Health reform advocate Dr. Anthony Leachon on Thursday warned against complacency amid data showing Omicron causes milder illness. As Omicron spreads like wildfire, he cautioned that it’s only a...
Some 50 percent of healthcare workers are not willing to get booster shots without experts' recommendation, the Department of Health said Friday.
This emerged as...
Household members of senior citizens could be included in the priority sector for the country's inoculation program against COVID-19 as authorities scramble to find...
A former adviser to the National Task Force Against COVID-19 on Tuesday expressed concern over new government guidelines that allow fully-vaccinated persons to travel...
The government on Tuesday said it will try to swiftly contain the spread of the more transmissible COVID-19 variant from South Africa (B.1.351), which...
Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto’s proposed “vaccine czar” for the country should have extensive leadership experience in domestic and international logistics, said public health...
Senator Christopher Go on Sunday said he would recommend to President Rodrigo Duterte that he issue an executive order to regulate e-cigarettes and vape...
Health advocates from the Sin Tax Coalition praised the move to certify Senate Bill 1074, which proposes to significantly raise the taxes on alcoholic...
Health advocates have urged senators to support proposals to increase the tax on alcohol products, citing the P200 million annual budget of the government...
To reduce smoking prevalence among Filipinos and raise crucial funding for the government’s Universal Health Care program, Senator Sonny Angara on Monday endorsed to...
