Health

NYC joins fitness movement for drug-free and healthy youth

MANILA -- The youth, many of whom live a sedentary lifestyle with the advances in technology, are encouraged to get into a healthy lifestyle. This, as the National Youth Commission (NYC) and the...

Coming weeks crucial in containing Ebola spread in DRC

GENEVA — Health Experts at the World Health Assembly in Geneva agree the next few weeks will be crucial in determining whether the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo can...

PGH to prioritize trauma cases starting June 1

MANILA -- The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) will be renovating its Emergency Room (ER) and obstetrician (OB) facilities starting June 1 to enhance their capacities. "This (renovation) is really to enhance it, increase...

Institutionalization of National Center for Geriatric Health pushed

MANILA -- The head of the National Center for Geriatric Health (NCGH) is appealing to the Department of Health (DOH) to help enact a law that would institutionalize the hospital's operations, stressing...

Indian innovators convert diesel exhaust into ink to battle air pollution

NEW DELHI — Supervised by young engineers, workers at the start-up company Chakr Innovation in New Delhi cut and weld sheets of metal to make devices that will capture black plumes...

DRC prepares for mass Ebola vaccinations

GENEVA — Preparations are under way for a mass Ebola vaccination campaign in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the Ministry of Health and international aid agencies hold a second day...

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