Medical

The healthcare commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is pushing for the continued propagation of vaccine confidence in every community. Fr. Dan Cancino, executive secretary of the CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Health …

A third super health center (SHC), which will provide more than basic health services, will soon rise in Purok 2, Barangay Guihing here. The SHC, a medium-type polyclinic and bigger than a rural health center, aims to decongest hospitals in the provin…

Indonesia’s police are conducting preliminary inquiries into whether any actions by officials at the country’s drug regulator could amount to criminal wrongdoing, as they expand a probe into tainted cough syrups linked to the deaths of more than 200 c…

The provincial government here will adjust the direction of its health program to include non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. likened to climate change, a lingering condition that can cause natural disasters. ‘T…

The Belgian government announced on Monday that it will destroy nearly six million doses of Covid-19 vaccines as they are outdated, local media reported. ‘Several studies show that the vaccines adapted to BA.4/5 subvariants are significantly more effe…

The measles-rubella and oral polio vaccine supplemental immunization activity (MR-OPV SIA) of the Department of Health (DOH) provided protection to 161,566 target children in 42 municipalities and one component city at the end of the extended activity…

The Health Ministry (MoH) recorded a total of 39 cases of heat-related illness from the 16th Epidemiological Week (ME) (April 16-22) to the 23rd ME (June 4 to 10).Its minister, Dr Zaliha Mustafa said 23 of the cases were heat exhaustion, 11 were heat c…