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Duterte orders price control on food, medicine amid Covid-19 spread

March 18, 2020 admin covid spread, covid-19, duterte, FOOD, latest stories, medicine, price control, Today's Breaking News

Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 03:29:01 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has ordered all government agencies, offices, and local government units to implement price control measures on basic food commodities and essential emergency medicines and supplies due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak in the country. “The ongoing global concern on the spread of the Covid-19 has increased the demand for essential […]

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25-Year-Old Man Claims Whisky Cured His Coronavirus

February 4, 2020 admin coronavirus, food news, medicine, news, Whisky

Credit to Author: Jelisa Castrodale| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 18:12:23 +0000

He admits that he refused the antibiotics the doctors prescribed him because he “didn’t want to take any medicines.”

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Doctors Are Still Putting Us at Risk of Superbugs with Too Many Antibiotics

December 11, 2019 admin antibiotics, healthcare, medicine, superbugs

Credit to Author: Harron Walker| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 01:00:33 +0000

Doctors are prescribing antiobiotics in situations where they aren’t needed or for unclear reasons, when there is a very clear downside to doing so.

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Millennials Are More Likely to Turn Down Healthcare for Cost Reasons

November 19, 2019 admin healthcare, Healthcare costs, medicine, millennials, oh no

Credit to Author: Hannah Smothers| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:49:00 +0000

A new report shows the generation is savvy about healthcare prices… but at what cost?

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‘Family-Friendly’ Occupations for Women Are a Myth

August 21, 2019 admin Career, family, medicine, women at work, Work, work-life balance

Credit to Author: Alyson Lewis| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 23:04:04 +0000

A New York Times story pushed medicine as the ideal career for women. A closer look at data shows “better work-life balance” is actually “choosing careers that require fewer hours” and “still relatively less pay.”

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Lacson: Officials stealing health funds deserve ‘super special suite in hell’

July 29, 2019 admin anomaly, conflict-of-interest, Controversy, Department of Health, doctors pharmaceuticals inc., DoH, dpi, francisco duque, Latest News Stories, local news, medicine, Nation, national news, news, Philippine news updates, politics, Senate

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:15:10 +0000

“Corrupt public officials have no place on earth. But corrupt officials stealing health funds deserve an upgraded and super special suite in hell.”

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Duque: Lack of warehouses led to delayed distribution of near expiring meds

July 28, 2019 admin Department of Health, DoH, expired, expiring, francisco duque iii, investigation, Latest News Stories, local news, medication, medicine, Nation, news, Philippine News, updates, Warehouse

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 06:14:29 +0000

The lack of warehouses specialized for storing drugs and medicines contributed to the delayed distribution of medications and commodities procured by the government, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said.

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DOH to ‘pinpoint accountability’ in non-distribution of near expiring meds

July 28, 2019 admin Department of Health, DoH, expired, expiring, francisco duque iii, inquiry, investigation, Latest News Stories, local news, medication, medicine, Nation, news, Philippine News, Probe, updates

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 04:28:07 +0000

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said an investigation into the non-distribution of expired and near expiring medicines is already underway.

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In Cordillera, forests offer alternative cures

May 3, 2019 admin alternative, Baguio, Benguet, Cordillera, cures, DOST, forests, Headlines, Latest News Stories, medicinal, medicine, plants, Regions, Schools, slu, tuklas lunas development consortium, university of the philippines (up) baguio, woodlands

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 21:19:33 +0000

BAGUIO CITY — The search for a cure to growing antibiotic resistance as well as ailments like diabetes is being spearheaded by top universities here and in Benguet province which have banded together to harness the medicinal qualities of Cordillera plants. The Tuklas Lunas Development Consortium of the University of the Philippines (UP) Baguio, the […]

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Pimentel’s bill seeks VAT exemption for mental health medicines

February 12, 2019 admin bill, latest news, Latest News Stories, medicine, mental health, Nation, news, Pimentel, Taxes, VAT

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 04:17:35 +0000

Senator Aquilino Pimentel III wants medicine prescribed for people with mental health conditions to be included in the list of medicines exempted from value-added tax (VAT).

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