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Public advised to eat moderately this Yuletide season

By Cindy Ferrer/PNA ILOILO CITY -- With parties being held left and right to celebrate Christmas, people tend to overeat and forget about their diet. Dr. Patricia Grace Trabado, chief of the Provincial Health...

First 1,000 Days Law to benefit kids’ health, nutrition

By Perfecto Raymundo, Jr./PNA MANILA -- A children's welfare advocacy group, Save the Children Philippines (SCP), on Thursday assured that the enactment of the “First 1,000 Days Law” gives children the chance to...

Expand scholarships to private college studes, gov’t urged

PR/PNA MANILA -- Even with free tuition in public universities and colleges, Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for the expansion of scholarship grants to students enrolled in private higher education institutions. Angara has lauded...

Nine In 10 Babies Born With A Cleft Condition Could Die Without Corrective Surgery

By Carol Pearson/VOA News Nine In 10 Babies Born With A Cleft Condition Could Die Without Corrective Surgery  WASHINGTON — One of the most common birth defects throughout the world is a cleft lip. Babies...

Suspected measles cases monitored in GenSan village

By PNA GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Health personnel are closely monitoring a village here due to the increasing cases of suspected measles infection. A report from the City Health Office's (CHO) epidemiology and surveillance unit...

PhilHealth educates Cebuanos on universal health care bill

By John Rey Saavedra/PNA CEBU CITY – Top officials from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) will be in Cebu on Tuesday to educate the residents here on the role of the...

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