By Earl Jed Roque/PNA
MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday said the government aims to reduce number of Filipino smokers from 21 percent to less than 15 percent by...
By Earl Jed Roque/PNA
MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday said it is pushing for the exemption from value-added tax (VAT) of medications for cancer patients.
DOH Undersecretary Eric Domingo said...
By Azer Parrocha/PNA
MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH), and its regulatory and enforcement arm, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), cannot go full-blast in studying the benefits of medical marijuana because...
By Filane Mikee Cervantes/PNA
MANILA -- Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday sought to restore part of the proposed 2019 budget of the Department of Health (DOH) for the development of its...
By Ma. Teresa Montemayor/PNA
MANILA -- Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval of higher excise taxes for alcohol and tobacco products.
“We are happy with the support President Rodrigo...
By Ma. Teresa Montemayor/PNA
MANILA -- Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Franciso Duque III lauded on Thursday the signing of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS) Act into law.
Duque said the signing...
