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Duque urges intensified awareness vs HIV/AIDS

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Health Secretary Francisco Duque III urged health workers in Region 12 to step up  their awareness and surveillance activities against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency...

DOH readies personnel for psycho-social intervention in Calabarzon

MANILA --The Department of Health (DOH) has started training around 400 personnel in Calabarzon to undergo a three-day training and prepare them in holding psychosocial intervention activities to Dengvaxia recipients and...

Dengue cases in Bulacan up by 21%

CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan -- Dengue cases in this province have increased by 21 percent in the first four months of this year compared to the same period in 2017. Jocelyn Gomez,...

PhilHealth chief wants to sit down with Duterte

MANILA – Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) interim president Ma. Jude dela Serna on Tuesday said that she is seeking an audience with President Rodrigo R. Duterte so she could air her...

Rising HIV/AIDS cases in Eastern Visayas alarming: DOH

PALO, Leyte -- The Department of Health (DOH) has expressed alarm over rising cases of human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in Eastern Visayas over the past two...

Dogs trained to monitor low blood sugar may save lives

CONCORD, CALIFORNIA — Dogs can be trained to sniff out drugs and explosives, so Mark Ruefenacht wondered if their exquisite sense of smell could be used to detect changes in a...

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