Health
Our coverage of health issues and health misconceptions and disinformation, including fact checks, fact sheets, multimedia stories, and in-depth reports. The health topics covered in this microsite are those that have gained the most prominence among Filipinos based on VERA Files' coverage. These include cancer and other non-communicable diseases, maternal and reproductive health, food and nutrition, traditional medicine, vaccines, COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, and mental health.
Latest Stories
FACT CHECK: FAKE coffee claims to lower blood pressure
By VERA Files
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Feb 28, 2025
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Research is mixed on the effects of coffee intake on blood pressure. The coffee product is not registered with the Food and Drug Administration
FACT CHECK: Ad on feminine wash healing myomas is FAKE
By VERA Files
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Feb 28, 2025
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Uterine fibroids, commonly known as myomas, cannot be cured by using feminine wash. The product is not registered with the Food and Drug Administration.
FACT CHECK: Another deepfake of Dr. Tony Leachon used to sell ‘prostatitis cure’
By VERA Files
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Jan 15, 2025
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A video ad featuring Dr. Tony Leachon talking about a "revolutionary drug" for prostatitis is fake.
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