tuberculosis | The latest from Inquirer ºÚÁÏÉç Latest Philippine ºÚÁÏÉç for Filipinos Sat, 22 Mar 2025 02:09:24 +0800 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Luzon hospitals, centers get help from TB-detecting AI /2045833/luzon-hospitals-centers-get-help-from-tb-detecting-ai /2045833/luzon-hospitals-centers-get-help-from-tb-detecting-ai#respond Sat, 22 Mar 2025 05:42:18 +0000 /2045833/luzon-hospitals-centers-get-help-from-tb-detecting-ai /2045833/luzon-hospitals-centers-get-help-from-tb-detecting-ai/feed 0 Garin raises alarm over TB cases after 1,280 logged in Tondo /2017587/garin-raises-alarm-over-tb-cases-after-1280-logged-in-tondo /2017587/garin-raises-alarm-over-tb-cases-after-1280-logged-in-tondo#respond Sat, 21 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 /2017587/garin-raises-alarm-over-tb-cases-after-1280-logged-in-tondo /2017587/garin-raises-alarm-over-tb-cases-after-1280-logged-in-tondo/feed 0 Makati shares portable X-rays with ‘sister’ local gov’ts to fight TB /1982723/makati-shares-portable-x-rays-with-sister-local-govts-to-fight-tb /1982723/makati-shares-portable-x-rays-with-sister-local-govts-to-fight-tb#respond Thu, 12 Sep 2024 22:04:29 +0000 /1982723/makati-shares-portable-x-rays-with-sister-local-govts-to-fight-tb /1982723/makati-shares-portable-x-rays-with-sister-local-govts-to-fight-tb/feed 0 Early detection key in fight vs TB in Northern Mindanao /1972893/early-detection-key-in-fight-vs-tb-in-northern-mindanao /1972893/early-detection-key-in-fight-vs-tb-in-northern-mindanao#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2024 05:02:00 +0000 /1972893/early-detection-key-in-fight-vs-tb-in-northern-mindanao /1972893/early-detection-key-in-fight-vs-tb-in-northern-mindanao/feed 0 TB cases in Antique province alarm town mayor /1970790/tb-cases-in-antique-province-alarm-town-mayor /1970790/tb-cases-in-antique-province-alarm-town-mayor#respond Thu, 08 Aug 2024 12:23:31 +0000 /1970790/tb-cases-in-antique-province-alarm-town-mayor /1970790/tb-cases-in-antique-province-alarm-town-mayor/feed 0 CHR alarmed over high cases of suspected tuberculosis in Pasay City Jail /1946615/fwd-chr-on-reported-cases-of-suspected-tb-in-pasay-city-jail /1946615/fwd-chr-on-reported-cases-of-suspected-tb-in-pasay-city-jail#respond Thu, 30 May 2024 12:16:23 +0000 /1946615/fwd-chr-on-reported-cases-of-suspected-tb-in-pasay-city-jail /1946615/fwd-chr-on-reported-cases-of-suspected-tb-in-pasay-city-jail/feed 0 Free TB test in PhilHealth diagnostic package eyed /1933715/speaker-romualdez-wife-want-tests-for-tb-included-in-philhealth-free-packages /1933715/speaker-romualdez-wife-want-tests-for-tb-included-in-philhealth-free-packages#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:29:01 +0000 /1933715/speaker-romualdez-wife-want-tests-for-tb-included-in-philhealth-free-packages /1933715/speaker-romualdez-wife-want-tests-for-tb-included-in-philhealth-free-packages/feed 0 Better tuberculosis treatment set for rollout /1929423/better-tb-treatment-set-for-rollout /1929423/better-tb-treatment-set-for-rollout#respond Sat, 13 Apr 2024 05:46:00 +0000 /1929423/better-tb-treatment-set-for-rollout /1929423/better-tb-treatment-set-for-rollout/feed 0 DOH, USAID commit P1.15B to screen 1 million Filipinos for TB /1922082/doh-usaid-commit-p1-15b-to-screen-1m-pinoys-for-tb /1922082/doh-usaid-commit-p1-15b-to-screen-1m-pinoys-for-tb#respond Sat, 23 Mar 2024 05:40:00 +0000 /1922082/doh-usaid-commit-p1-15b-to-screen-1m-pinoys-for-tb /1922082/doh-usaid-commit-p1-15b-to-screen-1m-pinoys-for-tb/feed 0 Mental health key to treating TB /1919785/mental-health-key-to-treating-tb /1919785/mental-health-key-to-treating-tb#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 05:30:00 +0000 /1919785/mental-health-key-to-treating-tb /1919785/mental-health-key-to-treating-tb/feed 0 Increased detection leads to rise