Rehabilitation specialists at ACE Dumaguete Doctors marked World Physical Therapy Day with a cardiovascular health program covering stroke prevention, exercise science, and recovery guidelines.
Zero balance billing used to cover only seniors and indigents. Under the Universal Health Care Law it covers all PhilHealth members — provided you are in basic or ward accommodation in a DOH-retained hospital.
A DOH License to Operate and PhilHealth accreditation are separate approvals from different agencies. A clinic can hold one without the other — and if it is not accredited, nothing is deducted from your bill.
PhilHealth pays ₱29,000 for a birth in a DOH-accredited Level 1–3 hospital and ₱14,000 in a non-hospital birthing facility. The gap turns on facility type alone.
Cebu’s ban on pork and live hogs from Negros Island has been stretched to 90 days total under a new executive order signed amid ongoing African swine fever concerns.
Shellfish harvested from North and South Bais Bay in Negros Oriental are now banned following laboratory confirmation of paralytic shellfish toxin in both bodies of water.
Governor Sagarbarria’s Executive Order No. 50 halts all Negros Oriental classes on August 7, 2026, as conjunctivitis cases climb across the province.
An AI model co-developed by an Ateneo de Manila University researcher predicts cardiac function with 97.78% accuracy using only non-invasive skin sensors.
Philippine veterans gain a new health ally as Sweden and VMMC forge a joint initiative targeting early lung cancer detection and hospital digitalization.
Signing Executive Order No. 39 on July 7, Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro imposed a sweeping ban on pork and live hog imports from Negros Island and other ASF-affected areas to shield the province’s P20-billion hog industry.
Orca Biosystems receives FDA clearance for Tregzi, a regulatory T-cell therapy doubling GVHD-free survival rates in blood cancer transplant patients.
Dexcom’s Stelo biosensor system has received US FDA marketing clearance for children aged two and older, making it the first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor available without a prescription for pediatric users.
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