Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said the return of P60 billion in excess funds to Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) could bolster...
A Japanese government expert panel agreed Thursday to legally ban and penalize research or medical practices that genetically modify human embryos to implant into...
An internationally-respected network of health researchers, Cochrane, has published a comprehensive systematic review providing strong evidence that nicotine-containing e-cigarettes effectively help adult smokers quit...
An international team of researchers said Monday that receiving the human papillomavirus vaccine by age 16 reduces the risk of developing cervical cancer by...
Experts, consumer advocates and regulators at the "Good COP 2.0" conference in Geneva cautioned that prohibitionist approaches targeting tobacco harm reduction (THR), often backed...
Washington, United States—The US health agency has updated its official website to reflect the vaccine skepticism of a senior Trump official, a move that medical...
THERE is a certain ritual performed every two years at the WHO Conference of the Parties (COP)—a choreography of pronouncements, applause lines, and orchestrated...
Orléans, France—Inside a lab in the French city of Orleans, scientists are testing out the limits of molecules in our body called messenger RNA—best known...
Social Watch Philippines (SWP) asked the public to closely monitor the Philippine delegation attending the 11th Conference of Parties (COP11) to the World Health...
Advocates are calling on the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) to stop blocking access to safer nicotine products (SNPs)...
Washington, United States—The United States will consider obesity or having children with special needs as reasons to reject immigrant visas, in the latest salvo by...
Consumer groups and farmers in the Philippines asked the World Health Organization (WHO) and public policymakers to adopt a science-based approach to tobacco control,...
Senator Francis Pangilinan is advocating organic agriculture as a public health strategy to combat rising respiratory and lifestyle diseases in the Philippines.
He said naturally...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday urged government agencies to strengthen the enforcement of existing regulations against the illicit tobacco trade, warning that the smuggling...
