
Monkeypox to be renamed mpox: WHO
Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox in English, the World Health Organization announced Monday, in a bid to avoid stigmatization stemming from the existing name.
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Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox in English, the World Health Organization announced Monday, in a bid to avoid stigmatization stemming from the existing name.
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Senators Bong Go and Robin Padilla on 25 November visited the town of Matanao where they inspected its Super Health Center.
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Pope Francis on Tuesday removed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as president of the Catholic Church's worldwide charity arm Caritas Internationalis, along with its…
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The world will not return to "business as usual" following the pandemic alongside rocketing gas prices and forced migration in the wake of the…
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Iran has arrested two prominent actors who expressed solidarity with the protest movement and removed their headscarves in public in an apparent act of…
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I continue to advocate for the establishment of more Super Health Centers in our country to improve access to primary care facilities.
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Global sports retailer Decathlon continues to expand its local footprint by opening a new concept store in SM Fairview — the sixth one in the country, and the…
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There was no escalator like last time, no offensive nicknames like always, and none of the awkward dancing that sometimes features, but supporters got exactly…
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The Department of Health on Tuesday said it is eyeing to recommend the extension of the COVID-19 state of calamity should Congress fail to approve its proposed…
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The Quezon City Police District on 14 November said it is contemplating filing charges against the mother of a man who engaged the police in a deadly shootout…
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A Thai former district police chief jailed for torturing a suspect to death will have undeclared assets worth $37 million seized after being found to be…
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The DoH earlier cautioned that the low vaccination rates may result in outbreaks and future health crises.
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Deadlier than Covid, or even rivalling cancer? Researchers have been increasingly attempting to calculate the effect climate change will have on health if the…
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State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines has granted P500 million in funding support to a Cavite-based healthcare institution for the construction of a…
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In the wake of the devastation brought about by Severe Tropical Storm "Paeng" (Nalgae), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed Proclamation No. 84…
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Hackers leaking medical records stolen from a major Australian healthcare company said Thursday they are demanding $10 million to make it stop, about a dollar…
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Uganda will close schools nationwide later this month after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among pupils, including eight children who died, the country's first…
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Developing and emerging countries — excluding China — need investments well beyond $2 trillion annually by 2030 if the world is to stop the global warming…
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