Health and Lifestyle
Coping with heat and preventing heat-related illnesses
April 24, 2024, 4:15 pm
MANILA – Jon Garry Venancio quickly piles up bamboo poles beside a small nipa hut he is building for a customer. It is 5 p.m. and his work for the day is already done. Venancio is a mountain farmer who moonlights as a carpenter, especially in the past two months when vegetables have been… Read More
17 villages in Bacolod City undergo nutrition survey
April 23, 2024, 8:27 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Some 17 villages in this city are undergoing the National Nutrition Survey 2024 until May 1 initiated by the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI). The survey mainly aims to provide empirical data on the nutritional and health… Read More
DOH-Bicol urges parents, seniors to get vaccinated
April 23, 2024, 8:06 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) in Bicol is urging parents and seniors to let their family members get vaccinated against preventable diseases. In his message during the celebration of World Immunization Day at La Piazza Hotel in this city on… Read More
Iloilo marks World Immunization Week with vax, cervical cancer check
April 23, 2024, 7:13 pm
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DH WV CHD) kicked off the observance of the World Immunization Week (WIW) by bringing services for children, women, and elderly to residents of the municipality of Sta. Barbara, Iloilo on Tuesday. “World… Read More
Medical hub in Laguna city to give free dialysis to kidney patients
April 22, 2024, 9:13 pm
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Kidney patients in this city will soon have access to free dialysis, diagnostic, and laboratory services when a new medical facility becomes operational in about six months. Mayor Ross Rizal announced on Monday that the new hospital may be opened to patients as early as… Read More
PCMC's new MRI, CT scanners boost health services for Filipino kids
April 19, 2024, 8:38 pm
MANILA – The new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scanners at the Philippine Children's Medical Center (PCMC) in Quezon City are a huge boost in advancing and improving healthcare services and infrastructure for Filipino children, two senators said Friday. The MRI… Read More
Parents urged to have kids vaxxed amid pertussis outbreak
April 17, 2024, 5:26 pm
MANILA – House Deputy Majority Leader Janette Garin on Wednesday urged parents to have their children properly inoculated as the cases of pertussis in the country continue to increase. Garin, a former Health Secretary, made the call after the Department of Health logged 1,477 cases of pertussis… Read More
Albay distributes swab kits to monitor pertussis cases
April 17, 2024, 4:45 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Albay Provincial Health Office (APHO) has begun distributing nasopharyngeal swab kits to different rural health units (RHUs) and private and public hospitals in the province as part of its intervention against pertussis. In an interview on Wednesday, Jan Edmund Dominic Bailon,… Read More
DOH distributes 14 ambulances to 5 Bicol provinces
April 17, 2024, 3:14 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – Some 14 rural and city health units in five provinces in the Bicol region received new land ambulance units from the Department of Health-Center for Health Development in Bicol (DOH-CHD-5) early this week. In a media release on Wednesday, DOH-5 said the ambulances would help… Read More
New TB mobile clinic to boost detection, case finding in Bicol
April 16, 2024, 8:02 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Health-Center for Health Development in Bicol (DOH-CHD-5) can now conduct more detection and case-finding activities for tuberculosis (TB) in the region after a non-government organization donated a mobile van clinic to the agency. In an interview on Tuesday, Dr.… Read More
DOH provides 6K vax for outbreak response immunization in Iloilo City
April 16, 2024, 7:27 pm
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) provided an initial 6,000 vials of the pentavalent vaccines to augment the ongoing pertussis outbreak response immunization of the city government here. “The vaccines we received came from Region 12, and they (DOH) are still looking for more,”… Read More
Bacolod City allots P15M for pentavalent vaccines
April 15, 2024, 8:25 pm
BACOLOD CITY – The city government here is set to purchase 10,000 doses of pentavalent vaccines with an allocation of PHP15 million to curb cases of pertussis (whooping cough) and other diseases among children below five years old. Dr. Ma. Carmela Gensoli, city health officer, said the City… Read More
Malaria cases surge by 90% in 2023 – DOH
April 13, 2024, 9:01 am
MANILA – Malaria cases in the country almost doubled in 2023 and the Department of Health (DOH) believes that climate change contributed to the uptick. Latest data from the DOH Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) showed that about 6,248 cases were recorded in 2023 or 90 percent… Read More
DOH-Bicol logs 21 pertussis cases, gives prophylaxis to close contacts
April 12, 2024, 7:10 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Health-Center for Health Development in Bicol (DOH-CHD-5) said Friday it is continuously monitoring pertussis cases in the region and providing prophylaxis for the close contacts. The health office reported 21 cases of pertussis or whooping cough from Jan. 1 to… Read More
Experts warn of youth lung injury crisis due to vaping
April 12, 2024, 12:36 pm
MANILA – Medical experts have warned that with the vape and e-cigarette industry targeting the youth, the proposition of turning the Philippines into a manufacturing hub for e-cigarettes puts the country at risk of an epidemic of EVALI or e-cigarette or vape-associated lung injury. “According… Read More
Over 646K kids vaccinated vs. measles – DOH
April 11, 2024, 4:29 pm
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) has vaccinated 646,840 children against measles in the country as of April 10. In a media briefing on Thursday, DOH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa noted the figure translates to 47 percent of 1,381,540 million Filipino children who are eligible for vaccination… Read More
Laguna health office urges parents to have kids vaxxed vs. pertussis
April 10, 2024, 8:25 pm
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) here advised parents to have their children vaccinated against pertussis, as it reported that the province has recorded a total of 55 pertussis cases from Jan. 1 to April 6. In an online post on Wednesday, the PHO’s Public Health… Read More
Batangas to highlight 'goto,' 'kapeng barako' on Filipino Food Month
April 10, 2024, 7:54 pm
BATANGAS CITY – The provincial government of Batangas is taking full advantage of the celebration of Filipino Food Month to expand the markets of both the province’s hospitality industry and the local agricultural sector. In an interview on Wednesday, Vanessa Tolentino, senior tourism officer… Read More
QC gov’t procures 6-in-1 vaccine, antibiotics vs. pertussis
April 9, 2024, 5:41 pm
MANILA – The Quezon City government has procured some PHP13 million worth of vaccines and antibiotics for the treatment of pertussis cases, Mayor Joy Belmonte said on Tuesday. Belmonte said the city government purchased more than 3,500 vials of 6-in-1 vaccine, 1,012 bottles of Azithromycin and… Read More
Hong Kong reports 1st B virus case related to monkeys
April 5, 2024, 2:24 pm
ANKARA – Hong Kong on Thursday reported its first B virus case related to monkeys, the Centre for Health Protection said. The case involves a 37-year-old male with good past health, who was admitted to Yan Chai Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department on March 21 due to fever and… Read More
