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Overweight and obesity are growing public health challenges in the Philippines. In just over two decades, the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Filipino adults has doubled, rising from 20% in ...
DUMAGUETE City, Ogijo and Surabaya City. These three bustling urban communities in the Global South — two in Southeast Asia, ...
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy says he cannot walk down the street without mothers swarming him to thank him for the work ...
For the next round of vaccinations, patients will be able to book from 1 September 2025 for vaccines to be given from 1 ...
With cantaloupe season soon to be descending upon us, here's everything you need to know about the fruit's health benefits ...
A recent Organization and Management (O&M) survey has revealed a shortage of over 2,100 positions within the Ministry of Health and Population and its subordinate agencies. However, the Finance ...
Experts, policymakers and global health partners have called for stronger, coordinated action to prevent backsliding on progress made against vaccine-preventable diseases in the African Region, where ...
The urgent directive follows alarming findings by Lancet, the British medical journal, that projected a surge in overweight ...
On Aug. 27, the Rutland Daily Herald reported that doctors believed an epidemic of cerebral meningitis, spinal meningitis and cerebro-spinal meningitis had hit the city and surrounding area. Over the ...
The Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) diet, developed by the NIH, targets cardiovascular risk reduction through precise ...
There is no known increased risk of drowning after eating — “whether you’re swimming for fun or [are] a professional athlete, ...