At least 21 people died of dengue in Bangladesh on Saturday, a single-day high since the health authorities started record-keeping in 2000, taking the total death toll to 618. According to the Directorate General of Health Services, of the new deaths,…
The country’s daily average for new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases went up by 2 percent from Aug. 21 to 27, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Tuesday. In its latest case bulletin, the agency recorded 114 daily infections, a case highe…
Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection could be prevented significantly, if not eradicated, through the implementation and observance of proactive health measures. ‘In line with one of the marching orders of our President, …
Scientists have called for people in the UK to wear face masks again amid a worrying new Covid-19 variant ‘mutation.’ They expressed concern over a subvariant of Omicron, ‘Eris,’ which now accounts for one in 10 cases in the UK. The number of people d…
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday expressed deep appreciation for the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) commitment to assist the department in promoting the welfare of pregnant and nursing Filipino …
Some 18,580 families are expected to benefit from a PHP24.9-million centralized health care facility that will be established in Libon, Albay by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Bicol under its Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan …