MANILA -- HealthJustice Philippines has urged legislators to increase the tax imposed on tobacco products by at least 60 percent in 2018, and at least 9 percent every year afterwards.
“We call on...
MANILA -- Authorities are looking into greening measures that will make the Philippine health sector climate-smart.
There is urgency for such measures as the sector is both driver of and threatened by climate change,...
MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) is open to the possibility of adopting locally the lower level of high blood pressure that was set by the United States.
"Nothing wrong with it,"...
MANILA -- Senators have lauded the move of the House of Representatives (HoR) for passing on third and final reading its version of the Mental Health Bill.
With 223 affirmative votes, zero...
ILOILO CITY -- The Philippine Red Cross Western Visayas regional blood center in this city received PHP3.3 million worth of equipment from the Rotary Club of Jung Ulsan in South Korea...
MANILA -- The House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a measure seeking to establish a medical scholarship program to address the shortage of doctors in the...
