ILOILO CITY -- Fourteen people died of rabies in Western Visayas in 2017, almost double of the number of fatalities recorded in the previous year.
The increase in the number of deaths...
MANILA -- Amid the recent reported outbreak of measles in a Taguig City barangay, Mayor Lani Cayetano urged parents to have their children vaccinated to give them protection against potentially fatal but...
MANILA -- Various groups of doctors and medical health professionals on Monday expressed support to a pending legislation that seeks to expand maternity leave benefits for women.
“The push to increase the number...
MANILA -- Former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III on Monday said he would have suspended his administration's dengue immunization program if he knew the adverse effects of the vaccine to individuals...
MANILA -- Health reform advocate Dr. Anthony Leachon on Monday accused French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi Pasteur of concealing safety issues in its controversial dengue vaccine Dengvaxia.
During the House committee on good government...
MANILA -- Filipino women of fertile age are now giving birth to fewer children, latest government data show.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released its 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey on Friday,...