in TB cases in CDO – official /1919530/increased-detection-leads-to-rise-in-tb-cases-in-cdo-official /1919530/increased-detection-leads-to-rise-in-tb-cases-in-cdo-official#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2024 18:02:41 +0000 /1919530/increased-detection-leads-to-rise-in-tb-cases-in-cdo-official /1919530/increased-detection-leads-to-rise-in-tb-cases-in-cdo-official/feed 0 TB meds shortage in DOTS centers due to logistics woes — DOH /1918663/fwd-doh-on-tb-medication-at-tb-dots-centers /1918663/fwd-doh-on-tb-medication-at-tb-dots-centers#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:18:31 +0000 /1918663/fwd-doh-on-tb-medication-at-tb-dots-centers /1918663/fwd-doh-on-tb-medication-at-tb-dots-centers/feed 0 DOH raises alert on rise in tuberculosis cases: It’s ‘higher than in 2022’ /1918638/doh-raises-alert-on-rise-in-tuberculosis-cases-its-higher-than-in-2022 /1918638/doh-raises-alert-on-rise-in-tuberculosis-cases-its-higher-than-in-2022#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:46:00 +0000 /1918638/doh-raises-alert-on-rise-in-tuberculosis-cases-its-higher-than-in-2022 /1918638/doh-raises-alert-on-rise-in-tuberculosis-cases-its-higher-than-in-2022/feed 0 Fight against TB persists in PH as disease remains a threat /1910634/fight-against-tb-persists-in-ph-as-disease-remains-a-threat /1910634/fight-against-tb-persists-in-ph-as-disease-remains-a-threat#respond Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:05:19 +0000 /1910634/fight-against-tb-persists-in-ph-as-disease-remains-a-threat /1910634/fight-against-tb-persists-in-ph-as-disease-remains-a-threat/feed 0 5 PH drug firms heed gov’t call to make anti-TB drugs /1909153/5-ph-drug-firms-heed-govt-call-to-make-anti-tb-drugs /1909153/5-ph-drug-firms-heed-govt-call-to-make-anti-tb-drugs#respond Sat, 24 Feb 2024 05:48:00 +0000 /1909153/5-ph-drug-firms-heed-govt-call-to-make-anti-tb-drugs /1909153/5-ph-drug-firms-heed-govt-call-to-make-anti-tb-drugs/feed 0 PSAC: 5 local manufacturers to produce anti-tuberculosis meds /1909055/psac-5-local-manufacturers-to-produce-anti-tuberculosis-meds /1909055/psac-5-local-manufacturers-to-produce-anti-tuberculosis-meds#respond Fri, 23 Feb 2024 18:21:02 +0000 /1909055/psac-5-local-manufacturers-to-produce-anti-tuberculosis-meds /1909055/psac-5-local-manufacturers-to-produce-anti-tuberculosis-meds/feed 0 Climate change hitting fight against AIDS, TB, and malaria /1832956/climate-change-hitting-fight-against-aids-tb-and-malaria /1832956/climate-change-hitting-fight-against-aids-tb-and-malaria#respond Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:05:50 +0000 /1832956/climate-change-hitting-fight-against-aids-tb-and-malaria /1832956/climate-change-hitting-fight-against-aids-tb-and-malaria/feed 0 DOH to expand free tuberculosis treatment services /1818955/doh-to-expand-free-tuberculosis-treatment-services /1818955/doh-to-expand-free-tuberculosis-treatment-services#respond Sun, 20 Aug 2023 05:32:00 +0000 /1818955/doh-to-expand-free-tuberculosis-treatment-services /1818955/doh-to-expand-free-tuberculosis-treatment-services/feed 0 Marcos wants whole-of-society approach to suppress TB, HIV/AIDS /1806738/marcos-wants-whole-of-society-approach-to-suppress-tuberculosis-and-hiv-aids /1806738/marcos-wants-whole-of-society-approach-to-suppress-tuberculosis-and-hiv-aids#respond Mon, 24 Jul 2023 22:57:50 +0000 /1806738/marcos-wants-whole-of-society-approach-to-suppress-tuberculosis-and-hiv-aids /1806738/marcos-wants-whole-of-society-approach-to-suppress-tuberculosis-and-hiv-aids/feed 0 DOH employs use of AI to help detect cases of tuberculosis /1797329/doh-employs-use-of-ai-to-help-detect-cases-of-tuberculosis /1797329/doh-employs-use-of-ai-to-help-detect-cases-of-tuberculosis#respond Tue, 04 Jul 2023 18:46:22 +0000 /1797329/doh-employs-use-of-ai-to-help-detect-cases-of-tuberculosis /1797329/doh-employs-use-of-ai-to-help-detect-cases-of-tuberculosis/feed 0 DOH to shorten TB treatment by 3rd quarter of 2023 /1796804/doh-to-shorten-tb-treatment-by-3rd-quarter-of-2023 /1796804/doh-to-shorten-tb-treatment-by-3rd-quarter-of-2023#respond Mon, 03 Jul 2023 19:45:22 +0000 /1796804/doh-to-shorten-tb-treatment-by-3rd-quarter-of-2023 /1796804/doh-to-shorten-tb-treatment-by-3rd-quarter-of-2023/feed 0 Herbosa’s DOH mission: Tackling COVID-19 exit plan, confronting TB and HIV /1781151/herbosas-doh-mission-tackling-covid-19-exit-plan-confronting-tb-and-hiv /1781151/herbosas-doh-mission-tackling-covid-19-exit-plan-confronting-tb-and-hiv#respond Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:34:51 +0000 /1781151/herbosas-doh-mission-tackling-covid-19-exit-plan-confronting-tb-and-hiv /1781151/herbosas-doh-mission-tackling-covid-19-exit-plan-confronting-tb-and-hiv/feed 0 DOH still has to catch up on TB treatments /1744938/doh-still-has-to-catch-up-on-tb-treatments /1744938/doh-still-has-to-catch-up-on-tb-treatments#respond Sun, 19 Mar 2023 05:40:00 +0000 /1744938/doh-still-has-to-catch-up-on-tb-treatments /1744938/doh-still-has-to-catch-up-on-tb-treatments/feed 0 House panel OKs bills on national psoriasis program, changes to PH’s tuberculosis plan /1743834/house-panel-oks-bills-on-national-psoriasis-program-changes-to-phs-tuberculosis-plan /1743834/house-panel-oks-bills-on-national-psoriasis-program-changes-to-phs-tuberculosis-plan#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:23:13 +0000 /1743834/house-panel-oks-bills-on-national-psoriasis-program-changes-to-phs-tuberculosis-plan /1743834/house-panel-oks-bills-on-national-psoriasis-program-changes-to-phs-tuberculosis-plan/feed 0 PGH COVID-19 unit now takes other ailments /1737699/pgh-covid-19-unit-now-takes-other-ailments /1737699/pgh-covid-19-unit-now-takes-other-ailments#respond Fri, 03 Mar 2023 05:50:00 +0000 /1737699/pgh-covid-19-unit-now-takes-other-ailments /1737699/pgh-covid-19-unit-now-takes-other-ailments/feed 0 Coughing? Know if it’s common or TB symptom /1717643/for-posting-edited-coughing-know-if-its-common-or-tb-symptom /1717643/for-posting-edited-coughing-know-if-its-common-or-tb-symptom#respond Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:27:05 +0000 /1717643/for-posting-edited-coughing-know-if-its-common-or-tb-symptom /1717643/for-posting-edited-coughing-know-if-its-common-or-tb-symptom/feed 0 Urgency lacking as TB passes COVID-19 as biggest killer–expert /1683888/urgency-lacking-as-tb-passes-covid-19-as-biggest-killer-expert /1683888/urgency-lacking-as-tb-passes-covid-19-as-biggest-killer-expert#respond Sun, 23 Oct 2022 11:35:03 +0000 /1683888/urgency-lacking-as-tb-passes-covid-19-as-biggest-killer-expert /1683888/urgency-lacking-as-tb-passes-covid-19-as-biggest-killer-expert/feed 0 World leaders pledge billions to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria on UN sidelines /1668710/world-leaders-pledge-billions-to-fight-aids-tuberculosis-malaria-on-un-sidelines /1668710/world-leaders-pledge-billions-to-fight-aids-tuberculosis-malaria-on-un-sidelines#respond Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:51:05 +0000 /1668710/world-leaders-pledge-billions-to-fight-aids-tuberculosis-malaria-on-un-sidelines /1668710/world-leaders-pledge-billions-to-fight-aids-tuberculosis-malaria-on-un-sidelines/feed 0 South Cotabato detects 810 cases of TB /1660208/south-cotabato-detects-810-cases-of-tb /1660208/south-cotabato-detects-810-cases-of-tb#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2022 20:57:52 +0000 /1660208/south-cotabato-detects-810-cases-of-tb /1660208/south-cotabato-detects-810-cases-of-tb/feed 0 200 new TB cases detected in South Cotabato /1604801/200-new-tb-cases-detected-in-south-cotabato /1604801/200-new-tb-cases-detected-in-south-cotabato#respond Tue, 31 May 2022 16:24:33 +0000 /1604801/200-new-tb-cases-detected-in-south-cotabato /1604801/200-new-tb-cases-detected-in-south-cotabato/feed 0 After COVID-19, India tries to get on top of tuberculosis /1574228/after-covid-19-india-tries-to-get-on-top-of-tuberculosis /1574228/after-covid-19-india-tries-to-get-on-top-of-tuberculosis#respond Sun, 27 Mar 2022 12:35:51 +0000 /1574228/after-covid-19-india-tries-to-get-on-top-of-tuberculosis /1574228/after-covid-19-india-tries-to-get-on-top-of-tuberculosis/feed 0 Ukraine’s tuberculosis progress ‘stopped in one day’ /1572549/ukraines-tuberculosis-progress-stopped-in-one-day /1572549/ukraines-tuberculosis-progress-stopped-in-one-day#respond Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:08:27 +0000 /1572549/ukraines-tuberculosis-progress-stopped-in-one-day /1572549/ukraines-tuberculosis-progress-stopped-in-one-day/feed 0 PH gets over $2.6 million worth of TB detection, prevention tools from US /1519023/ph-gets-over-2-6-million-worth-of-tb-detection-prevention-tools-from-us /1519023/ph-gets-over-2-6-million-worth-of-tb-detection-prevention-tools-from-us#respond Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:03:05 +0000 /1519023/ph-gets-over-2-6-million-worth-of-tb-detection-prevention-tools-from-us /1519023/ph-gets-over-2-6-million-worth-of-tb-detection-prevention-tools-from-us/feed 0 Medical alliance works to bring down cost of TB tests /1489386/medical-alliance-works-to-bring-down-cost-of-tb-tests /1489386/medical-alliance-works-to-bring-down-cost-of-tb-tests#respond Sat, 18 Sep 2021 05:48:59 +0000 /1489386/medical-alliance-works-to-bring-down-cost-of-tb-tests /1489386/medical-alliance-works-to-bring-down-cost-of-tb-tests/feed 0 Severe COVID can awaken ‘dormant TB,’ says doctor and tuberculosis researcher /1488494/doc-severe-covid-can-awaken-dormant-tb /1488494/doc-severe-covid-can-awaken-dormant-tb#respond Thu, 16 Sep 2021 05:38:39 +0000 /1488494/doc-severe-covid-can-awaken-dormant-tb /1488494/doc-severe-covid-can-awaken-dormant-tb/feed 0 Number of TB tests drop by 59% in 2020 amid COVID-19 pandemic /1487636/tb-tests-drop-by-59-in-2020-amid-covid-19-pandemic /1487636/tb-tests-drop-by-59-in-2020-amid-covid-19-pandemic#respond Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:45:04 +0000 /1487636/tb-tests-drop-by-59-in-2020-amid-covid-19-pandemic /1487636/tb-tests-drop-by-59-in-2020-amid-covid-19-pandemic/feed 0 DOH records 50% decrease in TB cases during strict lockdown – DOH /1324879/doh-records-50-decrease-in-tuberculosis-cases-during-strict-lockdown-doh /1324879/doh-records-50-decrease-in-tuberculosis-cases-during-strict-lockdown-doh#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:42:13 +0000 /1324879/doh-records-50-decrease-in-tuberculosis-cases-during-strict-lockdown-doh /1324879/doh-records-50-decrease-in-tuberculosis-cases-during-strict-lockdown-doh/feed 0 COVID-19 lockdown risks 1.4 million extra TB deaths—study /1270692/covid-19-lockdown-risks-1-4-million-extra-tb-deaths-study /1270692/covid-19-lockdown-risks-1-4-million-extra-tb-deaths-study#respond Wed, 06 May 2020 14:11:41 +0000 /1270692/covid-19-lockdown-risks-1-4-million-extra-tb-deaths-study /1270692/covid-19-lockdown-risks-1-4-million-extra-tb-deaths-study/feed 0 Coronavirus could erode global fight against other diseases /1259761/coronavirus-could-erode-global-fight-against-other-diseases /1259761/coronavirus-could-erode-global-fight-against-other-diseases#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:10:10 +0000 /1259761/coronavirus-could-erode-global-fight-against-other-diseases /1259761/coronavirus-could-erode-global-fight-against-other-diseases/feed 0 TB patients at higher risk for coronavirus, says DOH /1247668/doh-on-tb-patients /1247668/doh-on-tb-patients#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:32:15 +0000 /1247668/doh-on-tb-patients /1247668/doh-on-tb-patients/feed 0