DOH opens new catheterization lab for Central Luzon folks

Department of Health officer in charge Maria Rosario Vergeire (center) at the new catheterization laboratory at…

MEDICAL CANNAVIS VS RECREATIONAL CANNABIS

Do you know that morphine, a drug considered in most areas as illegal substance, is allowed…

Expert: XBB.1.5 possible to become dominant variant in PH

MANILA – The XBB.1.5 subvariant of Omicron, which is a mutation of the BA.2, could be a…

DOH affirms Peso devaluation, inflation have effects on maintenance medicines’ costs

A Department of Health (DOH) official has affirmed that the prices of maintenance medicines for non-communicable…

Catanduanes hospital to open dialysis center

VIRAC, Catanduanes – The  Eastern Bicol Medical Center (EBMC) in caoital town of Catanduanes will open its own dialysis…

PhilHealth: No premium contribution increase in 2023

MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) said there will be no PhilHealth premium increase this year.…

Study: Experimental drug slows Alzheimer’s progression

ANKARA – The experimental drug lecanemab has the “potential” to serve as treatment at early stages of Alzheimer’s disease,…

DOH: 2 regions reach epidemic threshold for cholera

A Department of Health (DOH) official recently said cholera cases in the past four months in…

More cases of 2 Omicron subvariants logged

The Department of Health (DOH) has has detected 693 more cases of two Omicron subvariants of the Covid-19 virus, and  677 of…

NCR moderate risk for Covid-19, positivity rate now at 16.4%: DOH

MANILA – The National Capital Region (NCR) is back to moderate risk classification for Covid-19 with its…