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Filipinos' top priorities in 2021: Staying healthy, avoiding illness and being well-paid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 04:47 AM

MANILA - Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, most Filipinos are concerned over staying healthy and avoiding getting sick while being securely employed and getting well-paid, a survey by independent researchers showed. Read more »

Family says mentally-ill Fil-Am veteran died after police knelt on his neck during arrest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 02:20 PM

A clamor for answers from the Antioch Police Department in California is growing after it was revealed that 30-year-old Filipino-American Angelo Quinto died while in detention.   Read more »

'Stereotypical, discriminating': CHR hits 'Tililing' movie poster

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 01:45 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Sunday criticized the "stereotypical and discriminating" portrayal of persons with mental health illness on the poster of the movie "Tililing." Read more »

Small number of COVID patients develop severe psychotic symptoms

Pam Belluck, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 30 08:07 AM

A small number of COVID patients who had never experienced mental health problems are developing severe psychotic symptoms weeks after contracting the coronavirus. Read more »

Labor dept seeks hike in cash aid for work-related illness, injury

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 22 10:07 AM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Tuesday urged the Employees' Compensation Commission to increase compensation for employees who suffer from work-related illness or injury. Read more »

Cancer ‘won’t wait’ til after COVID-19 pandemic

Celine Isabelle Samson, VERA Files
Posted at Dec 14 01:51 AM

On the day the island of Luzon was put on lockdown on March 17, Henry “Hedel” Dela Cruz Jr. walked nearly five kilometers to claim his guarantee letter or GL at the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in Quezon City. Read more »

7 of top 10 killers pre-COVID era were non-communicable diseases: WHO

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 10 06:59 AM

The WHO's new Global Health Estimates, adding 2019 data to statistics going back to 2000, found that people were living longer lives -- but those extra years were not necessarily lived in good health. Read more »

Mystery India illness wanes as officials search for source

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 10 06:59 AM

BANGALORE - The number of people sickened by a mystery ailment in a southern Indian town has fallen off sharply, officials said Wednesday, as medical experts race to pinpoint the source of heavy metals in the victims' blood. Read more »

India investigates if organochlorines behind unknown illness

Jatindra Dash, Reuters
Posted at Dec 08 02:29 PM

Indian authorities are investigating if organochlorines used as pesticides or in mosquito control caused the death of one person and hospitalization of more than 400 in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in the past few days, a health official said on Tuesday. Read more »

Why Covid survivors are susceptible to mental health problems—a Filipino psychiatrist explains

RHA GRANA
Updated as of Nov 24 12:54 PM

Dr. Salvador Benjamin Vista, chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Asian Hospital, says there’s been a rise of mental health problems, which can partly be attributed to Covid Read more »

One in 5 COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days: study

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Nov 10 08:39 AM

LONDON - Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at greater risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said on Monday, after a large study found 20% of those infected with the coronavirus are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days. Read more »

Non-coronavirus patients still need to be treated amid pandemic: expert

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Updated as of Jul 31 04:00 AM

Illnesses and other health issues not related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) should still be treated urgently as needed amid the pandemic, an expert said Thursday. Read more »

May sintomas ba ng sakit na karaniwan sa maulan na panahon? Magpakonsulta, ayon sa DOH

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Updated as of Jul 11 04:49 PM

MAYNILA - Sakaling makaranas ng mga sintomas na may kinalaman sa mga karamdamang nakukuha sa tag-ulan gaya ng dengue o kaya't ubo at sipon, hinikayat ng DOH na magpakonsulta sa doktor lalo't may mga sintomas ang COVID-19 na kapareho ng mga sakit na mga ito.    Read more »

Japan's 'Kawasaki disease' doctor dies at 95

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 05:28 PM

Pediatrician Tomisaku Kawasaki first noticed the disease in the 1960s as a junior doctor when he began treating children with fever, red eyes and a rash with no clear cause. Read more »

DFA records 157 new COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad; total tops 2,800

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 04:59 PM

The number of Filipinos abroad who tested positive for COVID-19 breached the 2,800-mark as 157 new coronavirus infections have been recorded, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday. Read more »

DFA: 29 more overseas Filipinos test positive for COVID-19; total now at 2,664

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 06:04 PM

Twenty-nine more overseas Filipino tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. Read more »

DFA: 18 more overseas Filipinos test positive for COVID-19; total now at 2,635

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 06:55 PM

Eighteen more overseas Filipino tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday. Read more »

With 94 new cases, number of COVID-19 positive Filipinos abroad now at 2,617

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 06:28 PM

Ninety-four more overseas Filipino tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday. Read more »

'Nagtatagumpay tayo': Galvez touts 'success' vs COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 10:00 PM

MANILA – The Philippines has been successful so far in its fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to National Task Force Against COVID-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., as infections and deaths linked to the disease are gradually tapering off. Read more »

Navotas puts 10 virus-stricken barangays under ECQ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 08:41 PM

The lockdown will cover barangays Daanghari, NBBS Dagat-Dagatan, NBBS Kaunlaran, NBBS Proper, NBBN, San Jose, San Roque, Sipac Almacen, Tangos North, and Tangos South. Read more »