More younger people are contracting HIV, with Central Visayas ranking second to the National Capital Region (NCR) in the number of HIV cases based on a report by the Department of Health. Dr. Genesis May Samonte, program…
Church steps up education drive, reminds public not to shun patients Central Visayas had 47 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in October, the 4th highest region nationwide. Most of these cases come from Cebu, a Department…
SINCE Charlie Sheen, 50, star of the hit TV series “Two and a Half Men,” revealed for the first time on November 17, 2015 in his interview on TODAY with Matt Lauer, that he had tested positive…
Department of Health says this is highest number of cases in a month The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded the highest number of new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a single month last June,…
The Cebu Provincial Board passed a resolution asking all local government units in the province to support voluntary testing programs for persons suspected of having the human immuno-deficiency virus/acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). In its regular session yesterday,…
The National HIV/Aids Testing Week (May 11 – 17) reels off in a couple of days and if government and nongovernment organizations are doing their utmost to keep the public aware of the disease, it is because…
The Cebu City Council wants the City Health Department (CHD) to review its program on the distribution of free syringes, saying it may be violating Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act. In last Thursday’s…
Despite years of information campaigns on the risks of sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy from unprotected sex, majority of today’s young people had their first premarital sex experience without the use of condom or any other…
