FDA OKs new therapy for some hemophilia patients

TRENTON, N.J. — U.S. regulators have approved the first new treatment in nearly two decades to prevent internal bleeding in certain patients with hemophilia. The Food...

Quebec felt heavy public pressure to table strict marijuana law: stakeholders

MONTREAL — Public pressure on the Quebec government was so strong it had little choice but to table a strict bill on marijuana legalization that will...

ASEAN adopts declaration to combat anti-microbial resistance

MANILA — Leaders of ASEAN member states have adopted the Declaration on Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) as an outcome of the 31st ASEAN Summit, the Department of Health...

ASEAN Declaration adoption to end malnutrition: DOH

MANILA – ASEAN leaders have agreed to address problems on malnutrition with their adoption of the Declaration on Ending All Forms of Malnutrition during the 31st ASEAN...

17 escapes from Hawaii hospital since 2010

HONOLULU— More than a dozen escapes have occurred over the past eight years at a Hawaii psychiatric hospital where a patient described as dangerous walked off...

Gov’t says uninsured rate holding steady

WASHINGTON— The government says the uninsured rate is holding steady, with about 9 per cent of Americans lacking coverage in the first six months of this...

Consumers’ market remake if ‘Obamacare’ mandate repealed

Sarangani provincial hospital to open early December

GENERAL SANTOS CITY— The provincial government of Sarangani is targeting to finally open by next month its newly-completed provincial hospital in Alabel town. Sarangani Vice Gov....

Ban on contraceptives deemed lifted

MANILA— The temporary restraining order (TRO) imposed by the Supreme Court (SC) against the distribution of two contraceptive implants is considered lifted after the Food and Drug...

DOH considers TRO on contraceptives lifted

MANILA – With the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) clearance of 51 contraceptives as non-abortifacient, the Department of Health (DOH) considers as lifted the Supreme Court’s temporary...