Health

6K Taguig schoolgirls get free vaccine vs. cervical cancer

By PR/PNA MANILA -- The Taguig City government will give around 6,000 girls from public schools in the city vaccine shots that will protect them from cervical cancer, a post on the...

DOH allots add’l P148-M for SoCot hospital expansion

PNA News GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The Department of Health (DOH) allocated an additional PHP148 million for the continuing expansion of the Allah Valley Community Hospital in Surallah town in South Cotabato. South Cotabato...

A family’s support to fight depression

By Ma. Teresa Montemayor/PNA MANILA -- Lucas (not his real name) was only 12 years old when he tried to commit suicide using an old belt three years ago. “It happened in 2015, I...

Dagupan City records 95% anti-rabies vaccination

By Ahikam Pasion/PNA DAGUPAN CITY -- The Dagupan City Veterinary Office (CVO) has vaccinated some 9,500 pet animals in the city from January 1 to November 13 this year. “These include dogs, cats, and...

Former West Virginia Coal Mines Turned into Carbon-sucking Forests

By Steve Baragona/ VOA News   ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA — Mist rises from the ripped-up and muddy earth as moist soil meets chilly morning air. This field deep within in West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest...

One HIV case every 13 hours in W. Visayas: DOH

By Perla Lena (PNA) ILOILO CITY – One person is diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) every 13 hours in Western Visayas, according to the Department of Health-Center for Health Development in Region 6...

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