Procter & Gamble has recalled some 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray because of possible bacterial contamination even as the company has not received any reports of illness yet. The contamination was discovered in nasal spray being made at...

CEBU CITY – The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH 7) is set to conduct contact tracing on the families and relatives of the three patients who were diagnosed with the deadly Leptospirosis disease in Cebu just for the month of September...

The Cebu City Health Department has recorded four new cases of Human Immuno Virus (HIV) in the city for the first six months of this year, bringing a total of 88 HIV positive cases since 1989.     The four new HIV cases include two male students...

Despite the local government’s relentless efforts in trying to eradicate the dreaded dengue disease in the community, the mosquito-borne illness continues its rampage in the city by claiming the life of a three-year-old boy. The latest fatality...

CEBU CITY - The regional director of the Department of Health (DOH) 7 has urged Cebuanos not to panic amidst reports that two persons are now being observed at a local hospital for symptoms of the H1N1 flu virus, popularly known as Swine...

CEBU CITY – Thick black smoke hovers over the Inayawan landfill here as raging fire, triggered by deposits of methane gas underneath hills of garbage, continue to pose health danger to residents of surrounding area, the Department of Health (DOH)...

CARMEN, Cebu – A 60-year-old woman was believed to have died of the infectious disease meningococcemia early this week, creating a stir in the small, quiet barangay Liang here.     But the Department of Health (DOH) 7 has that it has not...

CEBU CITY - The Department of Health (DoH) 7 has noted the continous increase in tobacco related disease over the years as more and more people are already smoking at a very young age.     DoH 7 regional director Susana Madarieta said that tobacco...

At least 35 US-based doctors coming from the different fields of expertise are now in the Philippines for their medical mission that has so far aided at least 600 indigent Filipino patients in the different hospitals around the country. The...

The Department of Health (DOH) 7 and the Bureau of Foods and Drugs (BFAD) revealed that major stores and supermarkets in Cebu have no peanut butter products from the US that are contaminated with salmonella.     BFAD 7 Chief Monina Coyoca believed...