In the last 20 years, heart disease has remained the leading cause of death in the world and is still “killing more people than ever before,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its 2019 Global Health…
MANILA, Philippines — American pharmaceutical company Pfizer is asking people still wary of getting the vaccine against the new coronavirus to “think twice” should they opt not to be immunized as such a decision provides an opportunity…
MANILA, Philippines — The government hopes to vaccinate for the new coronavirus 60 to 70 percent of all Filipinos — enough to trigger herd immunity — within three to five years, the chief of the COVID-19 task…
MANILA, Philippines — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said families would have to make the “difficult decision” of not getting together during the coming holidays to reduce their chances of being infected with the new…
The Department of Health (DOH) warned of a “very strong possibility” of local COVID-19 cases increasing further due to overcrowding in evacuation centers following the recent onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses (international name: Vamco). At a press briefing…
MANILA, Philippines — Although initial results of the large-scale clinical trial of Pfizer’s candidate COVID-19 vaccine were encouraging, the Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, November 11, 202o, sought to temper public expectations, advising people to continue…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines saw its overall number of new cases drop by 25 percent last month, in part driven by the continued decline in the number of infections in Metro Manila, the epicenter of the…
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire on Friday said the World Health Organization (WHO) had trimmed down to “three to four” the number of candidate COVID-19 vaccines being considered for inclusion in the Solidarity Trial program scheduled to…
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) issued new guidelines on Monday, October 12, 2020, on good ventilation and proper air circulation in enclosed spaces, amid the continuing threat of the coronavirus pandemic. Health Undersecretary Maria…
MANILA, Philippines — The government expects to spend P89 million in hosting the World Health Organization (WHO)-led Solidarity Trials but the cost of the potential COVID-19 vaccine will be shouldered by the global health agency, according to…
The country’s health system has “improved tremendously” in the last six months and led to better management of the coronavirus infection, the Department of Health (DOH) maintained on Friday, despite the Philippines’ 20th ranking among countries with…
MANILA, Philippines — Four days after the government announced that it would prohibit home confinement for mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Friday said it would start easing restrictions in public transportation…
