EDWIN MERCADO - Dr. Edwin Mercado has been appointed as the new chief of PhilHealth, bringing fresh leadership to the organization.

New PhilHealth chief Edwin Mercado obtained his medical degree from the  University of the Philippines in 1987 and his Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery from Harvard Medical School ...

Dr. Edwin M. Mercado, a US-trained orthopedic surgeon with 35 years of experience in hospital management, has been named by ...

An advocacy group criticized the Trump administration’s decision to freeze US foreign aid to partner countries, stating that ...

Why is there still no dengue vaccine in the country?” This was the question posed by Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines president and Quirino governor Dax Cua to the Department of Health, a ...

The Department of Health is confident that the temporary halt on foreign aid by the United States will not have much impact on the Philippines.

Secretary Ted Herbosa has welcomed the substitute bill for Senate Bill 1979, also known as the Adolescent Pregnancy ...

Health Secretary Ted Herbosa expressed reservations about Senate Bill 1979, saying the rising cases of childhood pregnancies ...

Sen. Risa Hontiveros has fired back at Health Secretary Ted Herbosa for claiming that there is no need for a new law to ...

The Department of Health disagrees with calls to suspend the collection of Philippine Health Insurance Corp. premium ...

Senator Risa Hontiveros urged the Department of Health (DOH) to support the proposed Senate Bill (SB) 1979 or the Prevention ...

Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on refuted Monday Health Secretary Ted Herbosa's position that there is no need ...