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CA defers confirmation of DOH chief Duque over Dengvaxia issue
Senator Gregorio Honasan II says the CA members need more time to assess DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III's plans for the children injected with the risky dengue vaccine
DOH orders probe if Cebu infants' deaths due to pentavalent vaccine
Lapu-Lapu health officer Dr Rodolfo Berame says: 'It was already the second dose for those babies. If it was vaccine-related, they could have died on first dose.'
Trump gets his secretary of state but other fights loom
UPDATED Battles loom on Capitol Hill over other key nominees including education secretary designate Betsy DeVos and Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch
Emergency drug for stroke available for free in 26 gov't hospitals
Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial instructs government hospitals to explore partnerships with private hospitals so needy patients can still avail themselves of alteplase for free
Health chief to review transfer of Fabella building
Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial has had a dialogue with groups opposed to transferring the maternity hospital from the Old Bilibid compound in Sta Cruz Manila
Ubial: Blood donation must be an everyday thing
When we donate blood we give life says Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial who kicks off National Blood Donor’s Month in Iloilo City
Challenges for next health chief: Immunization, TRO on implants
Janette Garin hopes her successor won t have to encounter the inconveniences and problems she had to go through in her one year and 4 months as health secretary
Metro Manila hospitals ready for New Year's Eve – DOH
The health department has found the three major hospitals – Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center Philippine General Hospital and East Avenue Medical Center – prepared for cases of firework related injuries
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CA confirms Health Secretary Janette Garin
Garin s confirmation appointment comes almost 3 months after her nomination for the Cabinet position
MILF surrender, MERS-COV free, Pacquiao-Mayweather | The wRap
The MILF can’t guarantee the surrender of troops involved in Mamasapano A Filipina nurse diagnosed with MERS COV is in the clear Pacquiao vs Mayweather fight could be coming soon
Sue Ona!
At this point it seems the former health secretary was not misinformed and that he approved these clinical trials If so he must be held accountable
New DOH Secretary? Pope comes first
Malacañang gives assurances the health department is running with just an acting secretary at the helm
A medical horror story
We can now make a judgment on the anti dengue treatment touted by health officials as a medical breakthrough
Anti-dengue drug: A medical mystery
This medical mystery may yet turn out to be a real horror story where an unethical drug company and its local partners met with a DOH secretary ready to play fast and loose with the nation s health
Juan Flavier: The most honest senator I knew
He was an honest man; a good man; a great man says Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago in her eulogy for the late Senator Juan Flavier
Juan M. Flavier: The Filipino health hero
He would have been president of the Philippines And a great one
Former Health Secretary Juan Flavier dies
2nd UPDATE Former Senator and Health Secretary Juan Flavier dies October 30 from complications from pneumonia He was 79
Ona on MERS: Nat’l ID system needed to track victims faster
One week to trace possible carriers of deadly virus is too long as what happened with the attempt to track passengers of Etihad Airways Flight EY 0424 says the health secretary
Ex-health, finance secretaries stand behind sin tax reform
Former health and finance officials signed a manifesto supporting House Bill 5727 to reform the mandate a simple simple tax system for alcohol and tobacco
"I don't know anyone to blame except me" says Former Health Secretary Romualdez on health gap
Former health secretaries voiced regrets from their terms
