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DOH intensifies immunization drive vs. measles in Central Luzon

By Zorayda Tecson/PNA ANGELES CITY — The Department of Health (DOH) Regional Office 3 has started to intensify its measles immunization campaign in Central Luzon to curb increasing cases of the communicable...

PhilHealth urged anew to support heart attack patients

By Ma. Teresa Montemayor/PNA MANILA -- A group of medical experts is again calling on the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to subsidize the treatment of heart attack patients. "Philhealth creates packages where...

DOH-Calabarzon forms task force vs. measles outbreak

By Gladys Pino/PNA MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) 4-A (Calabarzon) has formed a task force that will urgently address the rapid increase of measles cases in the region by beefing...

DOH6 works double time to arrest increasing measles cases

By Perla Lena/PNA ILOILO -- The Department of Health (DOH) has “upscaled its action points” as it tries to address the increasing cases of suspected measles cases in Western Visayas, which has...

NRCP, partners to provide free HIV screening on Feb. 13

By Ma. Cristina Arayata/PNA MANILA -- The National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP), Red Ribbon Care Management, and the Love Yourself, Inc., will provide free HIV screening to 300 people on...

2 deaths, 289 measles cases in NorMin: DOH

By Nef Luczon and Ercel Maandig/PNA CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Department of Health in Region 10 (DOH-10) said measles cases have reached 289 cases in Northern Mindanao since January 2019,...

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