LEGAZPI CITY – The Albay Provincial Health Office (PHO) is closely monitoring the 127 hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) cases recorded to date, mostly among young residents in the province.... Read full article
MANILA – Inhalation of volcanic ash may cause pneumoconiosis, or a collection of lung diseases caused by breathing in certain types of dust particles, an infectious diseases expert said Monday.... Read full article
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday reported 3,656 new Covid-19 cases, the country’s lowest daily tally in over three months.... Read full article
MANILA – A total of 736,880 children aged 5 to 11 years old have been inoculated against Covid-19 since the pediatric vaccination started on February 7, a health official said Tuesday.... Read full article
MANILA – The country's total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,654,173 after 7,312 new recoveries were reported on Sunday.... Read full article
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday clarified that it did not disregard the six months shelf life of SARS-CoV-2 real-time reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test kits procured...... Read full article
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday reported PHP15.7 billion worth of benefits for health care workers have been disbursed as of November 26.... Read full article
MANILA – An additional 571 cases of the highly transmissible and dominant Delta variant of the coronavirus have been recorded nationwide.... Read full article
MANILA – The daily average of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases went down by 19 percent for the period Aug. 22 to 28, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday.... Read full article
MANILA – The increase in coronavirus infections appear to be slowing but the country's health systems capacity remains at high risk, a health official said Monday.... Read full article