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Filipinos and critical illness financing gap

MANILA -- Impact of illnesses on one’s finances have made Filipinos more conscious about their health. This may sound like a no-brainer, but results of a survey done by Hong Kong-based AIA Group...

DOH exec sees universal health care as Christmas gift to Pinoys

ILOILO CITY -- The enactment of the Universal Health Care Bill into a law could be the government’s Christmas gift to the Filipino people if passed before the year ends. In a press...

DOH cautions public vs. use of e-cigarettes, vapes

MANILA — The Department of Health DOH urged the public on Saturday to be vigilant when buying consumer products sold online like e-cigarettes and vaping devices. This, after a vaping device exploded while...

WHO: Air Pollution Conference Aims High to Cut Deaths

GENEVA — Participants at the first ever WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution have adopted a plan for reducing air pollution, which every year prematurely kills an estimated seven million people. The World...

Scientists Set Out to Map Genome of All Life Forms on Earth

Scientists across the world have set an ambitious goal for themselves: to sequence the genome of every known life form on Earth within the next decade. The Earth BioGenome Project, launched this...

Fathers’ Exercise Impacts the Health of Their Children

Many people know that a woman's health, including her diet and exercise habits, can impact the health of her baby even before she gets pregnant. But, until recently, little was known...

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