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Duterte signs law requiring reporting of public health concerns

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 12:43 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a new law requiring the reporting of public health concerns and events such as infectious diseases and epidemics. Read more »

Pila ng mga pasyente sa ER ng PGH umapaw sa labas ng ospital

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 07:58 PM

Inaabot umano ng halos 200 katao ang nasa makeshift emergency room na dapat para sa 25 hanggang 35 pasyente.  Read more »

Roque backs Duterte arrest order vs clinic in 'ghost' dialysis scandal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 08 12:04 PM

MANILA - Lawyer Harry Roque on Saturday is supporting President Rodrigo Duterte's order to arrest the owners of a dialysis center for allegedly claiming payments of already dead patients. Read more »

Doctor becomes lawyer to pursue dream of pushing health reforms in PH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 07:45 PM

Like many medical students, interning at the Philippine General Hospital was a wake-up call for Lee Edson Yarcia. The hospital was always running short on supplies and beds as it accommodated as many patients as possible.  Read more »

Measles crisis: 'Let's DOH it'

Editorial cartoon by Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 09:36 PM

If the Philippines was able to eradicate disease such as polio then, we can do it again in the fight against measles. As the late former Health Secretary Juan Flavier used to say, "Let's DOH it."  Read more »

'Long-standing neglect' caused measles outbreak: expert

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 05:18 PM

Public health expert Dr. Susan Mercado said the government must move "fast enough" to contain the outbreak and prevent premature deaths.  Read more »

Poop in hand, Bill Gates backs China's toilet revolution

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 07 07:46 AM

Billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates surprised his audience in Beijing when he brandished a jar of human waste to draw attention to the lack of toilets in developing countries. Read more »

ALAMIN: Karapatan ng pasyenteng nangangailangan ng agarang gamutan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 12:30 AM

Nagbabala ang DOH laban sa paghingi ng deposito mula sa pasyenteng kailangang gamutin agad. Read more »

Filipina from Isabela tribe graduates summa cum laude from NYU

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 07:08 PM

NYU graduates tend to get a job within six months after graduation with an average salary of $61,487 dollars (around 3.2 million pesos) annually. Read more »

Susan Mercado nominated as WHO regional director

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 10:09 PM

Former health undersecretary Susan Mercado has been nominated as regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday. Read more »

After Taguig measles outbreak, health chief reiterates importance of vaccines

Kori Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 05:48 PM

Duque urged Filipinos not to lose trust in vaccines despite the health scare caused by the suspended dengue immunization program of the government. Read more »

'Palpak': Duque, sinabihang magbitiw sa DOH dahil sa Dengvaxia

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 01:10 PM

Ayon kay PAO Forensics Unit Chief Dr. Erwin Erfe, hindi umano natutugunan ni Health Secretary Francisco Duque III ang mga hinaing at pangamba ng mga nabakunahan ng Dengvaxia.  Read more »

Ex-Pres Aquino, Abad face House probe on Dengvaxia mess

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 11 10:38 AM

Former president Benigno Aquino III and his budget secretary Florencio Abad on Monday showed up at a House investigation into their administration's dengue vaccination program that is now at the center of a health scare. Read more »

DOH to tap foreign experts for Dengvaxia probe

Kori Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 04:16 PM

The experts will come from countries such as Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Read more »

High levels of cellphone radiation linked to tumors in rats - US study

Reuters
Posted at Feb 03 09:33 AM

Male rats exposed to very high levels of the kind of radiation emitted by cellphones developed tumors in the tissues around their hearts, according to a draft report by US government researchers on the potential health risks of the devices. Read more »

P36-K halaga ng ilegal na karne, nakumpiska

Marc Teomar Bautista, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 09:17 PM

Nakumpiska ang P36,850 halaga ng karne sa dalawang illegal meat traders sa San Fernando, La Union nitong Miyerkoles ng hapon. Read more »

Pinoy doctors, scientists to colleagues: 'Public welfare above all' amid Dengvaxia mess

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 09:29 PM

A group of Filipino doctors and scientists on Tuesday called on their colleagues and lawmakers to "put public welfare above all else" amid the dengue vaccine controversy.   Read more »

US public health 'word ban' sparks outrage

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 02:40 PM

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's reported move to ban words including "fetus," "diversity" and "transgender" in budget-related documents triggered outrage, astonishment and calls for the decision to be reversed Saturday. Read more »

Dengvaxia: Buck stops at President's office, says health advocate

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 04:52 PM

MANILA - Former President Benigno Aquino III and his health secretary, Janette Garin, may ultimately be liable for the procurement of the dengue vaccine that has caused a scare in the country, a doctor who first questioned the vaccine deal said Tuesday. Read more »

Anti-dengue vaccine 'bites' back

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 08 10:41 PM

Sanofi Pasteur's anti-dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, stirs public health concerns after controversies regarding its efficacy and government procurement surface. Read more »