Two weeks after the outbreak of bird flu in Pampanga and Nueva Ecija, the Department of Health (DOH) has declared that there are no more suspected human cases of the disease in the country. This comes after the tests of the seven cases being monitored came back negative. According to a report in Manila Bulletin, DOH Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial …

Former Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach shows the public how easy and hassle-free it is to take an HIV test. The beauty queen, as part of her personal advocacy on HIV/AIDs, had herself tested in public recently, in Taguig City. According to an Inquirer report, Pia also coincided her public testing with the launch of the Love Gala, as part of …

Local labor group Associate Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) requested the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to allow women who work to opt not to wear high heels as required by their employers. In the Philippines, most employers require women to wear high heels at work. According to a Manila Bulletin report, ALU-TUCP made the appeal …

A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine says that making small changes in one’s diet contributes to a longer and healthier life. According to the study, people who changed their diets, making them eat healthier means an 8 to 17 percent lesser chance of early death over a 12-year period. A report in Live Science says …

No less than the G20 countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) have raised the alarm for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a “growing threat to public health and economic growth.” In the recent G20 Summit in Hamburg, the group pledged to take concrete steps in combating AMR. The WHO on the other hand have been issuing warnings about superbugs, or …

Millennials, the much maligned group of adults these days, have their fair share of successes. Most technology start ups would not have become anything if it were not for millennials. While most would say that those between the ages 18 to 34 and employed are earning more, a recent survey says they are spending so much on coffee. According to …

In a recent breakthrough in cancer research, scientists have found two types of personalized vaccines to be “safe and effective” in initial human clinical trials. According to a Reuters report, the vaccines successfully stopped the re-occurrence of cancer in 12 out of 19 melanoma patients within 2 years of treatment. Results of the trials were published on the scientific journal …

Scientists studying the worst kind of skin cancer, melanoma, recently discovered a protein that was observed to regulate the spread of cancer cells from the skin to other organs. This discovery opens up possible pathways for treatment by inhibiting said protein. According to a Manila Bulletin report, scientists studied genetically engineered mice that developed human skin cancers. Their study showed …

The Department of Health wants to help smokers kick the habit, through the new DOH Quitline. The Quitline allows smokers to call a hotline, where they can speak to counselors from the Lung Center of the Philippines. It is part of the department’s Smoking Cessation Program. According to the Inquirer, the program is being implemented in partnership with the World …

The Department of Health launched the whole month of May as Hypertension Awareness Month. Part of the campaign is to screen the blood pressure of 1.7 million Filipinos for the whole month. According to an Inquirer report, the department wants to raise public awareness about the dangers of high blood pressure. Hypertension is the culprit behind over 200,000 deaths yearly, …