As per recent reports, it has been revealed that 500 new leprosy cases have been detected in the Western Pacific, the place where the disease was said to be eradicated since 1991. This news has raised concerns among the World Health Organization, which have asked the government to take stern action.

It was recently revealed that there has been the arrest of four people in Philippines. This has been regarding a scam done by them which cost about $2 million. They apparently transferred the sum of money from the AT&T towards a bank account owned by a terrorist group from Saudi.

The doctors of Cebu city will be celebrating the World Hepatitis Day on July 28, in order to emphasize that the disease has become a serious issue around the globe. As per a statistic, hepatitis led to 1 million deaths per year. The doctors will spread the awareness among people notifying how deadly the disease is.

Nearly 80% of the 1.4 million children in Central Visayas have been vaccinated against measles, according to the Department of Health (DOH). With a house-to-house campaign, the Department expects to achieve 100% immunization, reducing the measles rate to zero. Across the country, 1.12 million children from ages nine months to eight years have been vaccinated.

An Assistant Supply Officer and rice custodian at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (called CPDRC for short), has been relieved from his post and will face a more formal investigation regarding charges against him about the disappearance of 35 bags of NFA rice.

An anti measles campaign 'Iligtas sa Tigdas ang Pinas' has been launched by The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday. The month long door-to-door measles vaccination campaign, which runs from April 4 to May 4, will vaccinate 18 million kids on a national scale.

The OWWA (Overseas Workers Welfare Administration) will collect P143 million on Tuesday from recruitments agencies for the expanses for the deportation of OFW (Overseas Filipino workers) workers from strife-torn countries.

According to a research by National Institute of Health (NIH) of the University of the Philippines-Manila, it has been found that ear infection, otitis media (AOM), is very common among the kids of age 3.

For the development of the capabilities of the local governments, there has been an expert team of 40 trainers called. They have been invited from the Department of Social Welfare and Development central office and regional offices.

If government of Mindanao has its way, the residents there will now have to shell out more money for paying their electricity bills in the near future.