MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Health (DOH) has issued a resolution directing operators of spa and massage clinics to have their massage therapists undergo training and pass licensure ...

MANILA, Philippines — Most of the nurses who returned to the country are not interested in working for the government, primarily because of the short contract offered to them, Assistant Health ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is short of 92,000 physicians and 44,000 nurses because of the COVID-19 pandemic, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said Thursday. DOH Assistant ...

Members of the Chinese medical team attend a briefing session with DOH officials at the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) headquarters in Manila, the Philippines, on April 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle ...

THE rampant illicit tobacco trade and misdeclaration of vapor products are projected to cost the government P240.3 billion in excise tax leakages over the next three years.

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health is hoping that the investigation into the alleged shortcomings of its five officials by the Office of the Ombudsman will be resolved soon as they play ...

THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has found no legal impediment to the proposed transfer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to the Office of the President (OP). In a six-page ...

Ombudsman Samuel Martires has ordered a six-month preventive suspension without pay on five Department of Health (DOH) officials over alleged failure to release the benefits of health workers amid the ...

THE ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic was a test case for the implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) program through the fast-tracking of key initiatives related to the ...

There is no legal issue with the possible transfer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to the Office of the President (OP), according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). “We ...