Here are the latest medications against COVID-19 CLINICAL MATTERS Try this, it might work! Early in the pandemic, doctors desperate to improve the chances of their patients surviving COVID-19 were willing to use whatever treatment showed some promise. The number of drugs tried as potential...
‘Stealth’ Omicron, a decline in cases, and preventing the next variant CLINICAL MATTERS Whenever new scientific information is released on COVID-19, misinformation isn’t far behind. There are many factors that contribute to this. Scientists being unable to properly communicate their findings...
Safe and effective medications for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are available in the country and these are “essential” in exiting the pandemic, adult infectious disease specialist Dr. Edsel Maurice Salvaña said on Friday, Feb. 11. In a webinar held by the University of the Philippines (UP),...
A review of our response and how to safely exit CLINICAL MATTERS As cases continue to drop in NCR and across the country, many people are talking about the pandemic “end-game.” The exponential increase in cases in early January 2022 quickly peaked and has precipitously dropped. This occurred in...
It’s a paradigm shift CLINICAL MATTERS As new daily cases of COVID-19 in the US breach the one million-mark, government leaders and healthcare officials in many countries are being forced to confront the inevitable question: Since the Omicron variant is out of control, what is an acceptable...
Pateros has recorded an increase of 61 percent in the number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the suspected spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. According to the Pateros municipal government, as of Jan. 13, the active COVID-19 cases in the town totaled 632, an increase...
Is it really the COVID killer they say it is? CLINICAL MATTERS As more and more local cases of Omicron are reported, it is very likely that it is driving the exponential increase in cases. Community transmission is confirmed when it is no longer possible to trace individual cases to distinct...
Amid the spike of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, an infectious disease expert reiterated that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is not mild and that the public should not be complacent about it. (File Photo / Unsplash) “Ang Omicron po ay virus, hindi po siya bakuna. Hindi...
Isolation, quarantine, and what it means in the age of Omicron and Delta CLINICAL MATTERS Many people, including doctors, were puzzled by the recent changes made by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to the duration of quarantine and isolation. The CDC shortened both quarantine and isolation...
Infectious disease expert Dr. Edsel Salvana said on Monday, Jan. 3 that Florona, or the combination of the Influenza virus and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is not an unusual phenomenon and has already occurred in the Philippines. COVID-19 virus Salvana said in a press briefing of the Department...
Updates on boosters and treatments, and how these may help against Omicron CLINICAL MATTERS As more Omicron cases are reported in returning travelers, the possibility of breakthrough community transmission becomes greater and greater. It will likely be just a matter of time before this occurs. When...
Are physical gatherings safe now? CLINICAL MATTERS As the number of daily COVID-19 cases continues to drop, many people are looking forward to their Christmas parties. Having missed these last year, there is a pent-up need to see friends and loved ones physically, especially now that many have been...
