Dengue vaccines safe, doctors say
by Patricia B. Mirasol, Producer
Dengue vaccines are safe, and they are one way of combatting the viral infection spread by mosquitoes, according to doctors...
UK to probe health impact of vaping on children as young as eight
LONDON - Britain will investigate the long-term effects of vaping on children as young as eight in a decade-long study of their health and behavior,...
Trump signs executive order seeking to expand IVF access
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday directing the government to expand access to in vitro fertilization and reduce the costs...
FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say
U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of the...
Delivering next-generation medicines and vaccines
By Teodoro B. Padilla
Pharmaceutical companies have been at the forefront of advances in medical innovation that are leading to real improvements in the health of people worldwide....
Takeda, Otsuka-Solar sign MoU to raise dengue awareness in the Philippines
by Patricia B. Mirasol, Producer
Takeda Healthcare Philippines, Inc. and Otsuka-Solar Philippines, Inc., with the support of the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, inked...
mWell launches OnTheGo medical drone delivery service
by Patricia B. Mirasol, Producer
mWell, the digital healthcare arm of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), launched on February 5 its OnTheGo medical drone delivery...
Move for a healthy heart
By Teodoro B. Padilla
A sedentary or physically inactive lifestyle increases a person’s risk for heart disease, as well as many other conditions and ailments. As the country...
Awareness key to cancer prevention and early diagnosis
By Teodoro B. Padilla
Cancer is a leading cause of sickness and death in the Philippines, imposing a heavy socioeconomic burden on patients and their families. From January...
Preventing RSV
By Teodoro B. Padilla
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) leads to over 30 million severe respiratory infections, 3.5 million hospitalizations, and 100,000 deaths among children under five each year...
Quezon City rolls out free community-based cervical cancer screening program
by Edg Adrian A. Eva, Reporter
The local government of Quezon City launched a free community-based cervical cancer screening program last January 15, and will...
Trump orders US exit from the World Health Organization
NEW YORK - The United States will exit the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic...
