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Prisoners' health is public health issue, too: Manila conference

Kyodo News
Updated as of Nov 19 10:29 PM

Health concerns hounding prisons and other formal places of detention must also be regarded as a public health issue to be able to effectively address them, participants in a three-day regional conference last week concurred. Read more »

Two treated for deadly pneumonic plague in China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 13 06:39 PM

BEIJING - Two people in Beijing have been diagnosed with the pneumonic plague — a rare instance of the highly-contagious disease that is fatal if left untreated. Read more »

Children of Yolanda battle malnutrition, disease

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 08:24 AM

As their parents rebuild from one of the world's most powerful and deadliest storms, their children, who have little to no recollection of the tragedy, battle diseases borne out of poverty. Read more »

Public health crisis looms if PH fails to solve health emergencies: Hontiveros

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 04 10:14 AM

The Philippines could face a public health crisis in a few years should it fail to address the current multiple health emergencies, a senator said Monday. Read more »

'Gusto ko wala nang maputukan': Duterte to let LGUs handle firecracker ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 08:01 PM

"A lot of children, every year, would lose [their] eyesight, two fingers blown away, 'yang mga ganun, sunog," the President said.  Read more »

Robredo pushes for health-based approach to stop drug addiction

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 10:14 AM

Reeling from fresh criticism from Duterte supporters, Robredo said she "cannot just sit back and look the other way" when there is a need to criticize government policies. Read more »

Life and love in the time of polio

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 17 01:43 PM

Who's afraid of polio? Not these two survivors. Read more »

San Lazaro Hospital confirms 2 cases of meningococcemia in Manila

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 06:52 PM

The San Lazaro hospital in Manila said Friday two patients were confirmed to have meningococcemia. Read more »

PH needs health literacy in fight vs infectious diseases, says doc

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 03 11:57 AM

A health literate public can do a lot to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, an official of the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) said on Thursday. Read more »

Chickenpox, mumps, pertussis: Doctor warns of more disease outbreaks as vaccine rates plummet

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 26 10:32 AM

More diseases are expected to spread due to the country's plummeting immunization rate, an infectious disease doctor warned Thursday. Read more »

PH still polio-free but at high risk due to low vaccination

Ana Maria Reyes, ABS-CBN Investigative & Research Group
Updated as of Sep 09 07:26 PM

A Department of Health official assured the public that the country is still "polio-free," even as she warns that the country is at high risk of poliovirus transmission because of the “very low” vaccine coverage and poor sanitary practices and conditions. Read more »

'We need to act now': Health chief warns of polio return in PH

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 04:52 PM

MANILA - The Philippines is currently at “high risk for poliovirus transmission,” a health official said on Saturday, as he called for urgent action to avert the return of the disease. Read more »

Health workers intensifying anti-dengue efforts amid rising cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 02:25 PM

Health workers in various provinces are stepping up efforts to curb the rising number of dengue cases. Read more »

Duterte signs law requiring reporting of public health concerns

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 12:43 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a new law requiring the reporting of public health concerns and events such as infectious diseases and epidemics. Read more »

Pila ng mga pasyente sa ER ng PGH umapaw sa labas ng ospital

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 07:58 PM

Inaabot umano ng halos 200 katao ang nasa makeshift emergency room na dapat para sa 25 hanggang 35 pasyente.  Read more »

Roque backs Duterte arrest order vs clinic in 'ghost' dialysis scandal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 08 12:04 PM

MANILA - Lawyer Harry Roque on Saturday is supporting President Rodrigo Duterte's order to arrest the owners of a dialysis center for allegedly claiming payments of already dead patients. Read more »

Doctor becomes lawyer to pursue dream of pushing health reforms in PH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 07:45 PM

Like many medical students, interning at the Philippine General Hospital was a wake-up call for Lee Edson Yarcia. The hospital was always running short on supplies and beds as it accommodated as many patients as possible.  Read more »

Measles crisis: 'Let's DOH it'

Editorial cartoon by Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 09:36 PM

If the Philippines was able to eradicate disease such as polio then, we can do it again in the fight against measles. As the late former Health Secretary Juan Flavier used to say, "Let's DOH it."  Read more »

'Long-standing neglect' caused measles outbreak: expert

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 05:18 PM

Public health expert Dr. Susan Mercado said the government must move "fast enough" to contain the outbreak and prevent premature deaths.  Read more »

Poop in hand, Bill Gates backs China's toilet revolution

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 07 07:46 AM

Billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates surprised his audience in Beijing when he brandished a jar of human waste to draw attention to the lack of toilets in developing countries. Read more »