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Steam inhalation: Quick relief, but not a cure for COVID-19

Health experts have cautioned against the use of steam inhalation, known as tuob or suob in local parlance, as a cure for COVID-19. “Steam inhalation...

Keep Metro under GCQ, expert advises; cases surge

A health expert urged the government to keep Metro Manila under a general community quarantine (GCQ) as COVID-19 infections rose to 304,226 on Sunday. While...

DOH reports record-high recoveries at 40,397

Health officials on Sunday reported a record 40,397 COVID-19 recoveries Sunday, but only 914 of these were tested and found negative for the coronavirus. The...

Physicians’ group VP suggests GCQ for Metro Manila

A public health expert on Thursday has urged the government to revert Metro Manila's lockdown back to a general community quarantine (GCQ) to keep...

New COVID-19 cases could reach 7,000

The number of new COVID-19 cases to be reported during the next few days could reach more than the record-high 7,000 cases on Monday,...

In defense of our frontliners

"Some of the most principled people I have met are doctors. They go beyond the call of duty."   Last week, in an unprecedented move, the...

Breathing space

"There must be a better plan than simply waiting for a vaccine." Metro Manila returns to a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) today, largely because...

Frontliners plead for ‘timeout’

Dozens of doctors’ groups on Saturday warned the Philippines was losing the coronavirus fight, calling for a “timeout” and urging President Rodrigo Duterte to...

More workers at San Lazaro catch virus

Three San Lazaro Hospital health care workers assigned in wards handling COVID-19 patients have tested positive for the virus, the hospital’s chief adult infectious...

Integrate kidney health program, government urged

Doctors on Tuesday urged the national government and local government units to integrate kidney health program in their health-care services and yearly advocacy. “We encourage...

Filipinos urged: Stay away from blasting firecrackers

To prevent harmful chemicals from polluting the atmosphere, a medical health expert and an environmental health advocate exhorted all Filipinos to turn away from...

E-cigarettes risky, DOH, WHO claim

Officials from the Department of Health, the World Health Organization, and the Philippine College of Physicians, refuted industry claims that  there were not enough...

Health advocates renew call for tobacco tax hike

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Angara bill seeks medical scholarship

Citing data from the Philippine College of Physicians that there are only 23 doctors, nurses and midwives per 10,000 Filipinos and that three out...
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