Health

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Tuesday called the Senate’s recommendation to file a case against him in connection with the disorderly funding of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) “unfortunate.” , insisting that he was not involved in the anomaly. Duque reiterated that he was …

[ad_1] UAAP Board meets Thursday to review reports Another series of meetings is scheduled for next week, as no resolution was reached in Tuesday’s meeting between officials from the Joint Administrative Order Group (JAO) and the UAAP on two schools that allegedly violated government health protocols. In a statement issued …

[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 1) – After six long months, the Philippine Football League (PFL) clubs are finally returning to the field when they officially resume training on Wednesday. PFL Commissioner Coco Torre announced that United City Football Club, Kaya FC-Iloilo and Stallion Laguna FC will have the …

[ad_1] FILE – UST Growling Tigers during the UAAP Season 82 Men’s Basketball Finals. CONSULTATION PHOTO The UAAP said Tuesday that it received the report of the investigation from the University of Santo Tomas on the alleged bubble training ground of its men’s basketball team in Sorsogon. But the verdict …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis Pangilinan has expressed “serious misgivings” about the appointment of former Director of the National Bureau of Investigation Dante Gierran as the new director of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). This, as the senator said, believes that the person who should take the helm …

[ad_1] Trial participants will receive two doses of AstraZeneca’s experimental vaccine, called AZD1222, four weeks apart or a placebo. The drug company said it could have data in October to support the US emergency use authorization or approval of its vaccine. – Photo via AstraZeneca. AstraZeneca Plc said Monday that …

[ad_1] Former NBI director now head of PhilHealth Dante Gierran. File photo from INQUIRER.net / CATHY MIRANDA MANILA, Philippines – Albay’s representative, Joey Salceda, believes that the newly appointed director of PhilHealth, Dante Gierran, is qualified for the position. Salceda said that the minimum qualifications for the position are at …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country is now 224,264 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported an additional 3,483 cases on Tuesday. According to the DOH, most of the new cases reported originated in the National Capital Region with 1,824, followed by Laguna …

[ad_1] Beijing, China – Students wearing masks returned to classes on Tuesday in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus emerged last year, when the city opened schools and kindergartens for the first time in seven months. Almost 1.4 million students resumed their classes in some 2,800 kindergartens, elementary …

[ad_1] People who eat a lot of industrially processed junk food are more likely to show an aging-related change in their chromosomes, according to research presented Tuesday at an online medical conference. Three or more servings of so-called “ultra-processed foods” per day doubled the chances that strands of DNA and …