Health

Mental health law IRR out soon

DAGUPAN CITY -- The implementing rules and regulation (IRR) of the recently approved Republic Act 11036 or the Mental Health Law is now being drafted by the Department of Health (DOH) and...

3K kids to be tested for hepatitis B

MANILA-- To find out the prevalence rate of hepatitis B among Filipino children, the Department of Health (DOH), together with the World Health Organization (WHO), US Centers for Disease Control and...

Door-to-door approach used in NCR measles immunization

MANILA -- With the decision to extend supplemental measles immunization in the National Capital Region (NCR), an official of the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said they recognize the need to...

Garin, Duque, DOH execs seek junking of raps over Dengvaxia mess

MANILA -- Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, his predecessor Janette Garin and 38 others on Monday answered the criminal charges filed against them over the death of several teens who received the...

Newly-signed Mental Health Law has best features: advocates

MANILA--Mental health advocates on Friday said that the final version of the mental health bill that was passed and signed into law this week has the best features and representing the...

Overweight? Depressed? It May Be Your Microbes

WASHINGTON — Microbes may be helping stir up anxiety and depression in obese people, if results from a new mouse study hold true in humans. The authors link the effects to how the...

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