The Department of Health (DOH) has recently opened a new catheterization laboratory (CathLab) at the Jose B. Lingad Memorial General Hospital (JBLMGH) in San Fernando City, Pampanga to
Category: Health
Expert: XBB.1.5 possible to become dominant variant in PH
MANILA – The XBB.1.5 subvariant of Omicron, which is a mutation of the BA.2, could be a dominant variant in the country, a health official said
PhilHealth: No premium contribution increase in 2023
MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) said there will be no PhilHealth premium increase this year. It has instead proposed a gradual but steady incremental increases in
Study: Experimental drug slows Alzheimer’s progression
ANKARA – The experimental drug lecanemab has the “potential” to serve as treatment at early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, according to new trial results. The drug’s developers, Biogen
DOH: 2 regions reach epidemic threshold for cholera
A Department of Health (DOH) official recently said cholera cases in the past four months in Central Luzon and Eastern Visayas have reached the epidemic threshold.
More cases of 2 Omicron subvariants logged
The Department of Health (DOH) has has detected 693 more cases of two Omicron subvariants of the Covid-19 virus, and 677 of the total count are BA.5 cases and 16 are
PH logs 230% hike in Cholera cases from Jan. 1-Aug. 6
The Philippines country has also logged 2,650 cholera cases from January 1 to August 6, 230 percent higher than the figure in the same period in 2021, as if the
DOH: Dengue cases up 153% from January to August
The Department of Health (DOH) said the Philippines has logged 118,526 dengue cases from January 1 to August 6 this year, 153 percent higher than the figure in
Jan. 1-July 30 Dengue cases 131%
The Philippines has logged 102,619 dengue cases from January 1 to July 30 this year. The figure is 131% higher than the number in the same period in 2021.
PH detects 890 more cases of Omicron BA.5 subvariant
The Department of Health (DOH) reported Thursday the country has detected 890 additional cases of the Omicron BA.5 subvariant of the Covid-19 virus.
