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HIV awareness mural set at BOQ
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 24, 2026 - 12:00am
As part of a campaign to prevent the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus, a mural will be painted outside the Bureau of Quarantine in Port Area, Manila.
Comelec raises BPE ballot-shading threshold
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 23, 2026 - 12:00am
The Commission on Elections has raised to 25 percent the ballot-shading threshold for the Bangsamoro parliamentary election (BPE) on Sept. 14, a move the Comelec said would ensure that all the votes would be co...
More Metro Manila vaccination hubs set
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 22, 2026 - 12:00am
Private health clinics are putting up more vaccination hubs in commercial areas in Metro Manila.
Fathers key to raising future-ready families
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 21, 2026 - 12:00am
The role of fathers has evolved beyond being providers to becoming active partners in building healthy, resilient and future-ready families, the Commission on Population and Development said yesterday, ahead...
Filipino conjoined twins separated in Saudi
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 20, 2026 - 12:00am
Filipino conjoined twins Olivia Faith and Jiana Faith Manuel were successfully separated by medical specialists in an operation conducted in a hospital in Saudi Arabia on Thursday.
Mental hospital records 280 typhoid cases
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 19, 2026 - 12:00am
 Nearly 300 typhoid cases have been recorded at the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) in Mandaluyong, according to the Department of Health.
LTFRB to PUV operator: Explain refusal to convey passengers
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 13, 2026 - 12:00am
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has summoned a public utility vehicle operator after his PUV driver refused to convey passengers, including LTFRB Chairman Vigor Mendoza II.
9 facilities removed from PhilHealth program
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 13, 2026 - 12:00am
Nine health care providers in Calabarzon have been removed from the Yaman ng Kalusugan Program or YAKAP of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.
DOLE: Over 95,000 jobs available on June 12
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 9, 2026 - 12:00am
Over 95,000 employment opportunities are up for grabs in nationwide job fairs on June 12, in celebration of the 128th Independence Day, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.
15,000 doses of new HIV prevention drug expected
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 9, 2026 - 12:00am
Around 15,000 doses of a new injectable HIV prevention drug will be available in the Philippines.
2,026 facilities to provide free meds
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 7, 2026 - 12:00am
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation announced that over 2,000 Guaranteed and Accessible Medications for Outpatient Treatment package providers nationwide are ready to give GAMOT members of 75 essential...
PCP suspends Leachon
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 7, 2026 - 12:00am
The Philippine College of Physicians has suspended for six months Dr. Anthony Leachon, independent health reform advocate, over alleged violations of the PCP Code of Ethics.
HIV treatment dropouts sadden AIDS panel
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 3, 2026 - 12:00am
The Philippine National AIDS Council has lamented that thousands of people with human immunodeficiency virus have stopped receiving treatment.
Escudero donor summoned
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 2, 2026 - 12:00am
Former Senate president Francis Escudero’s campaign donor in the 2022 elections has been subpoenaed, the Commission on Elections said yesterday.
1.2 million kids to receive measles, rubella vaccines
by Rhodina Villanueva - June 2, 2026 - 12:00am
The Department of Health yesterday rolled out a measles and rubella vaccination program targeting around 1.2 million children in Metro Manila.
‘DOH can’t donate money to WHO’
by Rhodina Villanueva - May 29, 2026 - 12:00am
The Department of Health  is not in a position to donate money to the World Health Organization, a network of health development experts said yesterday.
Free condoms at MRT set
by Rhodina Villanueva - May 26, 2026 - 12:00am
Free condoms will be available at Metro Rail Transit stations to help curb rising cases of human immunodeficiency virus infections, the Philippine National AIDS Council said yesterday.
Recto faces plunder, malverse raps over PhilHealth, PDIC funds
by Rhodina Villanueva - May 26, 2026 - 12:00am
An independent health reform advocate yesterday filed plunder and technical malversation charges before the Office of the Ombudsman against Executive Secretary Ralph Recto and other Cabinet officials over the diversion...
DMW reports repatriating 10,012 OFWs from Middle East
by Rhodina Villanueva - May 23, 2026 - 12:00am
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has repatriated 10,012 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were affected by the conflict in the Middle East.
Over 4,600 new HIV cases recorded in Q1 – DOH
by Rhodina Villanueva - May 22, 2026 - 12:00am
Over 4,600 newly diagnosed cases of human immunodeficiency virus  have been recorded in the country in the first quarter of this year, according to the Department of Health.
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