Health

Ubial to Garin: Do not drag others to Dengvaxia mess

MANILA -- Former Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial on Tuesday asked her predecessor, Janette Garin, to stop dragging her and others to the Dengvaxia mess. "Will her liability lessen if we get included (in...

429 HIV-AIDS cases reported in Iloilo province

ILOILO CITY -- Iloilo province ranked second in the whole Western Visayas with 429 confirmed cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) as of 2017. Provincial Health...

Chemical leak affects 47 in Davao

DAVAO CITY--A chemical leak discovered inside a residential area affected 47 adults and children, who are now declared safe after getting treatment from the Central 911 medical team. The leak came out...

DOH conducts supplemental immunization in Western Visayas

ILOILO CITY -- Six local government units in Western Visayas are targets of the Department of Health’s (DOH) supplemental immunization program, with the inclusion of measles vaccination. Dr. Mary Jane Roches Juanico, the...

Garin hits Ubial for ‘washing hands’ over Dengvaxia mess

MANILA -- Former Health Secretary Janette Garin on Monday slammed her successor ex-Health chief Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial for publicly 'washing her hands' over the Dengvaxia controversy during the recent Senate hearing on...

Duque calls on Manila gov’t to keep swimmers off Manila bay

MANILA -- Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Sunday day called on the city government of Manila to boost efforts in preventing the public from swimming in the dirty waters of Manila...

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