Vaccinating school-age children to prevent outbreaks

By Teodoro B. Padilla
With the opening of classes in the country last month coinciding with the start of the rainy season, there is a higher risk of...

Malaysia reports new mpox case of less severe variant

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's health ministry reported on Tuesday one new case of the mpox virus infection of the clade 2 variety, a less severe variant of the disease, and...

Improving diagnosis for patient safety

By Teodoro B. Padilla
Patient safety is a fundamental principle of healthcare and is now being recognized as a large and growing global public health challenge, according to...

Kindred Health opens second store in Vertis North

Kindred Health, a women’s healthcare platform, opened on September 10 its second brick-and-mortar clinic in Ayala Malls Vertis North.  The Quezon City mall clinic offers...

Multisector collaboration needed to mitigate animal-to-human disease transmission, experts say

By Patricia B. Mirasol, Producer Health experts convened in a September 9 event, co-organized by the French Embassy in the Philippines and CFI Media Development,...

Easing the socioeconomic burden of childhood cancers

By Teodoro B. Padilla
As the country observes Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September, it is important to consider the current challenges and opportunities in enhancing the treatment...

Responding to Mpox

By Teodoro B. Padilla
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared that the outbreak of Mpox (previously known as monkeypox) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),...

Mpox Virus: Things to know

Preventive measures against mpox have been shared by experts from the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP), urging the public to protect themselves amid the...

Doctors debunk common health myths of Filipinos

by Patricia B. Mirasol, producer Doctors dispelled common health myths in the August 22 event organized to discuss DECODE, a docuseries by private hospital group...

US CDC reports 21 Oropouche cases among travelers returning from Cuba

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday that a total of 21 Oropouche virus disease cases among US travelers...

Front-of-package warning labels can help prevent obesity and NCDs – Imagine Law

A bill that would mandate front-of-package warning labels (FOPWL) on food products with unsafe levels of "nutrients of concern" is being pushed by a...

Philippines says two new mpox cases are milder variant

MANILA - The Philippines has confirmed two more mpox virus infections of the milder clade 2 variety, its health ministry said Monday, bringing the...