NDRRMC verifies report “Nina” killed at least 10
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) puts the number of fatality in the aftermath of typhoon “Nina” at ...
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Malacañang: No nationwide firecracker ban this year
Malacañang is putting on hold the issuance of an executive order to enforce a nationwide ban on firecrackers on New ...
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DoH screening drug surrenderers in Coron, islands
The Department of Health (DoH)–Mimaropa (Oriental/Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) Special Medical Action Response Teams together with local health officials ...
Read moreDoH sends teams to aid former drug users
The Department of Health has deployed Special Medical Action Response Teams (S.M.A.R.T.) to Mimaropa (Oriental and Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, ...
Read moreDOH: Graphic health warnings must be seen on cigarette packs
The Department of Health (DOH) announces, all cigarette packs being sold in stores nationwide must bear graphic health warnings on ...
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When dogs attack: Things you need to know about rabies
In his last few hours in that cold dreary blue-colored isolation room at San Lazaro Hospital, a five-year old boy ...
Read moreDoH backs tax hike on tobacco products
THE Department of Health is pushing the proposal of the Department of Finance to increase the taxes on cigarettes and ...
Read moreZika PH strain probed after 3rd case
THE number of locally transmitted Zika cases in Metro Manila rose to three after two more cases"•one each in Makati ...
Read moreDoH steps up drive vs tobacco
THE Department of Health took a step forward further in its campaign in reducing the prevalence of smoking in the ...
Read moreDoH launches P220-m mental health program
WITH the “very little investment” in mental health, Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial on Thursday signed an administrative order on ...
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