WASHINGTON — Small molecules that specifically restrain a selenium-containing enzyme in the human body may be a tool to fight cancer, a study published in a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar issued Executive Order No. BC-333-2018, declaring a measles outbreak in this city. Salazar’s order came after the City Health...
MANILA — A health expert on Tuesday cited the contribution of immunization to the reduction in antibiotic use and, hence, in addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In...
MANILA —The number of Filipinos found to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) – positive jumped from 9,264 in 2016 to 11,103 last year, with the daily...
ZAMBOANGA CITY –Local health officials here assured the public, especially the parents, that the vaccines they use in all the immunization programs are safe. Dr. Dulce...
MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) plans to team up with the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) for a deeper investigation...
MANILA — HealthJustice Philippines has expressed hope that newly confirmed Health Secretary Francisco Duque III would focus on preventive health care in his second stint as head...
MANILA — A Department of Health (DOH) official assured members of Gabriela-Metro Manila on Wednesday that they will extend medical services and assistance to children who...
MANILA— Former health secretary Esperanza Cabral suggested that children who received partial doses of the controversial dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, be given the full dosage to get protection...
WASHINGTON — Two government studies that bombarded rats and mice with cellphone radiation found a weak link to some heart tumors, but federal regulators and some...