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Palace: Duterte OKs face-to-face classes in medical schools in some areas

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 01:54 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved face-to-face classes for some medical courses in areas with the lowest quarantine levels to ensure the country would have enough health frontliners, Malacañang said Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte approves 'Doktor Para sa Bayan' medical scholarship law

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 11:48 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a law that creates a scholarship and return service program for medical students, according to a document released on Tuesday, as the Philippines continued to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

COVID-19 patient bludgeoned to death in California hospital

Concepción de León, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 25 09:37 PM

An 82-year-old man who was being treated for COVID-19 at a hospital north of Los Angeles was bludgeoned to death with an oxygen tank last week by his roommate, authorities said. Read more »

Pag-inom ng maintenance medicine di dapat kalimutan: mga doktor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 06:45 PM

Habang nalalapit ang Pasko, ipinapayo ng mga doktor na pumili ng masustansiyang pagkain, huwag kalimutang uminom ng mga kinakailangang gamot, at iwasan ang pag-inom ng alak. Read more »

Lagundi, tawa-tawa trials as COVID-19 treatment to take longer

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 12:26 PM

MANILA — Clinical trials for herbal medicines Lagundi and Tawa-Tawa might take another couple of months to be completed, the Department of Science and Technology said Monday.  Read more »

How this UP scholar and tailor’s son became a board topnotcher twice

RHIA GRANA
Updated as of Nov 28 02:09 PM

The reviews go beyond mere memorization, he says. Read more »

Topnotcher sa physician board exam sa tagumpay: 'Perseverance talaga eh'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 07:35 PM

Hanggang ngayon, hindi pa rin makapaniwala ang topnotcher ng 2020 Physician Licensure Examination na siya ang nakapagkamit ng pinakamataas na marka sa pagsusulit. Read more »

Traditional Chinese medicine na ginagamit para sa symptoms ng COVID-19, kailangan ng reseta bago makabili

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

Aprubado na ang paggamit ng Lianhua Qingwen capsule pero kailangan munang kumuha ng reseta para mabili ito. Read more »

Twin sisters from Silliman University both pass Nov 2020 PLE

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 07:58 PM

Among the 3,538 passers of the recent physician licensure exam are twin sisters Charlaine and Charmaine Bautista from Bislig City, Surigao del Sur who completed their degree in medicine from Silliman University. Read more »

LianHua QingWen 'di maaaring bilhin nang walang reseta: FDA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 11:01 AM

Hindi maaaring bilhin ang Chinese traditional medicine na Lianhua Qingwen nang walang reseta mula sa doktor paalala ng Food and Drug Administration nitong Huwebes. Read more »

FDA-approved Chinese medicine for Covid symptoms available soon in Philippine drugstores

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Nov 25 01:41 PM

SRP for a box with 24 capsules is P288   Read more »

Mexico eyes COVID-19 vaccinations by December

Reuters
Posted at Nov 25 09:27 AM

MEXICO CITY - Pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine could start being administered in Mexico in mid-December if it is approved by the country's health regulator, Mexico's foreign minister said on Tuesday.   Read more »

Suspek sa pagbebenta ng expired na gamot timbog sa Bulacan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 05:28 PM

Arestado ang manager ng disposal facility sa Bulacan na sinasabing nagre-recycle ng expired na mga bakuna at gamot.  Read more »

How the out-of-control pandemic is speeding the hunt for vaccines

Rebecca Robbins, The New York Times
Updated as of Nov 19 07:37 AM

The coronavirus is spreading out of control in the United States, overwhelming health systems and killing more than 1,100 Americans a day. But there is a slender silver lining: It is hastening the testing of vaccines that could eventually end the pandemic. Read more »

Around P84-M allotted for meds of patients with psychological illnesses amid COVID-19 pandemic

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 18 11:52 PM

The Department of Health (DOH) has allotted some P84 million for the medicine of Filipinos with psychological illnesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

DOH warns against leptospirosis and of its long incubation period

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 07:13 PM

The Department of Health on Monday said it has yet to monitor new leptospirosis cases brought about by the recent floods due to Typhoon Ulysses, but it warned of the infection’s long incubation period. Read more »

Illness invades flood-hit Baggao, Cagayan: mayor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 16 07:46 AM

Residents in Baggao town in Cagayan need medicine, blankets, relief goods and housing materials, its mayor said Monday as the worst flooding in the province in 4 decades recede.   Read more »

'No one to blame' but Ulysses: Cagayan, Isabela need food, medicine, officials say

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 15 11:52 AM

Submerged provinces Cagayan and Isabela need food and medicine, officials said Sunday as flood water start to recede, albeit at a slow pace, after Typhoon Ulysses inundated large swaths of Luzon.   Read more »

A month delay to cancer care might raise death risk: study

Kelly Macnamara, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 08:19 AM

PARIS, France - Delaying cancer treatment by just a month can put patients at a sharply greater risk of dying, according to research published Wednesday, the latest to sound the alarm over the coronavirus pandemic's impact on other health conditions. Read more »

RITM to suspend lab operations as strong typhoon heads for PH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 05:32 PM

MANILA — The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine on Friday said it will close its laboratories on November 1 and 2 to prepare for the incoming typhoon. Read more »