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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.

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Conversations with Arturo Lascañas, Part 1: ‘Duterte is the lord of all drug lords in southern Philippines’

Antonio J. Montalvan II | Nov 30, 2023

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Conversations with Arturo Lascañas Part 2

Antonio J. Montalvan II | Jan 3, 2024

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Conversations with Arturo Lascañas Part 3: ‘Polong was the mastermind in the smuggling of shabu in the Port of Davao’

Antonio J. Montalvan II | Jan 19, 2024

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Conversations with Arturo Lascañas Part 4: ‘Inday wanted to make her own trademark in the death squad, and that was Oplan Tokhang’

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FACT CHECK: Judges ruling that ICC has no jurisdiction NEEDS CONTEXT

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