Arra Perez

MANILA — There is a "significant decrease" in the number of teenage pregnancies in public schools, especially when students gradually returned to in-person classes, an official of the Department of Education (DepEd) said Thursday.

Cancer patients are "getting younger," the Philippine Society of Oncologists (PSO) said Friday.

On the second day of the filing of certificates of candidacy at the Office of the Regional Election Director in Metro Manila, former Malabon Mayor Lenlen Oreta was the first in line on Wednesdsay, aspiring to become a member of the House of Representatives.

Senator Sonny Angara during the Senate hearing on proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution in Pasay City on February 12, 2024.

The Philippines has logged more mpox cases as it ramped up detection efforts to stop the spread of the infectious disease, an official of the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific on Thursday said.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has launched an online platform that houses different data on children, in a bid to promote evidence-based decision-making for both existing and future programs of the government, the private sector, and advocacy groups.

The Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Monday said it has been sending aid to thousands of families in the typhoon-stricken Bicol region.

As residents of storm-hit areas try to recover from the disaster, the Department of Health has deployed health workers who can also provide mental health and psychosocial services.

The DOH does not distribute medicines in evacuation centers -- instead, they send them directly to the concerned local government units LGUs, Health spokesperson and Assistant Sec. Albert Domingo said Monday.

Teachers under the Department of Education (DepEd) are set to receive free access and training on Canva for Education beginning November.