PRO-7 activates Regional Task Force-7 Shield

Alven Marie A. Timtim 03/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) has activated this afternoon the Regional Task Force-7 (RTF-7) Shield, which will assist with the enforcement of measures to help curb the spread of coronavirus…

Will Cebu follow suit in declaring a lockdown?

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Stricter protocols for social distancing and mobility are on the way for Cebu. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said the provincial government would come up with more stringent protocols, within the next 48 hours, to…

Second patient cured of HIV

Agence France Presse 03/11/2020

PARIS — A second patient has been cured of HIV after undergoing stem cell transplant treatment, doctors said Tuesday, after finding no trace of infection 30 months after he stopped traditional treatment. The so-called “London Patient”, a…

Authorities scrambling to find 7 Koreans from Daegu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Government officials in Cebu are scrambling to locate seven South Koreans from Daegu City, who arrived in the country last February 25.  These seven tourists are among the last batch of South Korean…

PUMs, PUIs urged to follow health department’s guidelines, protocols

Futch Anthony Inso 02/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) is appealing to persons under monitoring (PUMs) and persons under investigation (PUIs) to cooperate with the protocol and guidelines that was issued by the department…

#PresyoMerkado: Fighting skin damage with pineapples

Immae Lachica 10/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – This tropical fruit originated from South America.  Early European explorers named it pineapple because of its resemblance to a pinecone. Pineapples (Ananas comosus) are packed with nutrients, antioxidants and helpful compounds that can…

Kris Aquino: DIAGNOSED WITH AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE

10/11/2018

QUEEN of All Media Kris Aquino has Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria. She made the admission in an Instagram post on Wednesday, a week after her medical trip to Singapore. “To be specific, I now know I have Chronic…

Disease fears as more bodies found in Indonesia disaster

AFP 10/06/2018

Rescuers picking through the grim aftermath of Indonesia’s quake-tsunami issued a fresh public health warning yesterday as more decaying corpses were unearthed from beneath the ruined city of Palu. Officials said yesterday the death toll had climbed…

Disease spreads throughout rice fields

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 06/09/2018

Forty-eight-year-old farmer Edgar Lumontad could not do anything but sigh upon seeing his 3.4 hectare rice field in Barangay Lunas, Asturias town, infected with disease. Lumontad is among 196 farmers in Asturias who expected yields from last…

New Zealand to kill 150,000 cows to end bacterial disease

AP 05/28/2018

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand plans to slaughter about 150,000 cows as it tries to eradicate a strain of disease-causing bacteria from the national herd. Politicians and industry leaders announced the ambitious plan on Monday. They…

Public told: Keep watch on filariasis

Intern 11/14/2017

HEALTH officials called on the public yesterday to remain vigilant against the possible resurgence of the filariasis disease in Cebu and Central Visayas. In yesterday’s Kapihan sa Philippine Information Agency (PIA) forum, Dr. Ronald Jarvik Buscato said…

Fibromyalgia: An enigma

Philip Chua 09/25/2017

What is fibromyalgia? Fibromyalgia is a disorder that causes achy muscle aches and pain, tenderness, spasm, and stiffness of the muscle, areas of the tendons and ligaments, chronic fatigue. These tender points are common around the neck…

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