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OCTA: Metro Manila still ‘low risk’ for COVID-19

By Katrina Gracia Consebido The OCTA Research Group on Tuesday, April 19, said Metro Manila remains under “very low risk” classification for COVID-19. The data from the Department of Health showed the average...

Coronary heart disease deaths up by 28% due to pandemic: expert

Deaths due to coronary heart disease have increased by 28% for the first 10 months of 2021 as compared to the same period in 2020, a health expert said Thursday (March 3).

Here’s how you can use the Lagundi syrup or tablet if you’re diagnosed with mild COVID-19

“Following the prescribed dosages is vital to ensure that the treatment using Lagundi will render positive results,” the project leader of the Lagundi clinical trials, Dr. Cecilia Maramba-Lazarte, reminds the public.

Researchers develop new therapy for lupus patients

Researchers from Israel, China, the United States, and Sweden have developed a new targeted therapy for lupus patients, Bar Ilan University in central Israel said on Wednesday, Jan. 12.

DOH lauds new price caps on medicines

The Department of Health (DOH) has lauded the issuance of an executive order (EO) adding 34 drug molecules to the list of drugs with mandatory price caps.

PGH, Makati Med have zero admitted COVID-19 patients

Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire confirmed in a Laging Handa briefing on Saturday, Dec. 4, that the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) had no COVID-19 patients admitted for two consecutive days as the country continues to see a decline of daily COVID-19 cases.

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