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Unmasking the Philippines' first COVID-19 warriors

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 12:55 AM

The battle against COVID-19 in the Philippines began quite early with two doctors being among the first soldiers. Read more »

WHO: COVID-19, mananatiling public health emergency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 07:59 PM

Nananatiling public health emergency of international concern ang COVID-19 ayon sa World Health Organization o WHO. Read more »

Variants milder: Expert lists more reason to lift COVID health emergency

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 27 08:05 AM

Fewer hospitalizations and weaker omicron variants are just some of the reasons why the lifting of the public health emergency is possible, a member of the government's vaccine expert panel said Friday. Read more »

Expert sees public health emergency of COVID-19 to end

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 26 05:14 PM

An infectious diseases expert sees high possibility for the public health emergency status of COVID being lifted by the World Health Organization. Read more »

PH ready once WHO lifts COVID global health emergency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 11:31 PM

The Philippine health department believes the country's COVID-19 infections have already plateaued. Read more »

'PH kayang tugunan ang COVID kahit 'di na public health emergency'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 08:50 PM

Naniniwala ang isang infectious disease expert na handa na ang Pilipinas sakaling alisin na ng World Health Organization ang deklarasyon sa COVID-19 bilang isang public health emergency. Read more »

DOH hopes for end of COVID emergency this year

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 05:12 PM

The Department of Health said Friday it hoped that COVID-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023. Read more »

Nurses group backs extension of state of calamity due to COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 10:43 AM

The Philippine Nurses Association said it supports the DOH’s call for an extension of the declaration of calamity due to COVID-19 in the country. Read more »

WHO sees end of COVID-19 emergency this year

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 05:08 PM

The WHO sees the lifting this year of the declaration of the COVID-19 disease as a public health emergency, according to an official Wednesday. Read more »

WHO eyes end to COVID and Mpox emergencies in 2023

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 15 03:52 AM

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said one of the chief lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic was that countries had to respond quickly to surprise outbreaks. Read more »

COVID-19 services planong isama sa DOH public health program

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 09:19 PM

Plano nang isama ng Department of Health sa kanilang public health program ang mga serbisyo para sa COVID-19. Read more »

'Allot funds for public health'

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 12:37 PM

Health workers from various hospitals demand a higher public health budget during a protest at the Senate on Thursday. Read more »

'Youth at higher risk of substance use, mental health issues'

Lady Vicencio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 07:05 PM

The high risk for adolescents being involved in substance use and acquire mental health illness is a public health issue, according to the Department of Health. Read more »

DOH pushes passage of public health emergency law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 08:31 PM

The DOH is pushing a measure that will allow government to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic once the state of calamity expires by the end of the year. Read more »

Could melting glaciers cause future pandemics?

Clare Roth, Deutsche Welle
Posted at Oct 23 08:47 AM

Glacial runoff is likely causing 'viral spillover' events in high Arctic lakes, researchers have found in a new study. But thankfully, the chances that this might cause a pandemic are very low. Read more »

Davao City sets guidelines for wearing face masks outdoors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 04:57 AM

But the Davao City LGU reiterated the continued implementation of the minimum public health standards. Read more »

Amendments to Magna Carta of Public Health Workers sought

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 08:38 PM

The Department of Health disclosed Friday it is pushing for 2 priority legislation that would benefit both private and public health workers. Read more »

Marcos Jr. eyes state of health emergency until end-2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 12:16 AM

The state of public health emergency due to COVID-19 is expected to remain in effect in the Philippines until the end of this year. Read more »

Pagpapalawig sa state of public health emergency OK kay Marcos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 07:19 PM

Pabor si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na palawigin ang state of public health emergency sa bansa hanggang katapusan ng 2022. Read more »

Marcos to extend COVID state of public health emergency until end-2022

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 17 05:21 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. said he would extend the state of public health emergency in the Philippines until the end of the year. Read more »