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Instant noodle ban, price hike on Pinoy Bread still pending

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is ready to remove instant noodles from retail market shelves once the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

New US strategy to make monkeypox vaccine go further

US health authorities on Tuesday authorized a new procedure for injecting the monkeypox vaccine that should make it possible to inoculate more people with...

Marcos names Dimayuga to MMDA, Zacate to FDA, new legal executives

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Carlo Dimayuga III as acting chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). He will replace lawyer Romando Artes,...

DOH: ‘Inherent constraints’ in fight against monkeypox

The Philippines has to make do with what is available under a limited environment to combat monkeypox, the Department of Health (DOH) hinted on...

FDA: Lucky Me! noodles are safe for consumption

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declared the locally produced Lucky Me! Noodle products safe for human consumption. The FDA decision followed recent findings...

US seeks to slash nicotine content in cigarettes

President Joe Biden’s administration announced it would develop a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels—a move that would deal...

US approves first pill for treatment of alopecia

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a drug called baricitinib as the first oral tablet for  treating severe alopecia areata, an autoimmune...

Cayetano hails Supreme Court decision on tobacco regulation

The Supreme Court ruling sustaining the authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate cigarettes and tobacco products is a “major victory”...

US to fly in baby formula on military contracted planes

The US government will fly in baby formula on commercial planes contracted by the military in an airlift aimed at easing the major shortage...

Booster shot first before voting—Du30

President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his call to Filipinos to get COVID-19 booster shots before participating in the May 9 national and local elections. The President...

Panel OKs boosters for kids 12 to 17

The country's vaccine expert panel (VEP) has recommended the administration of the first booster dose against COVID-19 for children ages 12 to 17 years...

Quack cure

From the start, we have supported the government’s view that the response to the COVID-19 pandemic must be based on science. Conversely, this also...

Targeted 4th dose, booster for kids pushed

The Department of Health (DOH) said Friday that it has already asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to amend the emergency use authorization...

FDA stops illegal online sale of drugs

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has removed 48 online posts of the drug Molnupiravir for alleged unauthorized sale to the public. FDA deputy director...
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