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DRUG-PRICE DUEL        Is the cheaper-medicines bill really just about lowering drug prices in the country? Grace Roxas finds that it is a much more complex issue than it seems. [More]

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Existing and potential problems

Grace Roxas reports that in the issue of infectious diseases, what the Philippines faces is the threat of age-old diseases and aggressive new bugs. [More]

Vaccine nation

There remains a gap between the rich and the poor in the issue of health in the Philippines, reports Alma Anonas-Carpio, and it can be seen who has access to new vaccines. [More]

Resisting arrest

The threat of antimicrobial resistance is a steadily growing phenomenon, writes Sunly Coo. And the Philippines appears to have this problem as well. [More]

Serius S. aureus

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was first identified years ago, but only recently has the danger it may bring been fully realized. By Sunly Coo. [More]

Water is the culprit

The lack of potable water in many areas of the country is to account for the continuing high incidence of diarrheal diseases. By Dong de los Reyes. [More]