa bago pinatay, isinilid sa karton

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 27 05:09 AM

Ayon sa pulisya, umamin ang suspek sa kanyang ginawang panghahalay at pagpatay sa biktima. Read more »

Healthcare system challenges, mounting debt, await next president: analysts

BIanca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 09:36 PM

The country’s next president will be facing various challenges that include vulnerabilities of the healthcare system, the country’s ballooning debt, an education crisis, redefining foreign policy, and rebuilding a divided nation. Read more »

Filipino nurses in UK bag awards

Joefer Tacardon, TFC News United Kingdom
Updated as of Apr 25 07:13 PM

Several Filipino healthcare professionals made history by receiving awards from various organizations in the United Kingdom. Read more »

Process for int'l nurses to work in BC, Canada simplified

Rowena Papasin | TFC News Vancouver
Posted at Apr 21 08:52 PM

The Canadian province of British Columbia simplifies the process to accredit internationally-educated nurses amid a shortage of healthcare professionals. Read more »

Clemency urged for US nurse convicted over fatal medical error

Lenn Almadin Thornhill | TFC News Atlanta, Georgia
Posted at Apr 09 07:05 PM

Filipinos join a call for to grant clemency to a Tennessee nurse convicted over a medicine mix-up that led to a patient's death. Read more »

Why US nurses are raging and quitting after a colleague's verdict

Brett Kelman and Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News
Posted at Apr 07 12:53 PM

They warn that the fallout will ripple through their profession, demoralizing and depleting the ranks of nurses already stretched thin by the pandemic. Read more »

Deployment cap on healthcare workers up for review

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 10:43 PM

The secretary of the newly form migrant workers department wants to hit the ground running when it comes to addressing OFW issues. Read more »

'Too controlled' pricing can lead to fewer drugs: ex-DOH chief

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 05:55 PM

A price cap on certain medicines and drugs in the Philippines can lead to some of these products being withdrawn from the market, a former health chief and the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines said Thursday. Read more »

Lung Center health workers demand their overdue benefits

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 04:04 PM

Healthcare workers at the Lung Center of the Philippinesin Quezon City staged a lunchtime protest to decry what they say is the continued non-payment of their benefits. Read more »

How must pandemic exit strategy look like?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 01:54 AM

An expert pushed for sustaining the vaccination drive and enhancing the country's healthcare system as part of the coronavirus pandemic exit strategy. Read more »

Health workers 'lugi' sa One COVID-19 Allowance: grupo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 08:20 PM

Ayon sa grupong Alliance of Health Workers, lugi umano sila sa One COVID-19 Allowance. Read more »