NegOcc, Bacolod Have Most HIV Cases in NIR in 2025

HOOKUPS & HIV: Cases soar among Ilonggo youth amid unsafe sex, dating apps, and stigma

ILOILO – The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has raised the alarm over the increasing number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections among young people, citing a worrying trend of early infection and high-risk behavior that has worsened in the first quarter of 2025. From January to March this year alone, 39 individuals in this […]

NegOcc, Bacolod have most HIV cases in NIR in 2025

There were 125 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases diagnosed in the Negros Island Region from January to March this year, a Department of Health (DOH) report released Thursday, June 4, showed. The total HIV cases in the NIR from January 1984 to March 2025 were 3,835. There was no breakdown of cases per NIR province in […]