Sickle cell conditions are genetic blood disorders that affect haemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body. While both sickle cell trait and ...

ENTOMOLOGICAL SURVEY. Personnel of the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) and the sanitary inspector of the municipality of Balasan conduct an entomological survey in Barangay Lawis to identify, ...

Sickle cell disease experts are worried that recent staffing changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will impact a program that collects data about the genetic disease and how ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was recently at the American Red Cross to donate blood and was given interesting material on the need for Black blood donors for sickle cell anemia patients. The booklet ...

The only player who took even just a few seconds to chat was no other than reigning All-Filipino MVP Brooke Van Sickle. She produced a finals triple-double of 18 points, 14 receptions and 10 digs.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was recently at the American Red Cross to donate blood and was given interesting material on the need for Black blood donors for sickle cell anemia patients. The booklet described ...

The discussions centered on exploring potential areas of collaboration between the PAFP and the DOT in line with the upcoming WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference 2026, set to take place in Iloilo ...

Currently, diagnosing SCD requires expensive tools like high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), which limits early detection in large populations.

Deriada Conference, held on April 4 to April 5 at the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Little Theater in Iloilo City. Dr. Deriada, known as the Father of Contemporary West Visayan ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I was recently at the American Red Cross to donate blood and was given interesting material on the need for Black blood donors for sickle cell anemia patients. The booklet ...

Some images of the Stations of the Cross located in Alimodian, Iloilo were vandalized by a group of minors last Sunday. According to a report in “State of the Nation” on Wednesday, the images and ...

SEN. Bong Go returned to Iloilo on Monday, April 7, for the inauguration of a Super Health Center (SHC) in Pavia town, which is one of 27 facilities already funded across the province as part of the ...