Education

Solon seeks PRRD nod FSL as national language

MANILA -- Senator Francis Escudero is urging President Rodrigo R. Duterte to sign into law the measure declaring Filipino sign language (FSL) as the national sign language following the adoption of the...

Group calls for stricter tobacco control policies

MANILA -- A health advocacy group is pushing for stronger public health policies on tobacco control. “As signatory to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, we have to have policies on tobacco control,...

DOH gets higher public approval rating in 2018

MANILA -- The Department of Health is enjoying a higher approval rating, according to the June 2018 Ulat ng Bayan report of Pulse Asia Research, Inc., which surveyed the performance of selected...

Organ donation from brain-dead persons pushed

MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) is encouraging families to consider organ donation of deceased relatives, including those who have been declared legally and medically brain-dead, to help others in...

Body heat converted into electricity powers health sensors

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — There has been an increasing number of wearable technologies that have health sensors as medical tools to track a person’s well-being. Many of these devices need to be...

Zamboanga CHO urges health facilities to report HFMD cases

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The City Health Office (CHO) has urged health facilities here to report cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) to prevent the spread of the disease in the...

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